Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Spicy red fruit aromas lifted by a floral nuance. Juicy rather than fleshy, with good energy from the stem component. Distinctly wild notes of gibier and smoke....

Wine Spectator: A mouthful for the vintage, with its lovely berry, chocolate and tobacco aromas and flavors, medium to full body and chewy tannins. Fresh finish. Better in 1999.

Burghound: Curiously for a wine coming from a vineyard of considerable altitude, this is quite ripe with a liqueur-like nose of extract of red pinot fruit that is at once cool and elegan...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (the Garenne and Chalumeaux components of this wine both began in new barrels) Superripe aromas of stone fruits, orange, clove, chalk and nuts slightly perfumey. Fat and cream...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright cherry-red. Highly aromatic fruit bomb of a nose: cherry, raspberry and strawberry, with a faintly high-toned wild element. Then juicy more than fleshy in the mouth, of...

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...

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,...

About this Wine: "Monbousquet is a blend of 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks and the wine is...

Wine Spectator: "Smart Buy" Designation: Dark and spicy, with violet notes around the blackberry and mineral flavors, finishing with shades of pepper and smoke. Drink now through 2016. --Harv...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Another estate on the rise in Pomerol, the quality here has been very consistent over the last eight years. With sweet kirsch-like notes intermixed with some underlying soil n...

Wine Spectator: Shows whiffs of chamomile and blanched almond before giving way to stylish white peach, pear skin and salted butter notes, with solid length. Nicely done, with the barrel ferm...

About this Wine: "This fine, top drawer, Rothschild owned estate has produced a blockbuster '89 with an intensly perfumed nose, luxuriously rich palate and the ability to age for decades. A wi...

John Gilman: The Bressandes was the very last wine to finish its malolactic in 2008 in the Pavelot cellars, and yet the wine was showing very well indeed in November. The bouquet is deep, ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Penfolds' most impressive Cabernet Sauvignon is the 1994 Bin 707. This murky plum-colored, blockbuster, backward, exceptionally tannic Cabernet displays abundant quantities of...

Christopher Massie: There are few if any producers who outshine Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry in the village, and as the crystalline ruby red robes across the range for his 2010s attest, he's at the...

Wine Spectator: Mouton comes through again. Impressive '93, deep in color and full-bodied, boasting plenty of currant, black cherry, mint and toast character. Well crafted, showing depth for ...

Wine Enthusiast: Brooding and mysterious, this is a serious wine that deserves a serious steak to go with it. Dark and ripe with dominant notes of black licorice followed by black berries, plu...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright medium red. Pungent aromas of cherry, redcurrant and minerals. Concentrated, spicy and light on its feet, with a restrained sweetness to the flavors of red berries, flo...

Wine Spectator: Toasty, with a frothy bead, this mixes accents of candied pineapple and ginger with flavors of white peach, biscuit and roasted hazelnut. A hint of smoky tar shows on the firm...

Wine Spectator: Lots of currants, minerals and lightly toasted oak. Full-bodied, with lots of clean fruit and superfine tannins. Excellent for a second wine. Best after 2009. 5,830 cases made...