Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep red. Spicy cherry, redcurrant, herbs, underbrush and smoky oak on the nose. Offers an attractive silky texture, noteworthy intensity and a light touch, with sweet red fru...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Martinet Bru is a bit more forward and elegant. It can be approached now but will benefit from another 2-3 years of cellaring. Mas Martinet is owned by Jose Luis P...

Wine Spectator: Firm tannins underlie a smooth texture in this silky red. Black cherry, smoke, tar and mineral flavors are balanced and fresh, and this shows good focus and length. Drink now ...

Andy Frieden: Purple core with a deep garnet rim. Nose is suggestive of Bordeaux, with perfumed red and black fruit complemented by cherry blossom and underlying fresh earth and crushed roc...

Wine Enthusiast: Roasted, rubbery, savory aromas include lesser notes of graphite, licorice, toast and berrry fruit. The wine feels plump, round and full for a 2008, with grabby tannins and ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby-red. Cherry-vanilla and raspberry on the smoky, oak-spiced nose. Juicy and seamless on the palate, offering bright red fruit flavors and complicating notes of moch...

Wine Spectator: Caramel brown in color, with the viscosity of motor oil, this is soft yet firm, carrying flavors of walnut, dried fig and burnt sugar. Sweet but not oppressively so, with a sl...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Mineral-accented pear and tangerine aromas are enlivened by white pepper and white flowers. Refreshingly bitter citrus pith and quince flavors gain depth with a...

Wine & Spirits: This is a selection from botas of Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez raised separately and then blended to age for three years in solera. The result puts the sweetness of the PX in fro...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Granbazan Etiqueta Ambar has a glorious, floral bouquet with racy lemon, bruised apple and granitic scents that are pure class. The palate is fresh and zesty with a c...

Wine Spectator: Tangerine, ginger, brine and floral notes mingle in this expressive white, which has a generous, pillowy texture, but plenty of citric acidity to maintain freshness and liveli...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The non-vintage Rare Cream, Superior is a moderately sweet, pleasant Sherry. Do your old grandmother a favor and give her this sophisticated drink instead of Harvey's Bristol ...

Wine Spectator: A silky red, offering fresh fruit flavors of plum and blackberry, with espresso and licorice notes. Firm, bright and balanced, with a perfumed, floral finish. Drink now throug...

Wine Enthusiast: Cherry and raspberry aromas lead the charge, but as it airs out it becomes more raisiny and jammy smelling. The flavors are solid but distant, with simple red fruit, oak and b...

Wine Spectator: This amber dessert wine is rich and viscous on the palate, with date, fig, honey and clove notes. Intense and sweet, without being sugary. Drink now through 2020. -TM

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Set to be bottled a couple of weeks after tasting, the 2011 Granbazan Etiqueta Verde has a slightly reduced nose of grapefruit and pear skin with herbaceous notes developing w...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Biga spent 12 months in French and American oak. A bit more brooding aromatically, it offers up notes of balsam wood, leather, cinnamon, clove, pepper, violets, and b...