Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: True to its name, the 2011 Eruption bursts from the glass with expressive, racy fruit. This juicy, value-priced red impresses for its overall balance and sheer deliciousness. ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chinon Les Terrasses (100% Cabernet Franc) is medium-bodied and stylish. 88 points - Robert Parker

Wine Spectator: Trim and restrained, with a narrow beam of currant, tobacco, cigar box and cedar. Well-made, focused and persistent. Drink now through 2020. –JL

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Novy’s 2011 Four Mile Creek Red Table Wine is one of the very best wines readers will find in its price range. Juicy dark cherries, flowers, spices and menthol all jump from t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright medium red-ruby. Varietally accurate aromas of cherry, cassis, tobacco and licorice are lifted by a floral topnote. Supple, vinous and suave, with good lift to the red ...

Wine & Spirits: Mathieu Baudry makes this wine from a 14.8-acre vineyard of gravel and sand, producing a bright, blue-fruited franc with scents of iodine and game. The best part of the wine i...

Wine Spectator: Fresh and spicy, this is tangy on balance, with floral, lychee and apricot flavors displayed on a polished frame. Drink now. –HS

Wine Spectator: This tangy red offers spicy cherry, plum and game notes on a medium- to full-bodied frame, with hints of smoke and licorice filling in the slightly grippy finish. Drink now. ...

Wine Spectator: A smooth mix of ripe plum and cassis flavors that mix well with spice, cedar, cocoa and herb notes. Gains momentum on the finish. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. Drink ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Shows good complexity on the nose, offering red fruit and floral qualities with pungent olive and herb nuances. Spice-accented raspberry and cherry flavors show g...

Wine Spectator: A rich, full-bodied dessert-style red, with sweet plum pudding and chocolate mousse flavors, which linger on the finish. Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah. Drink now through 2014....

Wine Spectator: This is elegant and balanced, with a center of lemon custard and citrus accented by vanilla. Persistent and balanced, with a spicy aftertaste. Drink now through 2012. 800 case...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This is a terrific effort for this appellation. The wine is medium to full-bodied, with a Burgundian-like floral characteristic intermixed with black cherries, spicy oak, ciga...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red-ruby. Higher-pitched on the nose than the merlot, offering scents of blackberry, mint and violet. Juicy, supple and fresh, with sweet cassis and black cherry flav...

Wine Enthusiast: Very perfumed in character, the wine has bright red cherry fruits with some weight and structure. There are good tannins and a warm, soft aftertaste. The wine could age anothe...

Wine Spectator: Firm and juicy, with a tannic grip to the crisp dried berry and cherry flavors, which feature plenty of rich, dark chocolate accents. Finishes with red plum and mineral notes....

Wine Enthusiast: The bright nose leads with aromas of crushed granite, damp forest floor and baked boysenberry cobbler drizzled with cassis liqueur. This is medium-bodied, with integrated alco...

Connoisseurs' Guide: If showing the unmistakable grassiness of Sauvignon Blanc both in the nose and again on the palate, this rounded, easy-to-taste bottling is keyed first and foremost on direct ...

Wine Spectator: This supple, fruit-forward wine has a delicate pink hue, offering raspberry, strawberry and vanilla flavors. Drink now.-TF

Wine Spectator: Marked by herb, dill and dried berry, yet pleasantly so, with touches of tobacco leaf and then currant and dried berry. Firmly tannic, but also well-balanced and easy to enjoy...