Tracey Rose: Saturated dark purple color. 70% grenache and 30% syrah. Brooding nose exhibits inky aromas of truffle and cigar box. A monster for this region with big and bold flavors of bl...

Jancis Robinson: Some clay here. Blackish ruby. Hint of mushrooms on the nose - deeply satisfying. Hugely seductive top notes of spice. Real delicacy and energy with tannins starting to resolv...

Wine Spectator: A fleshy, inviting style, with lots of crushed fig and steeped blackberry fruit woven with warmed cocoa and pain d'épices, all backed by a distinctly racy graphite note. Stays...

Wine Spectator: A complete, elegant wine, playing ripe cherry and berry flavor against the toasty vanilla overtones of oak, it's round and smooth, opening out into a lovely finish. Persistent...

Wine Spectator: Tight and concentrated, built around firm tannins and acidity that frame beautifully focused and complex cherry, raspberry and plum fruit against sweet vanilla and toast. Tast...

Wine Spectator: Deep and concentrated, with lots of smoky nutmeg and tea overtones to the core of plum and cherry flavor, hinting at violet on the nose. Very firm and tannic; will need until ...

Wine Spectator: Showing good fruit, nice concentration and a firm tannic structure, this has personality, grip and character. Medium- to full-bodied, it has great length but not much elegance...

Wine Spectator: Very firm and deeply concentrated, but wrapped in enough tannin to need at least until 1995 to begin emerging from its shell. Already has great finessse and structure, echoing...

Wine Spectator: Indescribably concentrated and elegant at the same time, starting off deceptively smooth and gentle, then building up the intensity and vibrancy until it climaxes to a sensati...

Geoffrey Binder: Pale ruby core that pushes to the rim. This is quite attractive, showing ripe, yet restrained aromas of raspberry, black cherry and cola with underlying notes of baking spice ...

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 Spectator: Attractive aromas of lilacs and raspberries. Medium-bodied, with silky tannins and a fruity, vanilla aftertaste. Best after 2001. -JS

About this Wine: Saint-Pierre has 17 hectares of vineyards and the wine is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. It is aged in oak barrels (50% new) for 18 mont...

About this Wine: Saint-Pierre has 17 hectares of vineyards and the wine is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. It is aged in oak barrels (50% new) for 18 mont...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Vibrant, high-pitched aromas of candied red fruits and lavender, with Asian spice and herb topnotes. Juicy and precise, offering gently sweet raspberry and cherry...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Aromas of raspberry, incense, candied lavender and allspice, with a sexy floral note gaining strength with aeration. Sappy and concentrated, with vibrant red berr...

The Wine News: Lightly burnished yellow-gold hue with a halo-like mousse. Lovely aged aromas of citrus, mineral and brioche. Citrus fl avors of grapefruit and lemon peel laced with cha...

Wine Spectator: Cherry, black currant, violet and iron notes mingle in this medium-bodied, intense red, which tends toward a lean, sinewy profile, yet remains long and persistent. Cabernet Sa...

About this Wine: "In 1965, the Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta planted two more vineyards comprised of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc; the new "Sassicaia" vineyard was situated app...