Wine Enthusiast: Break out the hors d'oeuvres for this tart young Pinot Grigio. It needs food to balance it out. The acid-backed flavors are savory, and include Meyer lemons, limes, lemongrass...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark ruby color. Fruity aromas of cassis, black cherry and dried herbs. Very rich, deep and sweet, verging on raisiny. Round in the mouth, then finishes fairly dry and quite f...

Bob Campbell, MW: Pungent, fruity wine with a touch of box hedge, passion fruit, ripe capsicum and a suggestion of tree fruit flavours. Good mouth feel and length.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Produced from yields of 20 hectoliters per hectare (14% natural alcohol), this 2008 reveals surprisingly high acids as well as a tart, repressed personality. Medium-bodied wit...

Wine Spectator: Inviting fruit aromas and flavors of berry, red plum and raspberry are framed by plenty of fresh acidity. The pure, minerally finish offers some notes of iron and spice. Xinom...

Connoisseurs' Guide: A bit underplayed and never outgoing, yet still hitting the right varietal marks with respect to curranty fruit and mildly woodsy Cabernet spice, this slightly supple, mid-siz...

Wine Enthusiast: Extremely smooth and silky in texture, this elegantly crafted wine features aromas and flavors of cedar, sassafras and chocolate, with some berry fruit showing through on the ...

About this Wine: If any town can claim to be born under the auspices of a guiding star, Beaune can. The star, seen on numerous paintings or embroideries at the Hôtel-Dieu, is the love between ...

Wine Spectator: Firm and tight, with loamy earth, graphite, dried currant and berry fruit, as well as hints of underbrush. Full-bodied, intense and complex, turning a bit simpler on the finis...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Full yellow-gold. Exotic aromas of poached pear, honeycomb and dried flowers, with a musky saline nuance and a suggestion of tropical fruits. Tactile in the mid-palate, with a...

About this Wine: Soil: Clay-limestone
Site/Exposure: South-East
Two parcels of sloping land in the commune of Cheilly-les-Maranges.
Altitude: 240 m
Area: 0.5 ha
Planted: 1983-19...

About this Wine: Grapes: Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and Colorino.
Fermentation: traditional.
Maturation: 2 - 4 months in Slavonian durmast casks of 50 - 80 Hl.
Refi...

Burghound: A very attractive sense of freshness and immediacy characterize the pretty red berry fruit, stone and earth aromas that lead to ripe, delicious and solidly precise flavors tha...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep, bright red. High-pitched aromas of strawberry, raspberry and Asian spices, complemented by a subtle smoky quality. Zesty and precise, with tangy red berry flavors show...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Reticent nose hints at dried peach. Broader and more pliant than the Saint-Romain, with a touch of sweetness to its ripe stone fruit flavors. A nicely open-knit ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Kesselstatt 2007 Kaseler Niesâ_Tchen Riesling Grosses Gewachs is strikingly if austerely marked by impressions of caraway, lemon zest, toasted nuts, and crushed stone. As ...

Wine Spectator: This lean, snappy red shows a floral cast to the raspberry flavors, finishing with ripeness, moderate intensity and refined tannins. Drink now through 2015.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (30% each of grenache, cinsault and syrah, with 10% mourvedre): Vivid pink. High-pitched aromas of strawberry and raspberry, with a deeper cherry pit quality emerging with a...

Burghound: A pretty yet entirely serious nose of red pinot fruit with plenty of pungent Morey style ferrous earth nuances that also characterize the intense, pure and energetic medium-bo...

Wine Spectator: Fresh and vibrant, with floral overtones to the berry and pomegranate flavors, which linger on the focused finish. Drink now. -HS