Wine Spectator: Sweet spice notes are matched by a beam of cherry in this broad, rich red, which is big and chunky rather than complex, with moderate length. Best from 2011 through 2021. 35 c...

Wine Spectator: Broad and structured, with sweet cherry and oak spice notes reinforced by burly tannins. This is rigid now, with fruit and mineral wrestling with the tannins on the finish. Be...

Wine Spectator: A fresh, powerful red, whose cherry and tobacco notes are squeezed by stiff tannins. Linear and vibrant, requiring time to integrate and absorb its tannins. Best from 2012 thr...

Bob Campbell, MW: Dense, bright and vibrant wine with cassis, plum and black cherry flavours. Quite oaky but long and with good layering on the finish.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2005 Pinot Noir Estate "Sigma" was aged for 18 months in French oak including 30% new Francois Freres barrels. The wine has superb aromatics featuring toasty, mineral, bla...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Potel 2005 Chambertin Clos de Beze thus had a very hard act to follow, but its rose petal, licorice, orange zest, black raspberry and cassis perfume are captivating. Less ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (racked three days before my visit) Full ruby-red. Knockout nose melds black cherry, violet, licorice and brown spices; this is wild yet aristocratic in a Chambertin way. Dens...

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 ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Substantial as well as soft and velvety-textured, the 2005 Pinot Noir Rosellaâ_Ts Vineyard reveals a medium plum/ruby color, ...

Wine Enthusiast: I love this wine for its balance and dryness. The texture is velvety-silky and gently tannic, while the flavors are complex, suggesting red cherries with the astringent skins,...

Burghound: This too was heavily reduced with a similar flavor profile of a rich, suave and full-bodied mouth feel that blends into a powerful, dusty and youthfully austere finish that la...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky red. Intensely floral nose offers bright raspberry, candied cherry and exotic blood orange aromas along with fresh rose and cinnamon. Fleshy, sweet red berry and cherry f...

Wine Spectator: A round red, with black cherry and spice flavors picking up a little iron as this moves across the palate. Well-structured and concentrated, turning more elegant on the refres...

Wine Spectator: Immediately appealing for its black cherry and supple texture, yet this red has the structure to develop over time. Ripe tannins and bright acidity shore up the finish. Best f...

About this Wine: The Clos de Tart was founded  in 1411 by the Tart Abbey Bernardine sisters, a branch of the nearby Cistercian congregation....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($104) Good medium red. Dark cherry, licorice, rose petal and wild herbs on the slightly medicinal nose. Supple, pliant and sweet, with an attractive juicy character to the re...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($104) Full medium red. Vibrant, enticing aromas of redcurrant, strawberry, minerals and peppery herbs. Sweet and densely packed, with a tangy quality to the pliant, silky red...

Wine Enthusiast: Dark garnet-black in color, but as dark as it is, this is not one of those explosive, overextracted types of New World Pinot. This one serves up cherry flavors that are juicy ...

Wine Spectator: Chocolate anyone? That's the main flavor, with accents of black cherry, plum and cassis. It's firm, but there's a sweetness and intensity that balances the tannins. Fine, cass...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: The nose is very ripe yet there is solid freshness and no sense of prune or stewed notes, indeed it's best described as extract of ripe pinot. The big, very concentrated, plum...