Wine Spectator: This creamy, rich white delivers ripe apple and pear flavors that linger with plenty of smoke and spice notes. The luscious finish features accents of mineral, aniseed and lem...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 La Dame Rousse Tavel Rose, which is 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah and the rest equal parts Cinsault and the white grape Clairette. Full-bodied and substantial on the palate...

Wine Front: It's not the deepest or most profound shiraz on the market but it hits the sweet spot bang on. It tastes of sawdusty oak, black cherries, blackberries and fresh, boysenberry-l...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Powerful cherry and cassis aromas are brightened by suave mineral, star anise and floral elements. Intense dark berry flavors are pleasantly bitter and surprisi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright purple. Lively blackberry and cassis aromas are given an exotic touch by hints of vanilla, mocha and candied licorice. Spicy dark berry flavors are appealingly sweet ...

Wine Spectator: This amber dessert wine is rich and viscous on the palate, with date, fig, honey and clove notes. Intense and sweet, without being sugary. Drink now through 2020. -TM

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, full ruby. Aromas of plum, licorice, spicecake and nutty oak. Mellow, lush and sweet, with insidious plum and spice flavors spreading out to coat the palate. M...

Wine Spectator: Showy style, with lots of ganache and dark toast leading the way, backed by ample plum sauce, fig paste and currant confiture notes. Long, charcoal-framed finish has plenty of...

Wine Spectator: Tangerine, ginger, brine and floral notes mingle in this expressive white, which has a generous, pillowy texture, but plenty of citric acidity to maintain freshness and liveli...

Wine Spectator: Dark and rich, showing toasty mocha oak flavors, with a beam of wild berry, raspberry, cola, vanilla and spice. Long on the finish. Drink now through 2020. -JL

Wine Spectator: Tight and fresh, with vivid wild berry and raspberry character that's pure and spicy, with a stemmy edge, yet it works well, as the fruit density and tannins fold together in ...

Wine Spectator: Very pure and precise, with racy, mouthwatering salted almond and peach pit notes along the edges, while green plum, Jonagold apple and white peach flavors course through the ...

Wine Spectator: The roasted cedar and olive notes wrap around a core of plum and black cherry fruit, backed by chalky tannins that carry the finish. Best from 2014 through 2018. –JM

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Granbazan Etiqueta Ambar has a glorious, floral bouquet with racy lemon, bruised apple and granitic scents that are pure class. The palate is fresh and zesty with a c...

Wine Spectator: Juicy, with a racy feel to the linzer torte, blackberry and graphite notes all framed by gentle toasty spice. Not big, but nicely focused through the finish. Drink now through...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 A Quo is insanely beautiful. It boasts gorgeous, well-delineated aromatics and tons of energy. The vibrancy of the fruit is impossible not to admire. Red plums, raspb...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A major sleeper of the vintage, this blend of equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is another "best ever" performance. Notes of tobacco leaf, hot rocks, sweet kirsch and ...

Wine Spectator: An aromatic, elegant and supple wine, with wave after wave of intense, pure, and ripe flavors of peach, apricot, lemongrass, jasmine, passion fruit and nectarine. All of this ...

Wine Front: This 2007 is not a hard wine to like. It's beautifully structured. Beautifully fruited. Blackberries, cloves, eucalypt and integrated cedary oak. Indeed I kept coming back to ...

Wine Spectator: Firm tannins underlie a smooth texture in this silky red. Black cherry, smoke, tar and mineral flavors are balanced and fresh, and this shows good focus and length. Drink now ...