Wine Spectator: Flashy style of Margaux, with alluring warm cocoa and black tea aromatics followed by cashmere-textured plum sauce, steeped fig and blackberry confiture notes. The well-integr...

Wine & Spirits: Nick Mills has tuned his vines to the cool elevations of Wanaka, working through natural viticulture and winemaking to produce this explosively schisty pinot noir, a Central O...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Pale ruby in color, the 2008 Tinker's Field Pinot Noir presents expressive scents of red cherry, lavender and underbrush with a touch of cassia. Crisp, medium bodied with medi...

Wine Spectator: Tangy and rich, with lovely, ripe strawberry and blackberry flavors supported by zingy acidity, all of it lasting nicely on the generous finish. Drink now through 2009. 6,000 ...

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...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Pommard Argilliers is a delicate, mid-weight wine laced with perfumed red fruit, mint and flowers. This shows lovely freshness and brightness in a feminine style of P...

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 ...

Wine Spectator: Concentrated and earthy, this is a full-bodied, moderately tannic but complex wine, from the earthy, spicy aromas through the ripe plum and anise flavors and minerallike finis...

Pinot Report: Medium ruby color; delicate, earthy and herbal aromas with some cherry notes; deep, rich earthy and herbal flavors with rich red cherry notes; elegant; some toasty oak; good s...

About this Wine: Soil: clay and chalk, with characteristically rounded, huge stones.

Blend: Grenache is the dominant grape, followed by Syrah and Cinsault.

About this Wine:  Barolo Le Vigne is often a dark and impenetrable wine in its youth, where the tannins and structure from the Monforte vineyard sites make the wine less approachable. Wit...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Tannic, with plenty of earthiness and roasted herbs, the monolithic 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Andolsen from the Dry Creek Valle...

Wine Spectator: Bold, intense, big and expressive, yet for all its size this is well-proportioned, with a mix of ripe berry, plum and earthy mineral notes that unfold gracefully. Tightens up ...

Wine Spectator: Firm and well-structured, displaying a core of earthy currant, blackberry and black cherry fruit, shaded by light cedary oak and finishing with a touch of gaminess. Drink now ...

Wine Enthusiast: Another great release from Sequana of this single-vineyard bottling, which hails from the golden slopes of the cool, southwestern part of the Russian River Valley. It's rich i...

Burghound: A deft touch of wood adds nuance to the otherwise elegant and pure red and blue berry fruit aromas that display a lovely touch of violets that serve as a graceful introduction...

Wine Spectator: A gorgeous Gevrey, this exudes floral and sweet berry aromas that lead a beam of cherry flavor, with notes of blackberry, spice and mineral. This seems pretty for the appellat...

Wine Spectator: A lean, wiry red, with a linear profile and driving energy. At its core is a laser of cherry, with spice, earth and mineral notes revolving around it. The tannins clamp down o...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Moderately saturated medium red. Ripe red berries and mocha on the lively nose and palate. Fat, supple and sweet, with enough sex appeal to give pleasure right now. Plump i...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Full-blown aromas of coffee, mocha and game. Less fruity than the basic village wine but dense, sweet and nicely fresh, with a deep middle and plenty of medicina...