Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barolo Cerequio comes across as dark, powerful and rich. Black cherries, leather, spices, licorice and tar are some of the nuances that take shape in this intense Cer...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata/Torriglione impresses for its silky tannins and overall textural finesse. It shows striking mid-palate richness and gorgeous inner sweet...

About this Wine: Ruby-red in color, on the nose it offers suggestive notes of tobacco, blackberry, mocha and spices, with hints of dried fruits. Fat, super-ripe, rich and chewy in the mout...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, full red. High-toned aromas of peppery red fruits. Pliant, sweet and minerally, but with the wine's new oak component currently masking its underlying fruit. Ulti...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: As usual, from a combination of contract grapes and purchased wine (with the same sources here since 2003), the Camille Giroud 2008 Latricieres-Chambertin presents peat and bl...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Damoy's 2008 Chambertin is a dazzling wine. The aromatics, fruit and structural components all come together beautifully in this silky, dramatic Burgundy. I especially like th...

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...

Wine Spectator: Here's a fresh, vibrant red, with juicy cherry, raspberry and spice flavors that resonate on the palate. Seemingly electric, this has an undercurrent of mineral and ends with ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full red. Knockout nose combines pure red fruits, mocha, rose petal, red licorice and sexy oak tones, plus a hint of peach. Urgent and highly concentrated, offering an ...

Wine Spectator: Bursting with cherry, raspberry and licorice aromas and flavors, this pretty red is not without density, with dusty tannins and bright acidity keeping it focused. Offers fine ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barbaresco Vigneto Gallina bursts from the glass with a rush of dark fruit. This is one of the more reticent, powerful Gallinas I can remember tasting from La Spinett...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barbaresco Vigneto Starderi is the biggest, most powerful and also most complete of the 2008 Barbarescos here, but it will require considerable patience. Huge, massiv...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full red. Shy but very pure nose hints at dried flowers, brown spices and menthol; classic Brunate. Then tight and backward in the mouth, with strong acidity keeping the...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full red. Ripe strawberry and rose petal on the perfumed, slightly liqueur-like nose, with a peachy nuance emerging with aeration. Plush, sweet and vibrant, with terrif...

Burghound: There is a hint of vegetal here that actually adds breadth to the sauvage, cool and wonderfully fresh and complex nose of red currants, earth and humus. The silky yet focused,...

Burghound: Relatively strong sulfur notes definitely detract from the otherwise complex nose of pain grillé, ripe green apple and wet stone aromas. There is however good volume and mid-p...

About this Wine: The core of the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Soda Canyon vineyard, a marvelous hillside site with tightly spaced vines planted in rocky, well-drained soil...

Wine Spectator: Shows a lightly firm plum skin edge, with a briary feel to the pomegranate, black cherry pepper and tobacco notes. A tangy iron edge peeks through on the finish, with the bria...

Wine Spectator: Lush yet precise, with green tea, honeysuckle and quinine notes rippling through the core of green plum, pear and Jonagold apple fruit. The finish has mouthwatering minerality...

Wine Spectator: A sweet sawdust aroma turns to cherry and licorice notes in this fleshy red. The tannins add a chewy texture on the finish, as this stays sweet and long. Best from 2013 throug...