Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The dense purple-hued 2012 offers up notes of blueberries, lavender, incense, chocolate and toasty oak. The lovely aromatics are followed by deep, plush, medium to full-bodied...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Vibrant, high-pitched aromas of candied red fruits and lavender, with Asian spice and herb topnotes. Juicy and precise, offering gently sweet raspberry and cherry...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Aromas of raspberry, incense, candied lavender and allspice, with a sexy floral note gaining strength with aeration. Sappy and concentrated, with vibrant red berr...

About this Wine: Lots of strong aromatic qualities of tobacco, minerality and stony hints with a nice floral note.  Well-balanced on the palate, nice light acidity, structured tannins....

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A wine of remarkable elegance and polish, the 2011 Dolcetto d’Alba Dei Grassi caresses the palate with layers of soft fruit, floral aromas and phenomenal length. This isn’t a ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Tasted from two different foudres; #1: Sexy, floral-accented aromas and flavors of blueberry and candied cherry. Spicy and energetic, with good clarity and lift. #2: Deeper...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale gold. Nectarine, pear and lemon curd on the nose, with complicating vanilla and mineral qualities gaining strength with air. Broad and fleshy but impressively focused, ...

Wine Spectator: The bramble and spice elements are balanced and fresh in this muscular, juicy red from the south of France. Displays hints of black olive to the dried blackberry and plum comp...

Wine & Spirits: Mathieu Baudry makes this wine from a 14.8-acre vineyard of gravel and sand, producing a bright, blue-fruited franc with scents of iodine and game. The best part of the wine i...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. A wild, complex bouquet displays candied cherry, lavender, smoked meat and licorice. Sappy and penetrating, offering sweet cherry and floral pastille flavors and ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Barbera d-Alba is another absolutely gorgeous wine bursting with expressive dark fruit. This unoaked Barbera delivers serious quality and personality for the money. A...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Very fresh, pure aromas of lemon, lime, pineapple and mint. A ripe, fruity midweight with a juicy freshness and noteworthy finesse. A hint of mandarin orange...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Restrained aromas of pineapple, coconut and minerals. Tightly wound and intense, with strong citrus fruit flavors accented by crushed stone and salty mi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Very subtle, reticent aromas of lime, grapefruit peel, orange, ginger and quinine. Fully ripe but classically dry, with strong, bright acidity giving cut to the wine's chewy,...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Complex nose melds lime, smoky silex minerality and a hint of clove. Vibrant and quite powerful, with penetrating flavors of ripe apricot, salty minerality and spices; this i...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Strong smoky oak on the nose. Fat, sweet, ripe and full, with plenty of oak influence to the flavors of of lemon, quinine and menthol. Vary large-scaled, glyceral Clos with ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full medium red. Strawberry, minerals and gunflint on the nose. Extremely suave for the vintage, and fuller than usual for this cuvee, offering sweet but crunchy flavor...

Burghound: This is notably more refined aromatically than the Beaux Bruns with a pure and relatively high-toned nose composed primarily of various red berries with hints of plum and viol...