Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright full red. Tight, high-pitched aromas of raspberry, spices, smoke and dried flowers. Initially much less sweet and open than the Faletto classico but dramatically...

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...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Pungent, exotically perfumed aromas of dark berry compote, Asian spices and garrigue, with bright minerality adding vivacity. Powerful and deeply concentrated but a...

Wine Spectator: An elegant, fruity style, boasting raspberry, cherry and floral aromas and flavors. This is pure and delicate for the commune, with fine intensity, finesse and depth. The tann...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Barbera d'Alba Riserva Vigneto Pozzo dell'Annunziata (magnum) shows off gorgeous, silky fruit, finessed tannins and superb length. Dark fruit, graphite and spices eme...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Barolo Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate (magnum) is another drop-dead gorgeous wine. The wine remains rather shy, revealing shades of its personality ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Magna Praemia 2007 has a very refined, very Right Bank bouquet with blackberry, tobacco leaf, scorched earth and wild-hedgerow. Understated but growing in intensity in the...

Burghound: A cool but equally layered nose is a blend of blue pinot fruit, cherry and earth with background hints of clove and anise that are also picked up by the supple but focused and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Experience is one of the most singular, unique Champagnes I have tasted in a very long time. Here the prise de mousse (the bubbles) is gener...

About this Wine: Intriguing is perhaps the word that best sums up this full bodied, powerful, dry red wine. It is a rich ruby red in appearance, without being excessively opaque. It displays p...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2006 Barolo Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate (magnum) is a dark, sensual beauty. Ripe fruit, violets, licorice, menthol and pine are some of the nuances th...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Deep garnet colored, the 2006 The Laird offers a multi-faceted nose of ripe black berries, blueberry preserves and kirsch aromas with an underlying perfume of baking spices, l...

Wine Spectator: A pretty version for the appellation, with raspberry, cassis and floral aromas and flavors. Picks up licorice and spice note on the finish, adding depth and interest as the ta...

About this Wine: The Castello di Brolio expresses the refined elegance that only the specific terroir of Brolio could produce. It is the "great wine" achieved by selecting the best grapes of B...

Wine Spectator: This shows impressive depth and power for the vintage, delivering layer upon layer of mulled spice, crushed currant and plum fruit, with anise, tobacco, graphite and violet no...

Wine Spectator: Gorgeous kirsch and mocha aromas lead the way for this silky, alluring version, loaded with raspberry ganache, fruitcake, melted red licorice and graphite notes. The long, sil...

Wine Spectator: Gorgeous kirsch and mocha aromas lead the way for this silky, alluring version, loaded with raspberry ganache, fruitcake, melted red licorice and graphite notes. The long, sil...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Very ripe pineapple fruit aroma lifted by powdered stone, minerals and an exhilarating violet nuance. Big, rich and fat with exotic peachy fruit. Shows a softer texture and le...

About this Wine: This wine is made mainly from grapes grown in the eponymous vineyard, but only in vintages in which the seasons have been perfect. It should be considered as the wine b...

Wine Spectator: Polished and expressive, this shows a smoky baseline of graphite-laced minerality, with fine-grained tannins and mouthwatering acidity focusing the flavors of date, kirsch, gr...