Wine & Spirits: A lean cabernet with scents of violets and blue fruit, this gains richness from its dark chocolate tannins. Hints of mint, black peppercorns and dark roast coffee add to the w...

About this Wine: Lee Gnesa (pronounced knee-sa) and his family planted this intimate four-acre vineyard in 1996 on Highway 246 on a ge...

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...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Dark berries, cured meat, smoky herbs, minerals and dried flowers on the fragrant nose. A sexy anise quality adds complexity to the powerful blackberry and boysen...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium red. Captivating, perfumed aromas of raspberry, plum, redcurrant, cocoa powder, mocha and nutty oak. Then vibrant and tight in the mouth, with a lovely subtle swee...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby. Musky, floral-accented aromas of dried red berries and cherry, with wild herb and mocha nuances and a hint of star anise. Juicy, precise, deeply pitched cherry ...

Wine Enthusiast: Shows the elegantly crisp, almost austere structure of the winery's 2009s, courtesy of the cool vintage. Tight at first in acids and tannins, as it warms it gives off deep lay...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Heady aromas of candied red fruits, incense and cola, with suave floral nuances building in the glass. Offers intense raspberry and cherry flavors and brigh...

About this Wine: In 1996, Christian Moueix first released Napanook, a wine specifically intended to be enjoyed in its younger years. Eight years later, Napanook has achieved near legendary st...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A delicious entry-level wine, the 2010 Merlot is rich, boisterous and loaded with fruit. Freshly cut flowers, sweet red berries, mint and spices all make an appearance in this...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: One of the most complex Bordeaux blends to emerge from California over recent years...boasts a dense purple color as well as an extraordinary nose of menthol, blackberries, ca...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Yellow-gold. Exotically perfumed bouquet displays scents of sweet butter, melon, smoky lees and iodine. Open-knit melon and pit fruit flavors are given spine by gentle acidity...

Wine Spectator: Fragrant and complex, with floral aromas of lemon, pebble, citrus and green apple that are delivered on a beam. Tightly wound and sharply focused, this is long and persistent ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: ...flavors of blackberries, blueberries, creosote, and acacia flowers. Heady, full-bodied, and viscous, with tremendous opulence as well as fleshy fruit, this mind-blowing Syr...

About this Wine: "A dense, concentrated wine from a classic, great vintage. The aromas show characters of the earth; sun baked ripe berry, briar and black cherry. Quite big, round and mouth fi...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 1995 Merlot Bancroft Ranch exhibits an opaque ruby/purple color, followed by a stunning nose of chocolate, minerals, black cherries, and toast. A serious, mountain-styled ...

Wine Spectator: Full-bodied, rich and layered, with honeysuckle, smoke, roasted fig and melon flavors that are pure, focused, subtle and persistent. Drink now through 2018. -JL

Wine Spectator: Offers an assertive mix of flavors, with dried currant, plum, blackberry, dill, cedar and mocha-laced oak. This is well-structured, firming nicely on the finish. Cabernet Sauv...

Wine Enthusiast: You know you're dealing with a great Pinot Noir when it's this delicious right out of the bottle, yet will age. This wine is enormously rich and sweet in cherries, blackberrie...

About this Wine: Shafer's single-vineyard Carneros-grown Chardonnay is produced from small-clustered clones of grapes selected for their low yields and distinctive flavors. Fermentation takes ...