Wine Spectator: Firm and structured, with spicy currant, herb, dill and berry, picking up a cedary lead pencil edge. Finishes with a firm, rich core of flavors and tight tannins. Cabernet Sau...

Rhone Report, The: A voluptuous, hedonistic, and pleasure bent blend that is mostly Grenache, the 2011 Orin Swift Abstract delivers loads of creamy red and blackberry fruit, sweet spice, licoric...

Wine Spectator: Packed with fruit character, this deep, ripe version offers plenty of new oak, revealing a rich texture and zesty flavors of smoky licorice, blackberry cobbler and cracked pep...

Wine Spectator: Packed with fruit character, this deep, ripe version offers plenty of new oak, revealing a rich texture and zesty flavors of smoky licorice, blackberry cobbler and cracked pep...

Jeremy Oliver: An elegant, fine, supple and slightly herbaceous cabernet blend of pleasing prettiness and charm. Its dusty, leafy bouquet of violets, mulberries and cassis, sweet cedar/vanil...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (15.8% alcohol) Saturated bright ruby. Aromas of boysenberry, dark chocolate, mocha and oak. Fat, silky and sweet but not heavy; this really fills the mouth. Less minerally th...

About this Wine: A champagne house is judged primarily on the quality of its Brut non-vintage, which, more than any other wine reveals its art of assemblage. Powerful and complex, the Brut Yel...

About this Wine: A champagne house is judged primarily on the quality of its Brut non-vintage, which, more than any other wine reveals its art of assemblage. Powerful and complex, the Brut Yel...

About this Wine: A champagne house is judged primarily on the quality of its Brut non-vintage, which, more than any other wine reveals its art of assemblage. Powerful and complex, the Brut Yel...

About this Wine: 63% cabernet sauvignon and 37% cabernet franc

Wine Spectator: Plenty of blackberry, cherry and red licorice character. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long finish. Delicious, rich wine. Best after 2006. 13,600 cases made. (JS)

Wine Spectator: Aromas of blackberry, currant, strawberry, tar and mint. Medium- to full-bodied, with a polished and caressing texture. Not as good as the great '95, but excellent. This chewy...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 1982 vintage, seriously maligned because of the rains that plagued the harvest in Sauternes, was actually an outstanding vintage for both d'Yquem and its nearby neighbor, ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Space limitations preclude including tasting notes.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Space limitations preclude including tasting notes.

Neal Martin's Wine Journal: Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois 2009 tasting in London. The Devise d'Ardilley was the winner of the Coup de Cru Bourgeois that I judged at Vinexpo in June. Here, it justifies that...

Wine Spectator: Bright aromas of crushed berry and raspberry, with a hint of mineral. Full-bodied and very round, with lovely velvety tannins and a long finish. Big and boisterous. Almost rus...

Wine Spectator: Dark and rich, showing toasty mocha oak flavors, with a beam of wild berry, raspberry, cola, vanilla and spice. Long on the finish. Drink now through 2020. -JL

Wine Spectator: Bright and elegant, this offers appealing flavors of ripe black cherry, raspberry and orange peel that show hints of toasted raisin bread, anise and sweet smoke. Offers a beau...

Wine Spectator: Young and rambunctious, intense and concentrated, with a mix of wild berry, currant, smoke, roasted meat, charred oak and ripe currant fruit, supported by firm tannins. Finish...