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...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($99; bottled in March; vinified in 800-liter concrete eggs, then aged half in the eggs and half in older f u ts More exotic, spicy nose than the Clos, hinting at soft citrus ...

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 ...

About this Wine: Grape variety: Chardonnay
Exposure: South South-East  Right Bank  
Soil: Kimmeridgian limestone  
Age of the vines: Around 15  years
Grape ha...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Felino Chardonnay was native yeast fermented with the wine going through full malolactic fermentation. It offers up a lovely bouquet of melon, spiced apple, and flora...

About this Wine: "Les Vaucopins" is a premier cru quite unique within the wide range of the Long-Depaquit Estate wines. Located...

Burghound: A moderately reduced nose still manages to reflect hints of oak toast and green fruit. The relatively powerful and well-concentrated flavors possess solid mid-palate density t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Reticent nose hints at wet stone and soft citrus fruits. Rich and fat, with broad, palate-saturating peach and mineral flavors. Nicely integrated acidity gives...

Burghound: Here the nose is sufficiently reduced that it renders the nose unreadable. There is by contrast excellent verve and freshness to the full-bodied and attractively rich middle w...

Eddie Wolowski: Pale gold. Nose balances tropical fruit, sea shells, spice, and minerality with citrus fruit. Full-bodied, focused, and balanced, with a hint of creaminess on the solid mid-pa...

About this Wine: "Les Vaucopins" is a premier cru quite unique within the wide range of the Long-Depaquit Estate wines. Located...

Jeff Loo: This wine displays a brilliant golden yellow color at the core with slight green hues towards the rim. A refined and elegant nose of green apple, poached pear, lemon curd, tru...

Burghound: A highly perfumed nose of spice, white flower, citrus and sea breeze nuances leads to seductive satin-textured flavors that are quite rich yet pure, delineated and possess ple...

Burghound: This is also quite floral with ripe citrus and stone hints that marry into full-bodied and very rich flavors that possess a textured mouth feel and excellent intensity on the ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Powerful but reticent aromas of citrus peel and crushed stone. Distinctly fatter and sweeter but quite stony in the mouth, then dry on the back, even austere. This seems sweet...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Complex, fragrant bouquet of pear skin, melon and ginger, along with a bright mineral overtone. Succulent orchard fruit and honeydew flavors are brightened by z...

Devon Magee: Pale lemon in the glass with notes of vanilla, almond skin and nutmeg spice notes. Lemon pith on the palate with a faint caramelized note that adds a bright sweetness to the f...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium yellow. Ripe peach, quince, clove, marzipan and medicinal herbs on the nose. Densely packed but a bit youthfully disjointed today, with powerful, very ripe pinea...

Burghound: A reticent but elegant green fruit nose is primary but very fresh and solidly complex and leads to racy, intense and pure middle weight flavors that are textured, minerally an...

Burghound: This is quite generously wooded though the wood does not completely dominate the ripe green fruit and orange zest aromas or the rich, full and borderline rustic flavors that p...