About this Wine:

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($160) Saturated ruby-red. Tangy blackcurrant and blackberry on the nose, along with an exotic smoky note. Dense, sweet and pliant, with lovely subtle oakiness. Impressively c...

Wine Spectator: Deep and concentrated, with lots of smoky nutmeg and tea overtones to the core of plum and cherry flavor, hinting at violet on the nose. Very firm and tannic; will need until ...

Wine Spectator: A sensational La Tāche that's as good as I remember upon release. Shows a suppleness in the tannins without compromising the compact mineral, wet earth and ironlike flavors th...

Burghound: A deft touch of wood sets off ripe and pure aromas of black berry liqueur, earth and a whiff of humus that an also be found on the rich, round and very generous medium-bodied ...

Burghound: A highly expressive nose of liqueur of plum and purple fruits slides gracefully into rich, full-bodied and serious flavors yet the mouth feel is really quite fine. There is go...

Burghound: This is also very floral and quite elegant with primarily black pinot fruit and warm earth aromas serving as a refined introduction to the rich, full-bodied, velvet-textured a...

John Sweeney: Deep ruby core, with a slightly paler rim. Gorgeous and inviting nose with aromas of red and purple fruits, fresh truffle, wet rock, and a touch of baking spice. Silky and exp...

Burghound: An intensely floral nose of very ripe cassis, plum and black cherry liqueur aromas precedes the very round and seductively textured flavors that possess fine volume and a velv...

Burghound: A ripe and expressive nose mixes red and blue pinot fruit liqueur with violet and rose petal nuances. There is excellent size, weight and volume to the intense and powerful fl...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($180) Medium red. Complex nose melds red fruits, minerals, rose petal and game. Then dense and sweet in the mouth, combining an almost liqueur-like quality with lovely lift. ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($135) Medium red, a bit brighter than the Latricieres. Lively aromas of red cherry, raspberry and minerals. More tightly wound than the Latricieres, with a solid supporting s...

Burghound: A slightly riper nose of mostly fresh red berry fruit aromas laced with hints of earth and game give way to textured and relatively suave medium-bodied flavors that possess mo...

Burghound: This is very Gevrey with the distinctly animale hints to the cool earth-inflected aromas that include cassis, plum and black berry. The exceptionally rich, round and suave med...

Burghound: An elegant and refined upper register nose features cool and very pretty red currant, plum and humus-suffused aromas that introduce admirably pure middle weight flavors that a...

Burghound: A brooding and altogether reticent nose of dark berry fruit, earth and pungent humus notes gives way to rich, concentrated and sleekly muscular flavors that possess fine delin...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Petite Chapelle is the most complete of the 1ers from Gevrey. A striking, expressive bouquet melds into layers of dark fruit that caress the palate ...

Burghound: As it often is, this is the most elegant of these 1ers with a well-layered and attractively fresh combination of red and blue pinot fruit, plum, violet and wet stone nuances. ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Redcurrant, rust, smoke, tobacco and earth on the nose. Supple and fleshy, with good sweetness to the flavors of plum, smoke and truffle. The best of these 2007s t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Very ripe aromas of cherries macerated in alcohol, mocha and wild herbs. Generous, pliant and highly concentrated, with lovely floral, mineral and minty high ...