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.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2005 Pure Evil Chardonnay spent some time in French oak. It is light gold-colored with an attractive perfume of butterscotch, spice box, baked apple, and poached pear, mor...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "Dr. Pirie calls the 2006 Estelle "an upscale Edelzwicker," composed of 50% Riesling, 30% Gewurztraminer, and 20% Pinot Gris. It offers a spicy nose with floral and tropical n...

Wine Spectator: Bright and focused. A clean, spare style that emphasizes pretty pear, apple and mineral flavors that linger enticingly on the medium-weight finish. Drink now through 2013. 3,0...

Wine Spectator: Filled with vitality, this has subtle nuances of lanolin and yogurt around a vibrant core of lime and pineapple fruit, finishing dry, with impressive length. Drink now through...

Wine Spectator: Toasty, spicy and complex, this is polished to a gleam and redolent of ripe pear, pineapple, honey and butterscotch, finishing with just enough acidity to keep it refreshing a...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Greenish yellow. Musky orange, white pepper and a smoky, stony element on the nose. Dense, supple and penetrating, offering zesty lime and pink grapefruit flavors and an inten...

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 ...

Wine Spectator: A deftly balanced Chardonnay of tremendous depth without much weight, floating its pear, quince, floral and orange marmalade flavors through to the end. It's the finish that m...

Wine Spectator: Bright and jazzy, a taut style that delivers pineapple, grapefruit and lime blossom flavors, lingering easily on the refreshing finish. Drink now through 2019. 1,000 cases imp...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light yellow. Pear, lemon gelato, honeysuckle and toasty oak on the nose. Smoky orchard fruit flavors show good density and are lifted by tangy acidity. A sweet melon note ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Smoky pear and pit fruit aromas are complicated by jasmine and a leesy quality. Chewy in texture, with juicy nectarine and poached pear flavors picking up a dus...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Complex, intensely perfumed bouquet displays mineral-accented citrus and pear, with a strong iodine note and mounting spiciness. Juicy and light on its feet, of...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Grand Barossa Riesling is intensely scented of honeysuckle, lime leaf, grapefruit and kumquat. Light-bodied, dry and crisp in the mouth, with good concentration, it h...

Wine Front: Some honeysuckle fragrance, melon and citrus on a light, fresh palate. It's a little backwards and folded in on itself at present, but given a few years should stretch out, so...

Wine Spectator: Fresh and vibrant, this is nicely framed, offering a juicy mouthful of pear, apple sauce, cinnamon and tobacco flavors, lingering on the jazzy finish. Drink now through 2017. ...