Wine Spectator: "Smart Buy" Designation: Dark and spicy, with violet notes around the blackberry and mineral flavors, finishing with shades of pepper and smoke. Drink now through 2016. --Harv...

Wine Spectator: Silky in texture and generous in flavor, with spicy cherry and rhubarb character that remains juicy through the round finish. Syrah, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and o...

Wine Spectator: An ultrarich Fronsac, with blackberry and fresh herbs on the nose. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a medium finish. A little short. Starts off great. Score range: 87-90 -J...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Deep garnet colored, the 2007 Grand Barossa Shiraz is composed of 95% Shiraz and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache. Blackberry cordial and kirsch scented with underlying note...

Burghound: A fresh and quite floral nose of earthy and mildly rustic red berry fruit aromas that leads to round, supple and nicely detailed flavors that possess both good intensity and p...

Wine Spectator: A kiss of toast gives way to nicely firm flavors of tobacco, red currant and iron, which stay slightly taut through the finish. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2004 Collioure Cosprons Levants (60% Syrah; 30% Mourvedre; 10% Grenache â_" grown with cuttings from Chave, Tempier and B...

Wine Spectator: This muscular red shows roasted plum, beefy and earthy flavors on a broad frame. There's good concentration, and enough acidity to keep the finish fresh. Drink now through 201...

Wine Spectator: This is ripe and polished, with sleek cassis and blackberry fruit framed with toasty mocha and espresso hints, but also nicely grounded in terroir, with a tug of roasted earth...

James Halliday: Light tawny-orange, no red hues remaining; a distinct lift in complexity over the standard, with more rancio and a cleansing finish; average age 5-10 years.

About this Wine: Bourgogne Pinot Noir, also known as Bourgogne Rouge, has a fairly intense colour, varying in intensity according to the vintage.

It often has a violet tinge when young....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Black fruits and licorice on the nose; a bit inkier and less expressive than the basic Clos des Andes. Then denser and deeper but less pliant in the mouth, wi...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Coteaux du Languedoc Vassal is from lesser lots of Syrah with 20% Mourvedre. Fennel, marjoram, tar, mulberry, blackberry, roasted meats, and chocolate run from nose t...

Wine Spectator: Fleshy and smoky, with enticing mesquite, tobacco and iron notes weaving through the large core of fig and blackberry fruit. The long, smoldering finish has some serious grip ...

About this Wine: Wine of this appellation produced by our domaine comes from three separate plots of vines of which two lie within the "village" appellations of Saint-Aubin and Maranges re...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Recently acquired by the owners of La Fleur Cardinale, Dominique and Florence Decoster, this is a 19-acre estate located in the sector of St.-Emilion known as St.-Etienne de L...