Wine Spectator: A muscular red, with an almost brooding feel, as steeped blackberry and black currant fruit rolls along, spiked with pastis-soaked plum, charcoal and dark tobacco, followed by...

About this Wine: Produced only in exceptional vintages, the Ermitage Ex-Voto is the expression of a sincere desire to produce an exceptional wine which reflects the soul of this prestigiou...

Wine Spectator: A bright, racy style, with a bay leaf frame to the violet, white pepper and damson plum core. An iron note adds tangy, mouthwatering length to the finish, which stays focused....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Tasted in components: #1, Petite Cote: fresh red berries and flowers, with intense spiciness. Very bright and lively, with racy cherry and raspberry flavors and strong fini...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Dark berry preserves, cola, Asian spices and mocha on the exotically perfumed nose. Offers an array of sappy black and blue fruit flavors and gains energy and wei...

About this Wine: The 1 hecatare, terraced Cornas Les Eygats site is situated at a relatively high altitude. It has pure granite soil and and an ideal south-east exposure.

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Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky purple. Cassis, candied cherry and red berry skin aromas are lifted by an intense floral note. Supple and appealingly sweet, with spicecake and floral nuances adding co...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid ruby. Intense, spice- and floral-accented aromas of dark berry preserves, potpourri and Asian spices, with a bright mineral nuance gaining strength with air. Fresh and...

About this Wine: From a powerful soil, made up of schistose sands marked by iron oxide, this cuvée is characterised by flavours of wild berries and liquorice over deep, forceful tannins - comb...

Wine & Spirits: A fresh and fragrant shiraz, this ranges from umami scents of black mushrooms and earthy roots to candied plum. Its dark fruit flavors have delicate persistence, the tannins h...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Pure perfection, the 2010 Hermitage reminds Jean-Louis Chave of their 1990. It appears to be a richer, fresher example of what I remember the 1990 tasting like in 1992. The wi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Glass-staining purple. Highly perfumed aromas of black and blue fruits, licorice, black olive and smoky Indian spices. Pliant and broad on the palate, with appealing sweetne...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky purple. Heady aromas and flavors of blueberry, mocha and incense. Elegant, seamless, deeply fruity syrah, with bright acidity adding lift. This expansive wine finishe...

Ryan Moses: 100% shiraz aged for 12-months in used American oak hogsheads (300L). Deep inky core fades to a hazy purple rim. Intense aromas of blackberry jam, cassis and vanilla extract. ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Tasted in components: #1, Petite Cote: fresh red berries and flowers, with intense spiciness. Very bright and lively, with racy cherry and raspberry flavors and strong fini...

About this Wine: The northern sites of Kalimna and Ebenezer contribute juicy dark berry fruit and rich mocha flavours to the wine while western sites such as Seppeltsfield give Blackwell i...

Wine Front: It's not the deepest or most profound shiraz on the market but it hits the sweet spot bang on. It tastes of sawdusty oak, black cherries, blackberries and fresh, boysenberry-l...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Vibrant blackberry and cherry aromas are complicated by Asian spice and candied floral nuances. Offers sweet dark berry and bitter cherry flavors enlivened by cra...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Blackberry, cherry-cola and violet on the highly perfumed nose. Sappy and concentrated but lively as well, offering intense dark berry flavors that are given spin...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Cornas Vieilles Vignes has off-the-charts richness as well as an extraordinarily precise nose of blackberry and blueberry jam intermixed with cassis, charcoal, lead p...