Cory Gowan: Ruby color. Intense stone fruit and earthy aromas, supported by more subtle smoke and dried herb notes. Lively acidity is balanced by cranberry and red fruits on the palate. ...

Wine Front: I tasted and reviewed this with the label facing me, but without knowing the price tag... No one quite invests in McLaren Vale grenache like D'Arenberg does, so you can't blam...

Wine Spectator: Focused, tight, harmonious and complex, offering a straight shot of cherry, tobacco, mineral and spice flavors that keep singing through the long, vivid finish. Best from 2014...

About this Wine: "Les Vaucopins" is a premier cru quite unique within the wide range of the Long-Depaquit Estate wines. Located...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale, bright straw-yellow. Aromas of pear and hazelnut, plus a whiff of nut skin. Offers good cut and definition to its flavors of menthol, minerals and slightly bitter peac...

Wine Spectator: Big and bold, with currant, blackberry and plum fruit backed by espresso, smoke and mineral notes in this muscular red. The powerful character is more menacing than alluring, ...

Jancis Robinson: Very dark. Rather glamorous and glossy on the nose. Sweet start and very polished - verging on too black fruited but it keeps itself fun to drink - just a more opulent side ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Batard-Montrachet needs a few minutes in the glass to show its true pedigree. It is a big, big wine endowed with considerable richness and sheer power. Smoke, scorche...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes is a wonderfully complete Burgundy with superb delineation in its aromas and flavors. The intensity of the fruit carries through nicel...

Wine Spectator: Fresh red currant, raspberry and cherry notes are laced with violet and blood orange. Brighter and higher-toned than most of its 2009 Pessac peers. Drink now through 2018. -JM

Wine Spectator: This has an old-school twinge, with bay leaf and alder notes leading the way for cassis bush, blackberry and tobacco flavors. There's lightly edgy grip, but this doesn't reall...

Burghound: This also displays very generous wood that fights somewhat with the notably ripe yellow orchard fruit that is borderline exotic in character. The big, powerful and impressivel...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (70% treixadura, 9% each godello and loureira, 7% torrontes and 5% albarino): Bright gold. An explosively perfumed bouquet evokes fresh melon and apricot, with lively minera...

Burghound: A mild touch of reduction is not enough to stifle the otherwise elegant and cool aromas of roasted nut and citrus nuances that add breadth to the ripe orchard fruit aromas tha...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Mazoyeres-Chambertin is another reticent wine. This is a decidedly intense, powerful Mazoyeres that needs time to shed its baby fat. The aromatics are expressive and ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Charmes-Chambertin needs quite a bit of time in the glass to come together. Initially quite ripe and exotic, the Charmes gradually finds its balance. Still, my sense ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A major sleeper of the vintage, this blend of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is another "best ever" performance. Notes of tobacco leaf, hot rocks, sweet kirsch and ...