Burghound: As one would expect, this is notably more elegant but only a bit more complex with a relativley high-toned red pinot and cranberry fruit nose that introduces rich and full fla...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright medium red. Musky, reduced aromas of redcurrant, blackberry and iron. Supple but a bit dry and rustic, offering good breadth but only moderate delineation to the dark...

Wine Spectator: Blackberry aromas, with dark chocolate and mineral. Full and dense, with lovely fruit and a long, silky finish. Balanced and pretty. Best from 2011 through 2014. 3,415 cases m...

Wine Spectator: Lithe and silvery, showing light toast, pencil shaving and grapefruit notes backed by a firm structure. It's well balanced, with moderate length. Drink now. 500 cases imported...

Burghound: As it should be, this is more aromatically complex with fresh pear and white peach aromas where these notes can also be found on the rich, sweet and full-bodied flavors that c...

Burghound: This is both more elegant and more complex with a very pure and pretty red berry fruit nose that reflects notes of mineral, pepper and damp earth that can also be found on the...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium red. Spicy raspberry and a sweet hint of chocolate on the nose. Spicy and tight, with lovely acid cut and energy to the crunchy red fruit flavors. Finishes with...

Wine Spectator: Beautifully balanced, boasting lovely currant, mineral and black cherry flavors, medium to full body, good complexity and well-integrated tannins. Should improve with age; try...

Wine Spectator: Beautifully balanced, boasting lovely currant, mineral and black cherry flavors, medium to full body, good complexity and well-integrated tannins. Should improve with age; try...

Wine Spectator: Beautifully balanced, boasting lovely currant, mineral and black cherry flavors, medium to full body, good complexity and well-integrated tannins. Should improve with age; try...

About this Wine: Characteristics of the appellation:
Very refined bouquet, developing citrus, white-fleshed fruit and floral notes. Fresh and supple, the wine is marked by mineral notes tha...

Burghound: Very ripe and quite elegant despite the plumy, slightly port-like quality of the nose yet the flavors are fresh, sweet and rich with striking complexity on the nicely persiste...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A stylish, elegant, understated St.-Emilion, the 2011 Fonbel reveals plenty of dark berry fruit, crushed rock and acacia flower characteristics. This pure effort requires some...

Burghound: A fresh and moderately rustic nose of red and dark berry fruit aromas is replete with various warm earth nuances that also suffuse the supple and almost surprisingly round fla...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale greenish yellow. Cool aromas of lemon and lime ice and white flowers. Ripe but juicy and brisk, with nicely integrated acidity giving cut and lift to the lemon-lime flavo...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Chardonnay is a very pretty, focused wine with bright, well-articulated fruit and lovely overall balance. The non-malo approach works well here. Anticipated maturity:...

Wine Spectator: Wonderful aromas of crushed raspberry and Indian spices. Medium- to full-bodied, with lovely silky tannins and a medium-spicy cinnamon finish. Very pretty indeed...

About this Wine: "...One of the great examples of the appellation, whose owner is the founder of the Pomerol wine syndicate. On the plateau Dr. Alain Raynaud and Chantal Lebreton are the enthu...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Kesselstatt 2006 Kaseler Nies-chen Riesling Grosses Gewachs represents one of the most concentrated distilled fruit aromas I can ever recall. The somewhat spiritous, bitte...

Wine Spectator: An elegant wine, with a lovely balance of blackberry and tobacco flavors and soft, silky tannins. Not a blockbuster, but well proportioned. Best after 1996. -JS