Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Quite closed on the nose, hinting at menthol and wet stone. Then juicy and tight in the mouth, more taut and incisive than silky today, and showing superb precision for the v...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (from younger vines, planted in 1999 and 1992): Pale color. Reticent nose hints at lime. Then open-knit in the mouth, with good lemony cut to its sweet, creamy lemon and pi...

About this Wine: "Our Reserve chardonnay is created in our small lot winemaking facility, a "winery within a winery." Under the direction of consulting winemaker David Ramey, we employ cutting...

Wine Spectator: Very pure and precise, with racy, mouthwatering salted almond and peach pit notes along the edges, while green plum, Jonagold apple and white peach flavors course through the ...

Wine Spectator: Offers pure aromas of quince and citrus, with green pineapple and honeydew melon notes. Retains focus and gains depth, fanning out pleasantly on the finish. Drink now throug...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Very ripe pineapple fruit aroma lifted by powdered stone, minerals and an exhilarating violet nuance. Big, rich and fat with exotic peachy fruit. Shows a softer texture and le...

Wine Spectator: Brisk and elegant, featuring high-register herb, citrus and vinous waxy, honeyed, mature white Burgundy flavors of nut and mineral. Beautifully balanced, with a lacy finish. D...

Wine Spectator: Clean lines mark this slim, taut, linear white. Lime, apple, hazelnut and mineral aromas and flavors get lift from the vivid structure. It all plays out on the crisp, limeston...

Wine Spectator: Fragrant and complex, with floral aromas of lemon, pebble, citrus and green apple that are delivered on a beam. Tightly wound and sharply focused, this is long and persistent ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Ripe but cooler aromas of citrus fruits, with hints of marzipan and apricot emerging with air. Juicy and fruity in the mouth, with a solid impression of acidity...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ripe stone fruits and minerals on the nose and palate. Densely packed and sweet, with strong but well-integrated acidity giving the mid-palate more tension than the 2009 shows...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Yellow-gold. Exotically perfumed bouquet displays scents of sweet butter, melon, smoky lees and iodine. Open-knit melon and pit fruit flavors are given spine by gentle acidity...

Burghound: An attractively fresh and bright nose blends notes of resin, wet stone, flowers and citrus where the latter element can also be found on the quite finely detailed flavors that...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Aromas of very ripe peach, acacia flower and oatmeal. Sweet, dense and fine-grained, with strong acidity and firm underlying minerality giving shape and energy to the middle p...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow-straw. Reticent stony nose. More filled in than the Blanchots, with good precision to its stone fruit and mineral flavors. Fruity and densely packed, wi...

Wine Spectator: A spicy, flinty, snappy edge to the green apple and pear flavors, gives this a nice structure. The finish features cleansing acidity and a Golden Delicious apple aftertaste. D...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale greenish-straw color. Complex but reticent nose hints at lemon oil and flowers. Dense and fruity, offering a sweeter impression than the foregoing samples. A somewhat ...

Wine Spectator: A steely version, boasting peach, pear, lemon and mineral aromas and flavors that build to a lingering conclusion. Harmonious, with adequate structure and a grilled hazelnut a...

About this Wine: "This wine is produced from a vineyard owned by Tim and Angela Coddington, whose grapes have been used in the Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay since 1998. It is a vineyard th...

Wine Enthusiast: A fancy Chardonnay, whose 50% new French oak gives a delicious layer of buttered toast and vanilla, but is in keeping with the volume of the underlying wine. Made from grapes ...