Wine Spectator: Big, ripe and rich, yet elegant, with cola, currant, coffee and cedar flavors. Turns supple and polished, finishing with a touch of sage...

About this Wine: The flagship wine, Insignia, is recognized as one of the world's great wines. Thirty vintages have been rated ninety or more points by various wine publications. The 2002 vint...

Wine Spectator: This is a forgotten Pétrus. Good dark color, with lovely plum and light raspberry aromas. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a fresh, fruity finish. A beauty. Fresh and long....

Wine Spectator: Dark, ripe, rich and focused, this California red offers tiers of currant, mineral, anise, sage and cedar, all folding neatly together and finishing with a chocolaty edge...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ...Superripe aromas of crystallized red berries, cassis, graphite and grilled nuts. Lush, sweet and minerally; already displays compelling inner-mouth complexity and superb de...

Wine Spectator: Dark ruby, with a garnet edge. Aromas of licorice and black cherry, with hints of dried flowers. Turns to crushed raspberry. Full-bodied, with ultrafine tannins and beautiful ...

Wine Spectator: Slightly earthy, with mushroom and berry aromas. Medium-bodied, with slightly dry tannins and a short finish. A bit lean. Not as good as from barrel. Best from 2003 through 20...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of berry, tobacco and cherry. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a silk-textured finish. Delicate structure. An elegant Ducru. Best after 2006. 16,665 cases made.

About this Wine: Dominus is made solely from grapes grown on the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville, California.

Wine Spectator: Fantastic aromas of berry, chocolate and cherry. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long, long finish. Very well done. A château on the rise. Best after 2006. 9,580 cases m...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Saturated ruby. Restrained, somewhat oaky aromas of blueberry, blackberry and dark chocolate; in need of a racking. Juicy, high-pitched and floral, with compellingly sweet fla...

Wine Spectator: A wine in harmony. Extremely bright aromas of black cherry, berry and plum. Full- to medium-bodied, with good, well-integrated and velvety tannins and a long, fruity aftertast...

Wine Spectator: Phenomenal aromas of crushed berries, strawberries, blackberries and minerals. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Just the right amount of wood and fru...

About this Wine: According to Gaja, there's a rare vein of sand running through this vineyard, which keeps the soil drier and results in great concentration of flavor.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This is an up and coming Pauillac estate that is making better and better wines. Moreover, they remain realistically priced. This is a Medoc 1998 that is revealing more mid...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This is an up and coming Pauillac estate that is making better and better wines. Moreover, they remain realistically priced. This is a Medoc 1998 that is revealing more mid...

Wine Spectator: Solid, with complex aromas of blackberry, violet and berry. Medium- to full-bodied, with silky tannins and a black olive and cherry aftertaste...

Wine Spectator: One of the riper, more exotic wines of the vintage, this gushes with black currant, fig and blackberry fruit, all of which has melded together and is starting to show a corrup...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Sappy aromas of black- and redcurrant, black licorice and spices. Very intensely flavored and firm-edged, with dark berry flavors complicated by herbal and pe...

Wine Spectator: Very well done. Gorgeous aromas of raspberry, cherry and flowers. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a long, caressing finish...