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

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Peach, honey, menthol and stone on the nose. Rich and fairly intense, with a slightly candied quality to the honey and peach flavors. This may be a bit tired today owing to th...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: These Chapoutier wines are sometimes reviewed by my colleagues David Schildknect in his Languedoc-Roussillon report and Lisa Perrotti-Brown in her reviews of Australian wines,...

Wine Spectator: Riveting acidity carries the sweet pea, māche, chalk and kaffir lime notes in this superracy, light-bodied version.-J.M.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright red. Tangy aromas of raspberry and crushed stone; very calcaire Pure, energetic and quite firm, with juicy flavors of sweet raspberry and wild strawberry. Not a fleshy ...

About this Wine: 1,12 ha of 37 ha (principle Premier Cru left bank). Clay-lime topsoil. Highly typical of Chablis with a good aging potential and a great finesse.

Characteristics of the...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep red. Complex, vaguely smoky aromas of black raspberry, cherry, black tea and sassafras. Youthfully taut on entry but turns suave and silky in the middle, showing good i...

Wine Spectator: A ripe, solid version, with mulled dark currant and fig fruit wrapped with toasted anise, ganache and pastis notes. There's a racy feel on the finish, with a twinge of chalk a...

Wine Spectator: Delivers fresh-cut pear and green melon flavors, with a hint of lanolin framing the finish. This opens steadily with air, showing salted butter notes and minerality along the ...

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

Wine Spectator: This is juicy and still a bit compact, with a mix of blackberry, plum and blueberry notes laced with licorice snap and backed by a long, spice-infused finish. A tarry hint lur...

About this Wine: Dutton Ranch farms over sixty unique, separate vineyards located in the coolest areas of the Russian River Valley, primarily in the Green Valley sub-appellation. Galante and <...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Fresh plum and plum distillate tinged with ginger and white pepper pungently scent the Pavelot 2008 Savigny-les-Beaune Gravains, and these are allied on a bright, lean, yet ph...

Wine Spectator: A balanced Champagne, with hints of green pear, kumquat, ginger, cream and smoke. Fresh and lively, with a moderate finish. Drink now. -AN

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.

About this Wine: Soil: clay and chalk, with characteristically rounded, huge stones.

Blend: Grenache is the dominant grape, followed by Syrah and Cinsault.

Wine Enthusiast: This is a strong Zinfandel. It takes over the mouth with a blast of ripe blackberry, cherry, anise, chocolate and spice. What it lacks in subtlety it more than makes up for in...

About this Wine: The northern sites of Kalimna and Ebenezer contribute juicy dark berry fruit and rich mocha flavours to the wine while western sites such as Seppeltsfield give Blackwell i...

Wine Enthusiast: Vine Cliff consistently produces one of the best Chardonnay's in Napa Valley, and here's another one. The cool vintage gives it refreshing acidity, while the flavors are ripe ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Passopisciaro emerges with gorgeous textural richness in its elegant, silky tannins. Despite its considerable concentration, the wine literally floats on the palate w...