Burghound: Leroux indicated that there was some declassified 1er juice in the blend. This is also extremely pretty and relatively high-toned with airy and cool yet ripe red pinot fruit a...

Wine Enthusiast: Lanson's Black Label is one of the most familiar Champagne brands, well known for its rich but dry style. It needs some bottle age-as has happened with this bottling-to soften...

About this Wine: Surrounded by Bâtard-Montrachet and lying alongside the old road known as the "chemin de Couches", the "Vide Bourse" climat was only classed comparatively recently (1974) ...

Wine Spectator: Candied cherry and milk chocolate mark this round, creamy red. This is well-structured, with some astringent tannins capping the finish. Should come around soon. Drink now thr...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Very pale lemon-yellow color. Cool aromas of lime, mint, chlorophyll, white pepper and dusty herbs. Intensely flavored and fresh, with a touch of sweetness to the deep flavors...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 1992 Margaux displays an impressively saturated, dark ruby/purple color, and a fragrant bouquet of cassis, vanillin, and floral scents. The wine is smooth, supple, wonderf...

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...

Wine Spectator: Crisp acidity frames hints of malt and bread dough, with hints of ripe cherry and wild strawberry in this open-knit rosé. Light-grained, with a citrusy finish. Disgorged Novem...

Burghound: This is also highly perfumed and wonderfully airy with cool red pinot fruit aromas plus hints of underbrush that give way to appealingly detailed, pure and lightly mineral-inf...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Morey St. Denis Tres Girard is dark, plush and inviting. Plums, black cherries, violets, spices and licorice are some of the nuances that take shape in the glass in t...

Neil Mechanic: Medium dark ruby. The bouquet is packed with dried Morello cherry, forest floor and earth tones laced with Chinese five spice and cinnamon notes. After a decant, Pommard's cla...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Chiarlo's major Barbera property is half of a very large estate which he divided with Piero Antinori. It is in an exceptional spot in Agliano d'Asti, something which is easily...

About this Wine: The wines from "Les Avaux" are very deep and dark in colour. The bouquet is very varied and complex, with animal notes suggestive of leather and aromas of red and dark fruits,...

Wine Spectator: Offers very ripe, raisiny aromas, with a tobacco and leather undertone. Slightly maderized, but it doesn't bother me. Full-bodied, showing very soft, velvety tannins and a med...

Wine Spectator: Coffee and smoke notes frame pomegranate and cranberry flavors in this firm, rather tart red. Lively, if a bit lean. Chewy tannins give it a slightly rustic character. Drink n...

About this Wine: Land: A plateau of limestone; bordering slopes with chalk and clay soils....

Wine Spectator: A rounded, toasty frame caresses the medium-weight core of plum, fig and blackberry fruit. Stays fresh and open on the finish. Drink now. 5,500 cases made. -JM

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cotes du Rhone Premiere Cote is an amazingly sexy, lush, full-bodied, Cotes du Rhone with loads of black cherry and black currant fruit, a deep, concentrated mouthfee...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 CV is a wine that can seem remarkable and impressive at times, often as good (or notably better) as anything the winery has produced. I still found it a bit underwhel...

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...