Wine Spectator: Soft and creamy, this Champagne offers flavors of orange liqueur, date, honeycomb and toasted almond, balanced by fresh, juicy acidity, with a zesty, spice-tinged finish. Drin...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: I was quite surprised with the 2011 Chablis Fourchaume, which is one of the least expressive of these 2011s. Today it comes across as ethereal and elusive, with moderate overa...

Burghound: A notably more elegant nose of mild wood, ripe pear, floral and spice hints that lead to rich, round and more graceful medium-bodied flavors that exude a fine minerality on th...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Reticent nose hints at grapefruit, crushed stone and menthol. Juicy, spicy and rather round, with citrus and stone flavors opening in the glass. Ultimately sweeter and softe...

About this Wine: Weinbach's Gewurztraminer Cuvee Laurence comes from the mainly limestone soil just beneath the actual Altenbourg site. Similar to the Altenbourg Cuvee Laurence, this wine is q...

Wine Spectator: A delicious young white, from the acacia, lime blossom and hazelnut aromas and flavors to the long, mineral- and spice-tinged aftertaste. It's all underscored by a vibrant str...

Wine Spectator: Firm and finely meshed, with hints of passion fruit and pineapple mixing with poached apple, almond pastry and fleur de sel. Mouthwatering and lightly smoky on the lingering, ...

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: Quite ripe, offering a large core of orange peel, date and almond notes, with a toasted hazelnut-filled finish. There's plenty of dried mango and apricot in reserve, with a to...

About this Wine: "...intense and complex bouquet, with peach, apricot, mango candied white fruit, honey, vanilla, elderflower, and sugar candy and lily of the valley aromas. Full on the palate...

Burghound: This is slightly more elegant with a classic Meursault nose of ripe orchard fruit and roasted hazelnuts that dissolve gracefully into rich, full and palate staining flavors th...

Wine Spectator: Really silky and seductive, with just a hint of vanilla accenting the peach, apple and lemon flavors. The mineral element is submerged right now, appearing on the finish, wher...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: From ten year old selection massale vines in a rocky, south-facing Oxfordian site south of Sancerre proper, the Vacherons' 2010 Sancerre Paradis - raised in wooden upright plu...

Wine Spectator: Really ripe and fleshy, offering delicious glazed peach, apricot and honey notes, with lots of orange blossom and fig and a very rich finish. Starting to take shape now too. I...

Wine Spectator: This has a very ripe, almost muscular core of creamed melon, meringue and lemon gelée, with the frame of chartreuse, quinine and chamomile providing contrast and balance. The ...

Wine Spectator: A bright, floral style, with high-pitched meringue, lemon zest and white asparagus notes that glide through a honeysuckle-filled finish. Pure and very pretty. Drink now throug...

Wine Spectator: Shows solid thyme, sweet pea and jicama notes, with a fresh, tarragon-filled finish. Features a stony hint and good cut. — J.M.