Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A rich, enveloping wine, the 2010 Chardonnay Russian River Valley caresses the palate with layers of bright, focused fruit. This is an especially saline, intense vintage of th...

Wine Enthusiast: There is such elegance on this concentrated wine, combining richness with intense structure. A blend of yellow fruit, crisp apple and lemon zest flavors surface on this opulen...

Wine Enthusiast: A signature wine for Girardin, this is powerful and rich, with apricot, quince and green plum fruits that are layered within the taut texture. A toast note rounds out this com...

Wine Enthusiast: Big and rounded, this will eventually develop into a ripe, complex wine. Spice and toast notes merge with the yellow fruits and structured nervosity.

Wine Enthusiast: This is a very mineral driven wine-the ripe fruit is cut with acidity, green fruits and herbs. Textured and ripe, its freshness is a counterpoint to the full fruit flavors.

Wine Enthusiast: This is a deeply rich, very impressive wine from a great white-wine vintage. It's concentrated with the essence of pure Chardonnay. It has tension along with a full texture. A...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale bright yellow. Pure but reticent aromas of apricot, peach pit and iodine. Dry and extremely unforthcoming, revealing more nutty oak than primary fruit. Extremely dense...

Wine Enthusiast: Using grapes sourced from the upper part of the Charmes Vineyard, this is rounded and full, showing the thin soil through its concentration. Touched by toast and spice notes, ...

Wine Enthusiast: Nervy and textured, this is a wine under tension. It is crisp with acidity, with lots of bright green-fruit and citrus flavors. This is complex and age worthy, bringing out th...

Wine Enthusiast: This is a floral wine that combines structure, firm acidity and intensely ripe fruit. Flavors of green fruit, citrus, toast and some smoke give complexity to this concentrated...

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 Enthusiast: Opulent and very minerally, this is deeply flavored and concentrated, with a lively, crisp edge. It's fruity while also having a textured finish that shows a structured, age-w...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Reticent but very pure aromas of yellow peach, hazelnut and vanillin oak; comes across as riper than the utterly primary basic Corton-Charlemagne. Sweet...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chablis Vaillons is impeccable from start to finish. Layers of yellow stone fruits caress the palate in this overt, yet highly sophisticated wine. The underlying mine...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Aromas of orange blossom and hazelnut along with a hint of minerality. Sweet, rich and chewy, with enticing sweetness leavened by juicy acidity. A step up in e...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Discreet aromas of candied stone fruits complemented by sexy oak spices. Dry and classic, with excellent cut and length to the energetic stone fruit and floral flavors. A bi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Restrained but pure aromas of flowers, clove and smoke. Chewy and nicely filled in on the palate, combining good texture and energy. Shows the ripe yellow fr...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright light yellow. Brisk citrus and grapefruit aromas are accented by ginger and quinine. Sweet, fresh and intense; a step up in concentration and energy from the premier ...

About this Wine: Surrounded by Bātard-Montrachet and lying alongside the old road known as the "chemin de Couches", the "Vide Bourse" climat was only classed comparatively recently (1974) ...

About this Wine: At barely 2.5 ha, this remarkable appellation with its evocative name is one of Puligny-Montrachet's smallest, lying next door to the hamlet of Blagny.

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