Wine Spectator: Supple and harmonious, with fleshy currant, blackberry and cherry-laced fruit that's rich and concentrated, finishing with a rich core of flavors. Drink now through 2008. 707 ...

Wine Spectator: Enormously complex, with currant jam, black cherry and nicely integrated mocha and vanilla flavors from toasty oak that are mellow and ripe, with lingering chocolate overtones...

About this Wine: "100% estate Cabernet Sauvignon is made entirely from the grapes grown in the vineyards adjacent to PlumpJack Winery located on Oakville Cross Road, Oakville AVA, Napa Valley....

Burghound: An airy, cool and pretty nose of forest floor and herbal notes marries into stony and attractively detailed middle weight flavors that are also delicious but there is some bac...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Saturated red-ruby. Cooler currant, floral, coffee and mint aromas, plus some enticing nutty oak. Dense, rich and sweet, with terrific inner-mouth flavor and lively, integrate...

About this Wine: Its firm, well-rounded tannins offer a smoothness ever present over the years. Being highly concentrated, it can be left to age  for many years...

About this Wine: The palate shows balanced layers of upfront sweet berry flavours and savoury oak influences on the mid-palate with velvety tannins and dark chocolate complementing the lon...

About this Wine: French for "joy", La Joie emphasizes Cabernet Sauvignon and represents a Pauillac-style wine. The wine is deep purple in color, spicy and intense in the nose, with density...

About this Wine: Today, Cellar Master Dominique Demarville opens the doors to the Veuve Clicquot
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Mike Supple: Nice dark maroon core with bright violet notes in the rim. On the nose it is very characteristic Pinot Noir. Fresh brambly red cherry aromas are supported by violet floral not...

About this Wine: "...second coolest microclimate ... Originally a prehistoric river bed, this stony, gravelly soil drains rapidly and the vines struggle for moisture... lowest yielding vineyar...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: An attractively ripe, oaky, black cherry-scented nose is followed by a wine with medium body, soft, smooth flavors, low acidity, and some tannin. Although there is something s...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: There is something reassuring about seeing a bottle of Chateau Montelena. This classic, old Napa Valley winery is best known...

Wine Spectator: A light '96, but offers some very pleasant berry and chocolate aromas and flavors. Medium- to light-bodied, with fresh fruit and a light finish. Best after 2000.

Wine Spectator: Distinctive in its earthy style, with the fruit showing through the cedary, wet wood and tobacco flavors that dominate this medium-weight, elegantly balanced wine. Some may fi...

Wine Spectator: Inviting fruit aromas and flavors of berry, red plum and raspberry are framed by plenty of fresh acidity. The pure, minerally finish offers some notes of iron and spice. Xinom...

Wine Enthusiast: The wine has some weight and an attractive meat and smoke character to go with the black berry fruits. Well balanced, shot through with acidity. R.V.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Full yellow-gold. Exotic aromas of poached pear, honeycomb and dried flowers, with a musky saline nuance and a suggestion of tropical fruits. Tactile in the mid-palate, with a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 reveals supple tannins along with delicious, up-front smoky barbecue notes intermixed with black cherry and black currant fruit. This medium-bodied, silky 2008 is ide...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Produced from yields of 20 hectoliters per hectare (14% natural alcohol), this 2008 reveals surprisingly high acids as well as a tart, repressed personality. Medium-bodied wit...