Wine Spectator: Creamy-textured, with hints of vanilla, anise, pear and melon that are intense, focused and concentrated. Still young and tight, showing great intensity and persistent flavors...

Wine Spectator: Web Only 2009 - Weaves together a complex web of mature pear, fig and golden raisin, with mineral and hints of smoke and anise. Elegant, stylish, mature and focused. Medium- t...

Wine Spectator: This white moves gracefully from primary flavors of peach and citrus to a broader range of charred oak, mineral, and even a scent of butterscotch. Smooth, deep and rich, the a...

Wine Spectator: Wonderful detail, richness and depth mark this Chardonnay, in which subtle scents of wildflower are pure and focused on ripe pear, citrus, tangerine and anise flavors, with su...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (I tasted a sample taken from barrel in August, shortly before the bottling): Good full yellow. Big, ripe aromas of lemon oil, smoke, hazelnut and vanillin oak. Opulent, mo...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright straw-yellow. Ripe nectarine lifted by nutmeg and lavender on the nose. Large-scaled, smooth and sweet; not a particularly refined style of Corton-Charlemagne bu...

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...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium yellow. Peach, spices, menthol and hazelnut on the nose. Tight stone fruit flavors are given a penetrating quality by strong acidity, and lifted by hints of menthol a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The pretty 2006 Chardonnay has an attractive ripe, buttery nose with Clementine and buttercups, the palate ripe and very expressive, bursting with tropical fruit such as mango...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale bright yellow. High-pitched aromas of white peach, lemon, spices and minerals. Juicy, lively and pure, with enticing stony lift to the stone fruit and citrus flavors. ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Very ripe aromas and flavors of stone fruits, crystallized lemon and spices. In a plump, rich, full style, boasting good stuffing for village wine. Harmonious ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright pale yellow. Slightly reduced aromas of apple, pear and crystallized peach. Juicy and bright, with good mid-palate cut thanks to lively acidity. Finishes tactile, st...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Meursault Les Chevalieres comes across as quite polished and refined in this vintage. Lemon, apricots and white flowers meld together in this feminine, gracious wine....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ripe fresh apricot and marzipan on the nose, along with a mineral component. Juicy, spicy and minerally; more taut and less fat than the basic village offering. Showing its ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (the Garenne and Chalumeaux components of this wine both began in new barrels) Superripe aromas of stone fruits, orange, clove, chalk and nuts slightly perfumey. Fat and cream...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pure aromas of white peach and flowers. Sweet and ripe but vivacious too, with classic Puligny flavors of peach, flowers and minerals. Less reduced than the Charmes and easi...

About this Wine: One of California's most successful stainless steel fermented and aged Chardonnays is Melville's Clone 76 Inox.The immensely talented Greg Brewer is the force behind this impr...

About this Wine: The Melvilles are a serious viticultural family with an impeccable vineyard and top-notch wines, looked over with some consulting help from the dynamic duo of Greg Brewer an...