About this Wine: Soil type: Quaternary stony soil with deposits.
Parcels located on the lower terraced lands of the
Gigondas Appellation. Parcels located on the Plan de Dieu Appelation,...

Wine Spectator: Really vibrant, with lovely notes of plum, violet and cherry preserves laced with chalky cut that stretches out the finish. Very, very solid. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: Solid, if a bit chunky in feel, with a slightly squared-off charcoal and ganache frame surrounding a core of dark plum, black currant and licorice root. Shows more austerity t...

About this Wine: From soils of gravel and sand, the wines of Chateau Siran are typical of the Margaux region's great growths. Powerful yet refined, the perfect balance of tannins, fruit and ac...

Wine Spectator: Solid, with a very juicy core of lightly mulled plum and blackberry fruit, a polished apple wood note that runs along the edges and a solid, gravel-tinged finish. Sports nice ...

Wine Spectator: Dark in profile and rather stolid, with a beam of currant, plum and fig allied to a prominent iron shaft that clamps down on the charcoal-textured finish. Showing rather auste...

Wine Spectator: Dense but restrained, with a charcoal frame holding the solid core of black currant and blackberry fruit at bay for now. There's a nice smoldering feel through the finish, wit...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal: Tasted at the Syndicat de Pomerol. This has a very attractive bouquet with dark berried fruit, raspberry, cassis all with fine delineation and well integrated new oak. The pal...

Wine Spectator: Offers lush fruit, with dark raspberry and boysenberry notes, good, graphite-laced structure and bright acidity weaving throughout. The long, smoldering finish features an app...

Wine Spectator: Solid, with a core of raspberry and steeped blackberry fruit inlaid with anise, apple wood and wood spice notes, all backed by a well-integrated graphite edge on the finish. D...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and driven, with dark plum and cassis notes inlaid with a serious graphite edge that imparts nice cut to the anise-filled finish. An echo of spice and fruit lingers. Drin...

Wine Spectator: Racy and bright, with kirsch, floral and chalk notes. The finish has good nervosité and tension. Tightly wound now, but the length is there. Equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon an...

Wine Spectator: Features firm chalk and charcoal notes along the edges, with a mix of crushed plum and red currant fruit at the core. The bright, fresh finish lets the minerality meld with th...

Wine Spectator: Rounded and ripe, with dark blackberry and boysenberry flavors melded with ganache, melted black licorice and Black Forest cake. Lush, but with a lovely smoldering charcoal hi...

About this Wine: This wine will require 7-10 years of cellaring, then last for two decades thereafter.

About this Wine: Land: A plateau of limestone; bordering slopes with chalk and clay soils....

Wine Spectator: A bright, lively, floral style, with lots of raspberry and cherry fruit. A floral edge hangs on through the long, licorice-filled finish. -J.M.

Wine Spectator: Very dark and chunky still, but loaded with blackberry paste, fig sauce and plum skin flavors, along with mouthwatering anise, maduro tobacco and hazelnut husk notes that keep...

Wine Spectator: Taut with briar and blackberry flavors, this shows sappy black cherry on the finish, with buried minerality. -J.M.