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 Front: We're late to come to this - the 2007 may even have been released? - but now that I don't live in Melbourne it can be difficult to get ahold of a Craiglee. I've had this relea...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium ruby. Smoky aromas of cassis, game and currant leaf. Very suave and fine in the mouth, with less obvious sweetness than the 2002 but perhaps more precision of flav...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Even deeper-colored with more purple hues, the 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve is composed of 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Cinsault from nearly 70-year-old vines. This bri...

Wine Spectator: Very ripe and flattering, with loads of linzer torte, cassis and crushed cherry fruit, but well-supported by notes of cocoa, graphite and toasty spice. The finish is long and ...

Wine Spectator: A very ripe, fleshy, gutsy style, with mouthfilling tar, espresso, braised fig and dark plum notes still waiting to meld fully. The broad, muscular finish has a nice briary ed...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This nearly 12-acre parcel on sandy, gravelly soils is planted with 100% Merlot. Made by proprietor Denis Baraud, the 2003 is a surprisingly strong effort from a soil type tha...

About this Wine: fashioned by winemaker Kim Johnston from vineyards owned by the Longbottom family

Wine Spectator: This is rounded and fresh, but shows good persistence, as damson plum, red currant and blackberry fruit glides along, laced with hints of sandalwood, black tea and roasted tob...

Wine Spectator: An ambitious red, featuring toasty oak and spice notes to frame the deep layers of cassis, blackberry coulis and fig paste flavors, which expand with hints of maduro tobacco a...

Wine Spectator: A very toasty but integrated style, with warm espresso and mocha leading the way for a really supple palate of black currant, plum sauce and cassis flavors. The toast holds a ...

Wine Spectator: Offers a sappy feel, with deliciously pure notes of kirsch and blackberry preserves. Lightly toasted spice and singed anise accents lead to the long, graphite-fueled finish. S...

About this Wine: This traditional cuvee has a distinctive character with its lovely ripeness and richness of red fruit and spicy notes....

About this Wine: Cuvee du Vatican's two cuvees of red wine included a traditional cuvee and the more limited production luxury offering-- the Reserve Sixtine (Starting in 2010 there is only on...

Wine Spectator: Racy, offering delicious dark bramble, linzer torte and blackberry notes, with a strong graphite edge coursing through the finish. Gains density and flesh on the finish, which...

About this Wine: A blend of Bordeaux varieties from a hand-selection of the highest quality lots.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Heady aromas of raspberry preserves, lavender and mocha, with a spicy overtone. Juicy and deeply concentrated, offering sappy red and dark berry flavors that become...

Wine Spectator: Very exciting aromas of crushed blackberry and lightly smoky barrels. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a medium finish. A bit tight but balanced. 10,555 cases made. -JS

About this Wine: Purchased in 1998 from the daughter of the local blacksmith - hence the name - the initial vineyard was primarily based on a gravel outcrop, assembled over the generations wit...

Wine Spectator: Very rich and caressing, with lovely plum sauce, melted licorice and cassis aromas and flavors all woven together and backed by ample but velvety tannins. The long, tar-staine...