Wine Spectator: Offers subtle aromas of smoky wood, fresh herbs and dark fruits. Full-bodied, with a solid core of fruit and soft, silky tannins. Very well-crafted and polished for the vintag...

Wine Enthusiast: Luce della Vite opens with an opulent, generous style and is packed with black cherry, black currant, cola, leather and pipe tobacco. This is a plush, rich and deeply textured...

About this Wine: 0.40 ha of vine planted in 1962...

Neil Mechanic: Medium garnet-mahogany hue with a brick colored edge. The nose is quite alluring with a mélange of dried cherry, tree bark, Asian five spice and crushed rose petals. You'll wa...

Wine Enthusiast: This has intensely concentrated flavors of black currant, blueberry preserves, violet, vanilla and buttered toast; it's as delicious as any Cabernet out there. The structure s...

Wine Spectator: Shows a candied black currant flavor, like wine gum, along with juicy acidity. Light and balanced, with moderate length. Drink now. 1,600 cases imported. -BS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: There are just under 1,000 cases of the 2007 Cabernet Franc, a wine that admirably demonstrates the heights to which this varietal can climb. A brilliant effort, it boasts ele...

About this Wine: At the southern extremity of the Côte de Beaune and encroaching on the department of Saône-et-Loire, the Maranges AOC embraces the communes of Cheilly-les-Maranges, Dezize...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ruby-red. Balsamic red cherry, ripe plum, graphite, milk chocolate and herbs on the nose. Enters dense, juicy and suave, then turns sweeter and softer, with balsamic, extremel...

Jeff Loo: Brooding, dark purple color with very little variation. Rich aromas of plum, graphite and wet stone, paired with cassis, chocolate and baking spice. The palate is medium to fu...

Wine Enthusiast: Cherry and raspberry aromas lead the charge, but as it airs out it becomes more raisiny and jammy smelling. The flavors are solid but distant, with simple red fruit, oak and b...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon is a huge wine bursting with dark fruit, mocha, spices, tar and licorice. It shows remarkable depth, richness and intensity from start to finish. T...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good ruby-red. Sexy aromas of black cherry and minerals. Supple, sweet and easygoing if a bit reduced today. In a round, slightly chunky style. Finishes with decent purity of ...

Wine Spectator: This delivers the ripe, plum, boysenberry and blueberry fruit profile of the vintage, with good underlying sweet toast and spice notes. Slightly raisiny on the finish, but the...

Wine Spectator: ;This is loaded with crushed plum, blackberry and fig fruit that's backed by muscular espresso, black licorice and tar notes. Grippy but polished, with a long, spice- and blac...

Wine Spectator: Polished and pure, with delicious layers of plum sauce, braised fig and melted licorice that glide through the dense but silky-textured finish. Hints of graphite and incense l...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full, dark red. Deep, pure, brooding aromas of black cherry, licorice and leather, plus a hint of oak spices. Offers lovely aromatic lift but comes across as tightly wo...

About this Wine: Pacenti's Brunello di Montalcino is a great Sangiovese, and a true reflection of the potential of the estate's terroir. Clearly, everything begins with meticulous selectio...

Wine Spectator: Some good berry and dark chocolate aromas and flavors, with a round texture and a clean finish. Good quality for the vintage.