Wine Spectator: This is a delicious Syrah, pure, rich, intense and concentrated, with a wonderful core of zesty black cherry, blackberry, wild berry and pretty fresh earth scents. Just when y...

Wine Spectator: Very youthful, with lots of exuberant, richly layered blackberry, boysenberry, cassis and plum fruit flavors. The solid structure is buried deep on the spice- and anise-filled...

Wine Spectator: This plush red shows alluring raspberry and licorice flavors. Thick and sweet, it has good concentration and well-integrated tannins. A crowd pleaser. Drink now through 2010. ...

Wine Spectator: ...vivid complex aromas, with dense, rich and well-defined fruit flavors... fine tannins and a beautiful core of currant, tar, raspberry, cherry and nutmeg scents...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright violet. Expansive bouquet shows boysenberry and blueberry liqueur, Moroccan spices, violet and woodsmoke. Lush, seductively sweet black and blue fruit flavors stain t...

Wine Spectator: Rich and dense, but velvety and nicely detailed, with sleek-edged cassis, blackberry and plum fruit woven with white pepper, mulled spice and dark olive notes. A strong, tangy...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Saturated ruby. Pungent aromas of briary blackberry, chocolate, pepper and spices. High-toned, fruity and rich but not over the top, with dark berry and chocolate flavors do...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Smoky, mineral-driven aromas of black raspberry, cherry-cola, cured meat and violets, plus a strong spicecake overtone. Intense red berry flavors are lifted by ...

Wine Spectator: Offers an amazing mix of flavors, extending from plum and blueberry to loamy earth, dried herb, cedar and tobacco. At points this is supple, but eventually firms on the finish...

Wine Spectator: A very lively, energetic style, with lots of brambly structure underneath the layers of fig, plum and blackberry fruit. Sweet tobacco, anise and spice notes fill in the finis...

About this Wine: This wine highlights the effect of the "galets roulés" on old Châteauneuf vines. It has a deep color and a very pronounced body, balanced by the roundness of the Grenache. A l...

Wine Spectator: This isn't shy, with flashy mocha, toasted raisin, cinnamon and pastis aromas rushing forth, but there's sleek, integrated structure and solid layers of linzer torte, plum pât...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The massive 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee La Parte des Anges reveals huge extraction, abundant new oak, and an intense, full style. While there is a tendency to call this mod...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Syrah caresses the palate with generous blueberries, blackberries and French oak. There isn't much varietal character or nuance here, instead the wine impresses for i...

Wine Spectator: A sensational, breathtaking Syrah that's inky dark and saturated with rich currant, blackberry, boysenberry and huckleberry, with a stunning display of mocha, espresso bean an...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark purple. Aromas and flavors of cherry compote, black raspberry and candied flowers. Densely packed but lithe and precise, with gentle tannins sneaking in on the finish. ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Sexy red berry liqueur, incense and Asian spice aromas are complicated by a smoky nuance and a hint of zesty minerality. Shows very good intensity on the palate...

Wine Spectator: Dark and winey, with velvety layers of crushed plum, blueberry and anise supported by a strong graphite note and carrying through the long, spice- and violet-filled finish. Dr...

Wine Spectator: Aromas of vanilla, licorice, mint and berries follow through to a full-bodied palate, with silky tannins and a vanilla cream and raspberry aftertaste. Very jammy style. But it...

Wine Spectator: Classy. Dark, rich and full-bodied, with excellent structure, firm tannins and a solid core of earthy currant, herb, cedar, pencil lead and mineral flavors that are deep, comp...