Wine Spectator: Tangy, focused, spicy and refreshing, with a line of acidity making the wine mouthwatering underneath flavors of lime, grapefruit and green apple. Tightly wound, this has the ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Less minerally and more fruity than the Chassagne samples that preceded it, showing charming aromas of peach, fresh apricot, white flowers and vanilla. Sweet, fresh, well-del...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Quite closed on the nose, hinting at menthol and wet stone. Then juicy and tight in the mouth, more taut and incisive than silky today, and showing superb precision for the v...

Wine Spectator: A bright, mineral-driven Champagne that offers a creamy mousse and flavors of green pear, anise, spiced nut and candied lemon zest. A note of sweet smoke lingers on the modera...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2003 Mr. K. The Nobleman, a 100% Chardonnay made from botrytised fruit, possesses 278 grams of residual sugar per liter and 9.9 grams of acid per liter. There are a whoppi...

Burghound: Note: from 7 different parcels of 50+ year old vines that total 1.7 ha. This is also highly perfumed with a pronounced floral component dominating the other aromas that are co...

Wine Spectator: Well-balanced and vivacious, with rich, ripe flavors of quince paste, marzipan and candied orange peel mixing with lively acidity. A hint of smoke lingers on the moderate fini...

Wine Spectator: Light toasty oak and baking spice accents overlay white peach, apple, elderflower and stone flavors in this intense yet elegant white. It's the underlying acidity that keeps i...

Wine Enthusiast: Wood and ripe fruit flavors drive this explosively fruity wine. Its richness is balanced by the acidity from green apple and lime fruits. Spice from the wood aging adds piquan...

Wine Front: Full on. Flinty. Minerally. One hundred percent compelling. An outstanding example of what Giaconda does best: rich, penetrating fruit with funky, matchsticky, smouldering fir...

Burghound: A highly floral and white orchard fruit nose is trimmed in soft oak aromas that give way to rich, powerful, concentrated and delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess excel...

Wine Spectator: Tangy, with ripe blood orange and pomegranate flavors that mix with an underlying smokiness and lots of lychee and spice notes. It's elegant, with seamlessly integrated, juicy...

Wine & Spirits: Rich, dense flavors of white peach, litchi and exotic citrus feel layered and subtle, with a vibrant energy and ample fragrance. Despite its great richness it remains balanc...

About this Wine: From the same hillside vineyards as `Ma Princesse' and `Ma Douce,' this unique cuvée is judiciously blended from a strictly limited number of selected barrels displaying t...

Wine Spectator: A touch extreme, as this is very toasty in style, with lots of butter, grilled hazelnut and peach cobbler aromas and flavors. Really powerful, with a broad and muscular palate...

About this Wine: As I have written many times, all of these wines are produced from rigidly cultivated, bio-dynamically managed vineyards. That has been the rule since Michel Chapoutier fi...

Wine Spectator: This elegant Gewürztraminer displays ripe, fleshy tangerine, yellow peach and ruby grapefruit flavors, accented by spice and stargazer lily notes. A pleasant citrus peel note ...

Wine Spectator: Mango, peach and pineapple notes are layered with hints of orange candy, cherry pit, basil and earth in this intriguing wine. The silky texture sits on a medium-bodied frame, ...

Wine Spectator: ...more luscious than sweet... honey, dried apricot and citrus preserve, which melds nicely with the structure...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: It’s fascinating to taste the 2004 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne after the 2002, something I have been able to do on a few occasions. The 2004 is all about minerali...