Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full red. Black raspberry and smoky oak on the nose. Ripe aromas of dark berries, licorice, minerals and menthol are nicely framed by integrated acidity. The firmly ta...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Crystalline aromas of pineapple, minerals, marzipan and vanilla. Dry, stony and backward, with harmonious acidity giving precision to the chewy mid-palate. The pineapple and...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Fresh peach, flowers, nutmeg and minerals on the nose. At once sweet and vivacious, with chewy peach pit and hazelnut flavors and a sappy texture. Finishes d...

Wine Enthusiast: This grand rosé is rich and rounded. Its red fruit flavors are layered with toast and spice notes, with depth that gives the wine another dimension of complexity. It could age...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of flowers, dark fruits and anise. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a fruity, citrus aftertaste. Subtle and firm. Dig down to find it all. Best after 2009. 1,905 case...

Burghound: A lightly spiced nose of fresh red berry fruit aromas that carry earth and underbrush notes that merge into light to barely medium weight flavors that possess good detail on t...

About this Wine: The name " les Porrets " probably comes from a deformation of the word " poiriers ". A long time ago, the vine advantageously replaced the orchards on this marly, chalky clay,...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Barbera d'Asti Ai Suma is wonderfully perfumed, fresh and seductive. Roses, violets, plums, dark cherries and minerals are some of the aromas and flavors that flow fr...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone is a gorgeous wine. Layers of graphite and minerals run through the dark fruit, contributing notable drive and energy to the fini...

Wine Spectator: Harmonious, balanced and very fresh '89. Color is medium-dark ruby, with lovely fresh floral and raspberry aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, well-integrated tannins and a fruity...

Wine Spectator: Harmonious, balanced and very fresh '89. Color is medium-dark ruby, with lovely fresh floral and raspberry aromas. Medium- to full-bodied, well-integrated tannins and a fruity...

Wine Spectator: Loaded, with intense bittersweet cocoa, mulled blackberry, steeped fig and warm plum reduction notes, all layered together and pushed by a loamy finish. Dark, deep and intense...

Wine Spectator: Loaded, with intense bittersweet cocoa, mulled blackberry, steeped fig and warm plum reduction notes, all layered together and pushed by a loamy finish. Dark, deep and intense...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Yellow-gold. Exotically perfumed bouquet displays scents of sweet butter, melon, smoky lees and iodine. Open-knit melon and pit fruit flavors are given spine by gentle acidity...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid yellow-gold. High-pitched aromas of fresh orchard fruits, minerals, honeysuckle and white pepper show serious power and focus. Deep, palate-staining and precise, with ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, deep ruby. Knockout nose combines blackberry, bitter chocolate, mocha, roast coffee, tar and pungent herbs, all lifted by a violet topnote. Large-scaled and fat with f...

Wine Spectator: Well done, rich and balanced, with tight, dense, chewy tannins wrapped around a core of herb, dill and cedar-laced Cabernet flavors that gain complexity and depth, with subtle...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Ciel du Cheval is a blend of 38% Cabernet Franc, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Petit Verdot, and 12% Merlot. Herbs, spices, violets, minerals, and black fruits compose ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red-ruby. Redcurrant, cedar, violet and fresh herbs on the nose, plus a whiff of minty minerals. Supple, sweet and easygoing in the mouth, with pure strawberry and re...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red-ruby. Redcurrant, cedar, violet and fresh herbs on the nose, plus a whiff of minty minerals. Supple, sweet and easygoing in the mouth, with pure strawberry and re...