Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep red. Dark berries, licorice, bitter chocolate and leather on the perfumed nose and palate. Tight, juicy and precise, with strong minerality and a meaty aspect. Finishe...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Kesselstatt 2006 Kaseler Nies-chen Riesling Grosses Gewachs represents one of the most concentrated distilled fruit aromas I can ever recall. The somewhat spiritous, bitte...

Wine Spectator: Scents of red currant, red licorice, wild berry, sage and fresh earth fold together nicely in this ripe, intense, tightly wound young Cabernet. Well-focused, deep and complex,...

About this Wine: The Fay vineyard is the land where the story of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars began back in 1969 when Founder Warren Winiarski tasted Nathan Fay's 1968 homemade Cabernet. Warren kn...

Wine Spectator: Firm and spicy, intense and concentrated, this structured, tight and chewy red shows an earthy mineral, graphite and dried currant flavor profile, ... Drink now through 2014....

About this Wine: "Taylor's finest and rarest wine, the very pinnacle of port. Only in a year when everything is perfect does Taylor's `declare' a vintage. With the company's reputation at stak...

Wine Spectator: Intense, well-structured and concentrated, with an array of dried currant, herb, mineral and sage flavors that are focused and framed by tight, chewy tannins. Best from 2010 t...

About this Wine: Dolcetto d'Alba is made as an easy-to-drink everyday wine that matches well with a variety of dishes. It shows great plum and berry fruit, deep minerality and good, firm, ripe...

Wine Spectator: Supple and elegant, with a finely crafted band of spicy currant, black cherry, cedar, anise and light oak shadings. Impressive for its balance and delicacy. Finishes with firm...

Wine Spectator: This is a lean, earthy bottling of Grace, which usually shows more ripe, opulent fruit. It's tightly wound and compact, with spicy currant, cedar and spice notes. Tasted three...

Wine Spectator: Plush and smoky, displaying apple, butterscotch and grapefruit flavors. Tightens up and tails off a little by the finish. Approachable now. Best from 2013 through 2020. 260 ca...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium red. Spicy raspberry and a sweet hint of chocolate on the nose. Spicy and tight, with lovely acid cut and energy to the crunchy red fruit flavors. Finishes with...

Burghound: A fresh and moderately rustic nose of red and dark berry fruit aromas is replete with various warm earth nuances that also suffuse the supple and almost surprisingly round fla...

About this Wine: For this wine, Bob selected hand-made French oak barrels, with medium-plus toast. The wine was aged for 16 months in Francois Freres oak barrels, 58% new oak, 42% one-year...

Wine Spectator: This red evokes black cherry, blackberry and violet aromas and flavors. There's a line of tannins for support, covered by the ample flesh. Drink now through 2020. -BS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Savigny-les-Beaune Les Vergelesses is powerful, tightly wound and totally beautiful. White flowers wrap around the impressive finish. Anticipated maturity: 2014+. -...

About this Wine: "Deep dark ruby in color, the aromas reflect classic Rutherford notes of black cherry and currant, with licorice, loam and dried herb components. The wine is medium to full bo...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: ...tight aromatics offering up scents of blueberries, minerals, cassis, and subtle toast. It is medium to full-bodied and elegant, with sweet tannin as well as a tightly-knit,...

About this Wine: "A very consistent vineyard, which always has very dark colour and black plum fruit with a gamey, leathery background. This has more to do with Cornas or Hermitage."

Wine Spectator: Straddling the line between road tar, spice and dried berry fruit, this is an intense, tight and concentrated red, full-bodied and dense. A young, compact wine that has a firm...