Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Malleolus comes from older vines and spent 18 months in French oak. It gives up a promising nose of pain grille, mineral, espresso, violets, and blackberry. This is f...

About this Wine: The vines of Secret de Cardinale are located on a 1.20 hectares plot bordering Château Fleur Cardinale. This wine is made in small quantities using the same growing and wine m...

About this Wine: The vines of Secret de Cardinale are located on a 1.20 hectares plot bordering Château Fleur Cardinale. This wine is made in small quantities using the same growing and wine m...

About this Wine: The vines of Secret de Cardinale are located on a 1.20 hectares plot bordering Château Fleur Cardinale. This wine is made in small quantities using the same growing and wine m...

About this Wine: The vines of Secret de Cardinale are located on a 1.20 hectares plot bordering Château Fleur Cardinale. This wine is made in small quantities using the same growing and wine m...

About this Wine: The vines of Secret de Cardinale are located on a 1.20 hectares plot bordering Château Fleur Cardinale. This wine is made in small quantities using the same growing and wine m...

Wine Spectator: This has a solid frame, with graphite and roasted cedar holding the core of steeped plum and currant fruit together. A loam hint chimes in on the medium-weight finish. Drink n...

Wine Spectator: This has a solid frame, with graphite and roasted cedar holding the core of steeped plum and currant fruit together. A loam hint chimes in on the medium-weight finish. Drink n...

Wine Spectator: This has a solid frame, with graphite and roasted cedar holding the core of steeped plum and currant fruit together. A loam hint chimes in on the medium-weight finish. Drink n...

Wine Enthusiast: Finely tannic, this is a solid wine, full of dark fruit skins, dry, dense and impressive in structure. It shows every sign of aging potential, from its solid tannins to its ti...

Wine Enthusiast: So smooth and lush, it's hard to keep from drinking the whole bottle. Shows wonderfully smooth, sweet blackberries, cherries and raspberries, balanced with supple tannins and ...

Wine Spectator: Firm tannins underlie a smooth texture in this silky red. Black cherry, smoke, tar and mineral flavors are balanced and fresh, and this shows good focus and length. Drink now ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Valbuena is rounded and warmer than the 2006 with lush dark berry fruits interlaced with scents of espresso and bay leaf. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (a 65/35 blend of merlot and cabernet franc): Bright medium ruby. Blackberry, cassis, bitter chocolate and espresso on the nose, with cabernet franc notes of violet and lico...

Wine Spectator: This delivers very forward plum and blueberry flavors, with a gentle kiss of toasty vanilla on the finish. A whiff of black tea flitters through. Drink now through 2019. -JM

Wine Spectator: Intense aromas of blackberry, chocolate and spice. Full-bodied, with firm tannins and loads of fruit. Long. Spicy and chewy. This has guts. Structured. Best after 2010. 1,000 ...

About this Wine: Its firm, well-rounded tannins offer a smoothness ever present over the years. Being highly concentrated, it can be left to age  for many years...

About this Wine: Its firm, well-rounded tannins offer a smoothness ever present over the years. Being highly concentrated, it can be left to age  for many years...

Wine Spectator: Dark, rich and concentrated, with beautifully defined and ripe black cherry and blackberry fruit. Gains intensity and shows a firm wall of tannins on the finish, but they're r...

Wine Spectator: Offers blueberry and mineral on the nose. Full-bodied, with a tight tannin structure and juicy fruit. Bright acidity. Very lively. Score range: 90-93 -JS