Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ...Deeply pitched aromas of blackberry, licorice, dry spices and eucalyptus. Juicy and tightly wound, with strong, primary flavors of black fruits and licorice. Not as pliant ...

Wine Spectator: Good color. Tanned leather, earth and ripe fruit. Medium- to full-bodied, with herbs and berries. Slight dilution in the center palate.Outstanding, but not a classic Cheval.--...

Wine Spectator: Offers blackberry and black licorice on the nose, turning to light jam. Full-bodied, with lovely, silky tannins and a long, caressing finish. Beautiful and refined. Best after...

Wine Spectator: This has overt spiced toast, anise and mocha notes to soak up, but there's a good core of black cherry and blueberry fruit that should be up to the task. Slightly rustic cedar...

Wine Spectator: Complex aromas of berries, tobacco and cedar follow through to a full-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a long finish with sweet fruit and vanilla. Best wine from here in a...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright red-ruby. Lovely, perfumed aromas of raspberry, redcurrant, mocha, cedar and tobacco. Silky-sweet and classy, with excellent vinosity and grip. This wine has put on wei...

About this Wine: "...the third vintage that Cakebread Cellars selected cabernet fruit from the best vineyards of the western as well as eastern sides of the Napa Valley; respectively...made fr...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This lighter-styled, but complex, finely tuned effort reveals notes of cedar, dried herbs, spice, smoke, sweet cherry and cur...

Wine Spectator: Remarkably complex and well-made, with a core of earthy currant, black cherry, beet root, anise, tobacco and cedary notes. Turns earthier on the finish, in a pleasing way, wit...

About this Wine: Archery Summit's search to produce world-class Pinot Noir led them to the Dundee Hills of Oregon.  Premier Cuvée, the proprietary blend, is made from both the oldest ...

Wine Spectator: Gorgeous aromas of blackberries, violets and currants lead to this full-bodied wine with velvety tannins. Lovely finish delivers a juicy berry aftertaste...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of tobacco, berry and cedar follow through to a medium-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a silky finish. Best after 2003. 25,830 cases made. –JS

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: A firm wine with cedar, coffee and berry character. Medium-bodied, with firm, silky tannins and a medium finish. Pretty. Best after 2008. 20,000 cases made. –JS

Wine Spectator: Thick, dark, dense and concentrated, this packs a wallop with intensely flavored, firmly tannic currant, earth and cedar notes. So young it tastes like a barrel sample, but it...

About this Wine: Land: A plateau of limestone; bordering slopes with chalk and clay soils....

Wine Spectator: Perfumed red, with floral, currant and dark chocolate aromas. Medium-bodied, with firm tannins and a medium finish. Delicate red. Best after 2004. 23,330 cases made.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full ruby. Slightly inky aromas of pungent black raspberry, black plum, minerals and Cuban tobacco. High-pitched yet lush on the palate, with black raspberry, tobacco and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This wine still gets my nod as the finest regular bottling of Cabernet Sauvignon the Joseph Phelps Winery has ever produced. Still impressively dark ruby/purple, with slight...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full red. Redcurrant, mocha and cedary, smoky oak on the ripe nose, with a hint of peppery lift. Lush, ripe and concentrated, offering a dense, thick texture for this w...