Wine Spectator: Ripe and generous, offering a supple mouthful of cherry, black pepper, bacon and spice flavors that rocket through a layer of fine tannins. The spices, including cardamom and ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007, which was the debut vintage from this 14-acre parcel, is beautiful. Elegant, silky notes of red and black currants intermixed with lead pencil shavings, bay leaf, li...

Wine Spectator: Offers lovely interplay between cherry and raspberry fruit, with darker plum and graphite notes and a perfumy Lapsang souchong tea edge. Very racy and detailed, with a long, m...

About this Wine: This  is  one  of  the  legendary Grands  Crus  in Gevrey-  Chambertin.  The  appellation dates back to 1155, when the monks ...

About this Wine: The grapes (Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 20%) are harvested by hand and are fermented in temperature-controlled concrete tanks. Le Tertre Rôteboeuf is then aged in 100% new oak ...

Wine Spectator: Fleshy and inviting, with dense but accessible layers of dark fig, plum, prune cake and roasted espresso, all framed on the finish by a lingering singed cedar edge. This has g...

Wine Spectator: The large-scaled, opulent 2003 was made from yields of 17 hectoliters per hectare. Its dense plum/purple color is accompanied by a flamboyant nose of lead pencil shavings, bla...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ...Full-blown aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, minerals, tar and tobacco. Lush, dense and very concentrated, with deep dark fruit flavors complicated by roasted, flint...

About this Wine: "The 2001 Rudd Oakville Estate is the second vintage from the newly replanted vineyard at the corner of Oakville Crossroad and Silverado Trail. The vineyard is planted in rock...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chapelle d'Ausone offers a dense opaque purple color as well as striking floral notes intermixed with notions of blackberries and blueberries. It possesses full-bodie...

Wine Spectator: This wine is sleek, velvety, caressing even, with no angles at all, offering pure cherry preserves and floral notes, with a long, cassis-infused finish that expands nicely as ...

Wine Spectator: A very ripe, fleshy, gutsy style, with mouthfilling tar, espresso, braised fig and dark plum notes still waiting to meld fully. The broad, muscular finish has a nice briary ed...

Wine Enthusiast: Packed with dense tannins and firm fruit, this is a big, powerful wine. It is initially austere, but with time it becomes more rounded, with layers of wood tannins and rich fr...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Clos de Vougeot is gorgeous. It boasts impeccable textural finesse in its dark red cherries, flowers, mint and licorice. I especially like its energy. This is another...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: (just one barrel; vinified with 50% whole clusters): Good full red. Sexy, perfumed aromas of blackberry, mocha, dried flowers and underbrush. Silky-sweet, creamy and stuffe...

About this Wine: "Charming, forward and approachable despite its youth. Ripe berries, mocha, toasted malt, incense and jasmine on the nose and palate. The sweet, high-toned nose is followed by...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon is a huge wine bursting with dark fruit, mocha, spices, tar and licorice. It shows remarkable depth, richness and intensity from start to finish. T...

About this Wine: Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage champagnes, unlike most champagnes, are made from the grapes of a single exceptional year. Each Grand Vintage possesses the distinctive, imita...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Clos de Vougeot-Musigni emerges from the glass with freshly cut flowers, red berries and mint. Bright aromas and flavors meld into precise, mineral notes as the wine ...

About this Wine: When young, Corton-Charlemagne is pale gold in color with green highlights. As it ages, the color shifts towards yellow or amber. The bouquet, delicate in the extreme, fea...