Burghound: This is notably ripe with dried white and yellow orchard fruit aromas that run right up to the edge of exoticism yet there is enough Chablis character to be convincing as to t...

Wine Spectator: This has a really nice graphite frame that drives the core of fig, plum and boysenberry fruit authoritatively, with dense ganache, espresso and tar on the finish. The grip is ...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of mineral, berries and green coffee bean. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and an impressive fruit finish. A little more in the center palate would make this outstandin...

Wine Spectator: Lots of raspberry and tobacco flavors slide easily across polished tannins, lingering nicely on the deftly balanced finish. Graceful stuff. Drink now through 2017. -HS

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium yellow. Superripe, honeyed aromas of exotic fruits. Concentrated and fairly unctuous, with lovely peach and spice flavors shaped by ripe acids. Youthful, solidly struct...

Wine Spectator: Dense and dark in color, with lots of intense flavor but still in proportion, offering blackberry, black cherry and a distinctive twang of floral peach from the Viognier, fini...

About this Wine: Grape variety: Chardonnay
Exposure: South South-East  Right Bank  
Soil: Kimmeridgian limestone  
Age of the vines: Around 15  years
Grape ha...

Wine Enthusiast: This is a strong Zinfandel. It takes over the mouth with a blast of ripe blackberry, cherry, anise, chocolate and spice. What it lacks in subtlety it more than makes up for in...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Ripe but cooler aromas of citrus fruits, with hints of marzipan and apricot emerging with air. Juicy and fruity in the mouth, with a solid impression of acidity...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid red. Heady, exotic bouquet evokes candied red fruits, potpourri and spicecake, with a mineral topnote. Fresh, penetrating raspberry and bitter cherry flavors show impr...

Wine Spectator: This sings with spicy, creamy pear and lanolin flavors, finding restraint as the finish lingers enticingly. Cries out to accompany shellfish. Drink now through 2018. — H.S.

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...

Jancis Robinson: Exotic nose with hints of botrytis. Strong lemon-marmalade character. Big and bold for a 2010 sweet white with some richness and density. Clean and fresh - no enormous weight....

Wine Spectator: Lush and open, with lots of velvety plum coulis, blackberry paste and dark cherry notes, and ample anise and graphite on the finish. Rich, but sleek too.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: A bright, almost chiseled style, offering fresh-cut pineapple, quince and candied Meyer lemon flavors, with a long, floral-filled finish. Seriously long, with lovely lacy deta...

Wine Spectator: This cuts a broad and creamy path, with lush blueberry fig and plum fruit all rolled together, backed by warm cocoa and anise notes. Toasty grip supports the finish but there'...

Wine Spectator: This is explosively rich, with almond cream, heather and honeysuckle aromas giving way to mouthwatering lime chiffon, papaya and dried persimmon notes. Long and expansive, wit...

About this Wine: "This wine is produced from a vineyard owned by Tim and Angela Coddington, whose grapes have been used in the Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay since 1998. It is a vineyard th...

About this Wine: Characteristics of the appellation:
A structured,  lively and mineral wine with good  length on the palate. Both straightforward and fresh, with exemplary concent...

Wine Spectator: Thick and spicy, with unctuous, still slightly raw-seeming layers of apricot, peach and fig. Ginger cream and green tea check in on the finish. Rather backward still, but ther...