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 ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Full, saturated medium ruby. Superb nuance and lift to the aromas of kirsch, violet, licorice pastille and crushed stone. Wonderfully sappy and alive in the mouth, with outs...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Lovely lift to the aromas of black cherry, blackberry, violet and smoked meat. Juicy, spicy and nicely delineated, with lovely cut to the blackberry, spice an...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright medium red. Sexy spices and a hint of peach give a somewhat exotic quality to the raspberry aroma. Rich and broad but with a restrained sweetness; this is a bit reduc...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, dark red. Complex nose mends raspberry, crushed rock, musky minerality, brown spices and a whiff of leather. Sappy, saline and pure, with rich, concentrated fla...

Pinot Report: Medium ruby color; delicate, earthy and herbal aromas with some cherry notes; deep, rich earthy and herbal flavors with rich red cherry notes; elegant; some toasty oak; good s...

Wine Spectator: Bold, intense, big and expressive, yet for all its size this is well-proportioned, with a mix of ripe berry, plum and earthy mineral notes that unfold gracefully. Tightens up ...

Wine Enthusiast: Another great release from Sequana of this single-vineyard bottling, which hails from the golden slopes of the cool, southwestern part of the Russian River Valley. It's rich i...

Burghound: A deft touch of wood adds nuance to the otherwise elegant and pure red and blue berry fruit aromas that display a lovely touch of violets that serve as a graceful introduction...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Baudes is one of the more open, radiant wines in this lineup. There is an unabashed sexiness to the fruit that is quite beautiful. This shows su...

Wine Spectator: Here's a fresh, vibrant red, with juicy cherry, raspberry and spice flavors that resonate on the palate. Seemingly electric, this has an undercurrent of mineral and ends with ...

Wine Spectator: A gorgeous Gevrey, this exudes floral and sweet berry aromas that lead a beam of cherry flavor, with notes of blackberry, spice and mineral. This seems pretty for the appellat...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Wild, gamey nose offers redcurrant, rose petal and hints of leather and game. Silky and sweet but with nice acid definition serving to highlight the elegant, fre...

Wine Spectator: A lean, wiry red, with a linear profile and driving energy. At its core is a laser of cherry, with spice, earth and mineral notes revolving around it. The tannins clamp down o...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Juicy, precise aromas of red berries, cherry, spices and mocha, plus a whiff of menthol. Juicy, fine-grained and densely packed but a bit medicinal today. For all its richnes...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep, bright red. Sexy aromas of black cherry, ginger, cumin, licorice and violet. Silky on entry, then juicy and brisk in the middle, with lovely perfume and purity to t...