Wine Spectator: Offers a lovely velvety feel from the start, with very fleshy blackberry, linzer torte and mulled plum fruit flavors woven with bittersweet cocoa, licorice snap and roasted al...

Wine Spectator: Dense but caressing, with polished black currant, cassis and pastis notes that flow along, while tobacco, tar and violet notes chime in throughout. The long, sleek finish has ...

Wine Spectator: Round and forward, showing cherry and strawberry flavors, this is pure and focused, with a bright structure underlining the fruit. Offers lovely balance and a lingering finish...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Perrot-Minot's 2008 Clos Vougeot Vieilles Vignes - racked to tank two weeks before I tasted it - smells of purple plum, dark cherry, and charred red meat. Graphite, crushed st...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Perrot-Minot 2008 Nuits-St.-Georges La Richemone Vieilles Vignes delivers scents and flavors of tart but ripe blackberry, Maine blueberry, machine oil, and licorice. Firml...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: I know some readers will find it hard to believe, but the 2011 Nostre Pais Blanc's aromas and rich, honeyed, full-bodied texture reminded me of the famous white Chateauneuf du...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Nuits St. George Aux Thorey bursts from the glass with an exciting array of dark fruit supported by firm yet polished tannins. Expressive aromatics are woven througho...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright red. Knockout nose offers flinty red cherry, incense and violet. Very pure flavors of red cherry and redcurrant are complicated on the back by fresh sweet spices and fl...

Wine Enthusiast: A single-vineyard wine (though not labeled as such), this was barrel-fermented in neutral French oak and bottled after about four months. Honey and toast are delicate nuances;...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Caraway, white pepper, green tea, and mint pungently set the nose and palate tingling in Crochet's 2010 Sancerre Le Chene, with lemon, lime and kumquat offering a juicy but al...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Cotes du Ventoux Persia, a blend of 90% Syrah (from 50-year-old vines) and 10% Mourvedre from the estate-s finest terroir, is aged in small barrels and 600-liter demi...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Made from 90% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre aged in 100% new oak, the inky/purple-hued 2009 Cotes du Ventoux Persia reveals notes of smoky barbecue intermixed with graphite, blackbe...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: There are only 400 cases of the outstanding 2009 Cotes du Ventoux Il Etait Une Fois, a blend of 80% Grenache from 80-year-old vines, 15% Mourvedre from 20-year-old vines, and ...

About this Wine: In 1990, Maté Brajkovich reworked the land at Kumeu River and planted a new vineyard of Chardonnay on the site of the family's original vineyard, purchased in 1944. The fi...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and juicy, sporting cherry, raspberry, rose and spice aromas and flavors, all playing out on the elegant frame. This is a delicate style, favoring finesse over power. Sti...

Wine Spectator: The ripe cherry, plum, earth and spice aromas and flavors are beautifully displayed on the dense, tannic structure in this red, which is bright and energetic, with an aftertas...

Wine Spectator: A round red, sporting cherry and plum flavors matched to a firm structure, followed by firm grip on the finish. This shows some power, along with a hint of clay or loam notes....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (85% mencia, 7% garnacha, 6% brancello and 2% mouraton): Bright ruby. Extremely fresh, mineral-accented red berry and floral aromas are complicated by sexy Asian spices and ...

Burghound: A deft touch of wood sets off more complex and slightly riper red and dark berry fruit aromas that also evidence nuances of violets, spice and warm earth. The rich, round and ...

About this Wine: The vines that produce Cos d'Estournel Blanc are located in the north of the Médoc, in Jau-Dignac and Loirac.

The vineyard's soil is made up mainly of sand and very c...