Wine Enthusiast: Vine Cliff consistently produces one of the best Chardonnay's in Napa Valley, and here's another one. The cool vintage gives it refreshing acidity, while the flavors are ripe ...

Wine Spectator: A very lush, opulent style, with mango, papaya, quince and pear flavors allied to a creamy, sweetened butter frame. The long finish has floral and bitter almond hints for cont...

Wine Enthusiast: This Chardonnay has all the bells and whistles the winemaker can bestow on it. It's soft and creamy, with flavors of sweetly-sour pineapple and lemon-drop candy, buttered toas...

Wine Spectator: A ripe, creamy style, with notes of green melon, white peach and macadamia nut that glide through a creamy finish. Very lightly toasty, with a macadamia nut hint on the finish...

Wine Spectator: Serves up a complex mix of creamy fig, honeysuckle, anise, baked apple and spice flavors, all while maintaining a tight, upright posture and ending with a long, persistent fin...

Wine Spectator: A ripe white, offering a good bolt of lemon curd and heather running through the middle, with brioche, paraffin, passion fruit and green almond notes filling in the background...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Chateau Raymond-Lafon has a reticent nose at first that finds its voice after a few swirls of the glass, offering dried mango, almond and a touch of quince, all with fine ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Chateau Raymond-Lafon has a reticent nose at first that finds its voice after a few swirls of the glass, offering dried mango, almond and a touch of quince, all with fine ...

Wine Spectator: Shows whiffs of chamomile and blanched almond before giving way to stylish white peach, pear skin and salted butter notes, with solid length. Nicely done, with the barrel ferm...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and creamy up front, with butter-framed melon, creamed peach and pear notes that are then offset by a stony edge on the fresh finish. Blossoms in the glass. Bourboulenc, ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, green-tinged gold. Powerful orchard fruit and orange marmalade aromas and flavors, with intense spice and anise qualities and a touch of agave. Deeply pitched but li...

Wine Enthusiast: This bottling has been variable over the decades, but this 2010 shows fine form, a good sign coming on the heels of the excellent 2009. It's richly oaked and flashy in pineapp...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Even better is the blend of 50% Roussanne, 35% Viognier and the rest Grenache blanc, the 2010 Lou Coucardie blanc. Light gold, with intense honeyed, waxy, citrus blossom notes...

About this Wine: The Lucia Chardonnay is produced from three separate blocks at the Pisoni Vineyards. Varying in age and clone, these blocks contribute to a Chardonnay blend of pure, crisp and...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (from 80-year-old vines): Very closed nose hints at toast and resiny oak. Fatter, sweeter and oilier than the Pucelles but less floral and perfumed. Impressively chewy and ...

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: Marked by vibrant acidity, snappy citrus and green apple notes, this is pure and juicy, with no oak evident. Drink now through 2018. –JL

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright green-tinged yellow. Soil-driven aromas of crushed stone, mocha, white flowers and spices, complicated by notes of butter and honey. The sweet yellow peach flavor fea...

About this Wine: Soil: Clay-limestone, white earth, on the rich side.
Site/Exposure: South-East, sloping, backed by woods.
Altitude: 240 m
Planted: 1965 - 1969 - 1977 - 1983 - 2001 - ...

Wine Spectator: Very backward today, with viscous green plum, green almond, quince, pineapple, fig and pear notes still assimilating one another. The long, toasted almond- and ginger-filled f...