Wine Spectator: Fresh, offering a lively bead, with flavors of white peach, apple, biscuit and blanched almond that show a hint of passion fruit. Shows fine texture and an open-knit, mineral-...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow-green. High-pitched but reserved nose hints at apple, lemon and violet. Juicy and precise but youthfully tight, with lovely sharply defined lemon and stone flavors...

About this Wine: "This fine, top drawer, Rothschild owned estate has produced a blockbuster '89 with an intensly perfumed nose, luxuriously rich palate and the ability to age for decades. A wi...

Wine Spectator: Remarkably knit and defined already, with bright, mouthwatering peach, apricot, persimmon and piecrust flavors. Long and pure. A beautiful wine. Good to see this estate back i...

Wine Spectator: Lemon peel, spices and honey on the nose. Full-bodied, with a dense yet elegant structure. Medium sweet, with a spicy finish. Stylish. Very well done

Burghound: ...The dense and powerful middle weight flavors possess excellent mid-palate concentration as well as wonderful intensity. Moreover the intense minerality adds both elegance a...

Wine Enthusiast: A fancy Chardonnay, whose 50% new French oak gives a delicious layer of buttered toast and vanilla, but is in keeping with the volume of the underlying wine. Made from grapes ...

Wine Spectator: Shows plenty of power, but remains light and crisp, offering focused flavors of mineral, peach, and ruby grapefruit. Finishes with white pepper and hints of savory herb. Very ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chablis Vaillons is impeccable from start to finish. Layers of yellow stone fruits caress the palate in this overt, yet highly sophisticated wine. The underlying mine...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Complex, fragrant bouquet of pear skin, melon and ginger, along with a bright mineral overtone. Succulent orchard fruit and honeydew flavors are brightened by z...

Wine Spectator: This sings with spicy, creamy pear and lanolin flavors, finding restraint as the finish lingers enticingly. Cries out to accompany shellfish. Drink now through 2018. — H.S.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Very subtle, reticent aromas of lime, grapefruit peel, orange, ginger and quinine. Fully ripe but classically dry, with strong, bright acidity giving cut to the wine's chewy,...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Complex nose melds lime, smoky silex minerality and a hint of clove. Vibrant and quite powerful, with penetrating flavors of ripe apricot, salty minerality and spices; this i...

Wine Spectator: Delivers fresh-cut pear and green melon flavors, with a hint of lanolin framing the finish. This opens steadily with air, showing salted butter notes and minerality along the ...

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...

About this Wine: Grape variety: Chardonnay
Exposure: South South-East  Right Bank  
Soil: Kimmeridgian limestone  
Age of the vines: Around 15  years
Grape ha...

About this Wine: Clos des Capucins is a historical plot of land that was mentioned already in 890 C.E. when Richarde the empress gave it to the Evital Abbey, who later on handed part of it ove...

Connoisseurs' Guide: If never wanting for ripeness and long on heady, young, varietal fruit, this solid effort plays juicy apples and a streak of caramelly oak against plenty of freshening, mildly...

Wine Enthusiast: Concentrated, intense orange, apricot and mineral flavors characterize this Chardonnay, as does a brisk cut of acidity. It handles the 100% new French oak, with notes of butte...

About this Wine: "Les Vaucopins" is a premier cru quite unique within the wide range of the Long-Depaquit Estate wines. Located...