Wine Spectator: Ripe but very well-focused, with a lovely singed vanilla bean note guiding the delicious plum sauce, blackberry and cassis fruit. The long, pure, polished finish shows nicely ...

John Sweeney: Dark ruby at the core with a bright ruby rim. On the nose, this is textbook Bordeaux-black raspberry, cassis, wet rock, cedar and a touch of toasty oak. The palate is medium...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Another sleeper of the vintage, the opaque ruby/purple-tinged 2009 l'Estang exhibits lots of sweet black currant and black cherry fruit intermixed with a hint of vanillin. Med...

James Suckling: Blueberry and floral aromas follow through to a full body, with superfine tannins and a long, flavorful finish. But very refined and subtle. Love the texture.

Ryan Moses: Inky core with a thin ruby rim. Mostly merlot with a dollop of cab franc. Intense dark, baked fruits, vanilla, and clove aromas. Really inviting and richly decadent flavors of...

Wine Spectator: Big and bold, with currant, blackberry and plum fruit backed by espresso, smoke and mineral notes in this muscular red. The powerful character is more menacing than alluring, ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (merlot with some cabernet franc): Bright ruby-red. Lively, slightly medicinal aromas of cassis, blackberry, licorice and flowers. Supple, sweet and nicely concentrated, wi...

Wine Spectator: Fresh red currant, raspberry and cherry notes are laced with violet and blood orange. Brighter and higher-toned than most of its 2009 Pessac peers. Drink now through 2018. -JM

Wine Spectator: This has the perfumy lilac and black tea aromas of the vintage, with supple mulled plum fruit and a streak of iron hanging on the finish. Drink now through 2018. -JM

Wine Spectator: A blockbuster wine for this appellation, with masses of fruit and velvety tannins, toasty oak and chocolate. 75 percent Merlot, 25 percent Cabernet Franc and 5 percent Caberne...

Wine Spectator: Full-bodied, with plenty of ripe fruit, toasted oak and spices. Long and caressing. A relatively new estate to watch.

Wine Spectator: Fab nose. Licorice and dark cherries. What a palate. Full body, with super silky tannins and a long, long finish. Seductive juice, polished and gorgeous. This is next to Tertr...

Wine Spectator: Tar and ripe berry aromas follow through to a full body, with juicy fruit and a long finish. Polished and deep.

Wine Spectator: This isn't shy, with well-toasted spice, mocha and ripe blueberry aromas and flavors leading the way, followed by singed vanilla, sweet plum and fig pate de fruit notes and a ...

Wine Spectator: A rich, powerful style, with lots of dark mulled fig, espresso, blackberry sauce and Black Forest cake notes, laced with streaks of bittersweet cocoa powder, which extend thro...

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...

Wine Spectator: Offers lovely interplay between cherry and raspberry fruit, with darker plum and graphite notes and a perfumy Lapsang souchong tea edge. Very racy and detailed, with a long, m...

About this Wine: The kernel for Pezat is a vineyard planted literally a pace outside of the Saint Emilion Appellation - towards the river from Château Teyssier near to Branne. Previously this ...

Chuck Hayward: The color of this beautiful rose is an intense, translucent magenta. Pure aromas of strawberry mash with light, spicy notes make the palate thirst for a taste. Ripe merlot fro...