Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (16.3% alcohol): Glass-staining ruby. Heady, exotically perfumed bouquet of dark fruit liqueur, incense and candied flowers, with notes of vanilla, clove and cocoa emerging wi...

About this Wine: The name 'Reiver' is taken from the border raiders of the Anglo-Scot borders. Throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the border country was ravaged by lawless Reiver...

Wine Spectator: Quite ripe, with a jammy edge to the plum, raspberry and cherry compote notes, laced with red licorice and spice on the finish. Drink now through 2014. -JM

About this Wine: Grape variety: Chardonnay
Exposure: South South-East  Right Bank  
Soil: Kimmeridgian limestone  
Age of the vines: 35 and 56  years
Grape ha...

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...

About this Wine: 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Sangiovese, 9% Petite Sirah, and 8% Merlot

Wine Spectator: A distinctive beauty, if not the blockbuster of previous vintages. Light in texture but ripe in flavor, with black cherry, spice and vanilla notes ringing on the long finish, ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore is surprisingly shut down today. The Valmaggiore is often open and accessible when young, but that is far from the case with the 2010. Fir...

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

Wine Spectator: A tremendous wine, dark, polished and deeply concentrated, with layers of plush plum, blackberry and black cherry, showing touches of herb and black olive. Finishes with a bro...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Merlot e Cabernet Franc Altrovino is beautiful in this vintage. Dark cherries, plums, graphite and grilled herbs come to life as layers of fruit build to the huge, ex...

Wine Spectator: Dense in its layers of blackberry, linzer torte and plum sauce, but caressing in feel, with silky structure and a long finish that has a well-buried, chalky minerality. Almost...

Wine Spectator: Though bright and elegant, sporting cherry and raspberry flavors, this red is lean and dominated by tea and tobacco notes on the firm finish. Sangiovese. 2,750 cases made. -BS

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 dark, rich, yet creamy red, with jammy cassis, blueberry compote and fig paste flavors woven together with layers of licorice and smoke notes. Firm tannins frame the oaky fi...

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Wine Spectator: Very juicy, with layers of raspberry and plum fruit cascading over each other, while fruitcake, red licorice, floral and mineral notes fill in the background. The long, driven...

About this Wine: La Serena's Brunello di Montalcino comes from 17 year old vineyards near the famed Montesoli Cru. The vineyards, planted at 350 meters above sea level on clayey, calcareous so...

About this Wine: La Togata is made of 100% Sangiovese Grosso grapes, accurately selected by picking two out of every five. They are then transferred to another cellar, where they are processed...

About this Wine: 3.63 ha of the appellation's 17 ha (climat located on the right bank of the Serein). The exact continuation of the Côte des Grands Crus. Separated by a path from Grand Cru Les...