Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Lurid ruby. Explosive aromas of black raspberry, bitter chocolate, violet and spicecake. Sappy, dense and suave, offering energetic flavors of dark berry preserves, licorice...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (an 80/20 blend of semillon and sauvignon blanc): Medium-dark straw-yellow. Lively aromas of fresh citrus, gooseberry and cut grass. Then creamier and riper on the palate, ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep red. Red and dark berries on the nose and in the mouth, with notes of smoke and herbs adding complexity. Sappy and spicy, augmented by good finishing clarity and excellen...

Wine Spectator: Big and brawny, with lots of brambly tannins framing the blackberry and black currant fruit. Notes of fig, licorice and tar take over on the muscular finish. Long, driving fin...

Wine Spectator: Ripe, juicy and flattering, with delicious linzer torte, boysenberry and blackberry compote aromas and flavors, supported by solid grip and nice lingering anise and espresso o...

Wine Spectator: Ripe, juicy and flattering, with delicious linzer torte, boysenberry and blackberry compote aromas and flavors, supported by solid grip and nice lingering anise and espresso o...

Wine Enthusiast: Barrel sample. Spicy, initially this wine seems to have too much wood. But in the end, the dense fruit tannins come through to dominate, giving a bright final character. R.V. ...

Burghound: Residual fermentation aromas dominate the nose but the seductively textured flavors are clean and bright. There is solid mid-palate concentration to the citrusy, complex, bala...

Wine Spectator: This has a distinctive apple wood and mesquite mix up front, with racy linzer torte and cherry pit notes leading the way for extra plum and cassis flavors. Toasted wood and sp...

Wine Spectator: Beautiful wine with blackberry, chocolate and floral aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky tannins and a pretty finish. Refined and silky. Not a big Conseillante, but all...

Wine Spectator: Beautiful wine with blackberry, chocolate and floral aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky tannins and a pretty finish. Refined and silky. Not a big Conseillante, but all...

Wine Spectator: Greatness in subtlety. Clearly focused black cherry and vanilla character. It?s full-bodied with medium tannins and a juicy, fruity finish. Drink now.--The Bordeaux 50. R...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and juicy, with a succulent edge to the cassis, plum and blueberry fruit, which stays defined through the spice-tinged finish. The fresh aftertaste is accessible now, wit...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Volnay Clos des Angles emerges from the glass with fragrant red fruit. This is a relatively soft style of Volnay that shows the open, accessible personality of the ye...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Hazy appearance. More floral and expressive than the Referts, offering scents of pear, spices and hazelnut. Sweet, fresh and juicy; like chewing on a piece of ripe fruit. N...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red-ruby. Wilder on the nose than the Savigny, with black cherry and smoke aromas complicated by hints of dark chocolate and leather. Juicy and quite tight in the ...

Wine Enthusiast: This fine Pinot Noir easily holds its own when tasted against far more expensive bottlings. It's softly silky and delicately structured and enormously rich, offering delicious...

Burghound: An intensely floral nose of very ripe cassis, plum and black cherry liqueur aromas precedes the very round and seductively textured flavors that possess fine volume and a velv...

About this Wine: Soil: clay and chalk, with characteristically rounded, huge stones.

Blend: Grenache is the dominant grape, followed by Syrah and Cinsault.

Wine Spectator: A perfumy, traditional style, with a silky-textured mix of shiso leaf, mulled cherry, blood orange and sandalwood notes that all glide through the stylish, herb-tinged finish....