Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright pale yellow. Lemon, hazelnut and almond on the somewhat musky nose; showing some oak today. Then thick but fresh in the mouth, with strong stone fruit flavors sh...

Wine Spectator: Toasty, spicy and complex, this is polished to a gleam and redolent of ripe pear, pineapple, honey and butterscotch, finishing with just enough acidity to keep it refreshing a...

About this Wine: When young, Corton-Charlemagne is pale gold in color with green highlights. As it ages, the color shifts towards yellow or amber. The bouquet, delicate in the extreme, fea...

Wine Spectator: Beautifully crafted, this is rich, intense and focused, with a complex mix of ripe, vibrant green apple, pear, melon and spice, picking up a subtle honeyed edge on the finish....

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2002 Mr. K The Nobleman (321 grams per liter of residual sugar and 10.25 grams per liter of acidity) is made from 100% botrytised Chardonnay. Its medium gold color is foll...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Less minerally and more fruity than the Chassagne samples that preceded it, showing charming aromas of peach, fresh apricot, white flowers and vanilla. Sweet, fresh, well-del...

Wine Spectator: Tangy, focused, spicy and refreshing, with a line of acidity making the wine mouthwatering underneath flavors of lime, grapefruit and green apple. Tightly wound, this has the ...

Wine Enthusiast: Wood and ripe fruit flavors drive this explosively fruity wine. Its richness is balanced by the acidity from green apple and lime fruits. Spice from the wood aging adds piquan...

Wine Front: Full on. Flinty. Minerally. One hundred percent compelling. An outstanding example of what Giaconda does best: rich, penetrating fruit with funky, matchsticky, smouldering fir...

Burghound: Note: from 7 different parcels of 50+ year old vines that total 1.7 ha. This is also highly perfumed with a pronounced floral component dominating the other aromas that are co...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2003 Mr. K. The Nobleman, a 100% Chardonnay made from botrytised fruit, possesses 278 grams of residual sugar per liter and 9.9 grams of acid per liter. There are a whoppi...

Wine Spectator: Light toasty oak and baking spice accents overlay white peach, apple, elderflower and stone flavors in this intense yet elegant white. It's the underlying acidity that keeps i...

Burghound: A highly floral and white orchard fruit nose is trimmed in soft oak aromas that give way to rich, powerful, concentrated and delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess excel...

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...

About this Wine: From the same hillside vineyards as `Ma Princesse' and `Ma Douce,' this unique cuvée is judiciously blended from a strictly limited number of selected barrels displaying t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, pale yellow. Very pure, reticent aromas of lemon, lime and white flowers. Dry and penetrating to the point of painful, with pristine flavors of crushed stone, l...

Wine Spectator: Ripe, broad and powerful, this creamy-textured white packs lime blossom, pear, sweet corn and butterscotch into an ample frame. A mineral note emerges as this glides to the lo...

Burghound: Relatively strong sulfur notes definitely detract from the otherwise complex nose of pain grillé, ripe green apple and wet stone aromas. There is however good volume and mid-p...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Restrained aromas of stone fruits, clove, nuts and minerals. Fruitier and sweeter in the mouth than the Clavoillon, with enticing harmonious acidity but l...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale, bright yellow. Reticent nose hints at lemon and baked bread. Rich, powerful and dry, with terrific depth to its lemon, white peach and stone flavors. A densely packed...