Wine Spectator: In a modern vein, exhibiting black cherry and blackberry fruit tinged with vanilla and resin flavors. The pure fruit is matched to a fluid, glycerinelike texture. Fine length....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Bright, deep, very ripe nose combines cherry and espresso. Sappy, ripe and deep, with a fine-grained texture to the flavors of red cherry, menthol and spices....

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin La Perriere leans towards the more aromatic end of the spectrum. Pretty red fruit is laced throughout this wiry, energetic wine. Floral notes add li...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Nuits St. Georges Les Didiers is a beautiful, dense wine loaded with dark red fruit. It shows fabulous persistence through to the generous finish. This is quite power...

Wine Enthusiast: Hugely rich wine, retaining its tense textured character while reveling in white fruit ripeness. Concentrated, with the wood acidity and spice mingling with the fruit acidity,...

Wine Spectator: Plush and richly structured, but with a dense, structured core, offering aromas of red currant and toasty mocha that lead to complex flavors of black cherry and Asian spice. L...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ruby-red. The nose and palate offer a tight core of black fruits and violet, along with a more exotic suggestion of sexy white flowers. Very ripe but not overripe, in spite ...

Wine Spectator: A very lush, opulent style, with mango, papaya, quince and pear flavors allied to a creamy, sweetened butter frame. The long finish has floral and bitter almond hints for cont...

Wine Spectator: Marked by plenty of rich cherry up front, this red is dense, with muscular tannins that leave a tough impression for now. Balanced by a sweet fruit finish. Best from 2014 thro...

Wine Spectator: Laced with vibrant flavors of black cherry, raspberry, smoke and spice, this red combines bright fruit with a firm structure. Slightly hot in the balance, but with undeniable ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Puligny-Montrachet Champs Gain is a relatively large-scaled, textured wine. This is total seduction. The Champs Gain impresses for its pliant, mid-palate juiciness, y...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Tobacco, flowers and new leather are some of the notes that emerge from Keenan's 2009 Cabernet Franc. Open, radiant and expressive, the 2009 impresses with its mid-palate plia...

Wine Spectator: A deftly balanced Chardonnay of tremendous depth without much weight, floating its pear, quince, floral and orange marmalade flavors through to the end. It's the finish that m...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District shows off considerable focus and depth, not to mention terrific overall balance. Dark plums, cherries, spices, licorice and cas...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Chardonnay is youthfully mute at this stage with delicate notes of orange blossom, lightly toasted bread, some oatmeal, under-ripe pineapple and lemon curd. The elega...

Wine Enthusiast: Dry, smooth and distinguished. Shows Mondavi's ability to get the grapes ripe in blackberries and currants, yet the fruit pulls back at the last moment, letting earthy, herbal...

Wine Spectator: Offers freshness, purity and depth in a sleek package, with rose petal accents to the ripe blackberry, dark plum and brioche aromas and flavors. Lingers with deftness on the f...

Wine Spectator: The generous ripe plum and blackberry fruit is intense and vivid. The texture offers the raw graininess of youth, ending with firm tannins. Drink now through 2022.- J.L.

About this Wine: An acknowledged icon of the Barossa, St Hallett Old Block is an elegant and seamless Shiraz widely recognised as world class. Derived purely from low cropping old vines of...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Lovely lift to the aromas of black cherry, blackberry, violet and smoked meat. Juicy, spicy and nicely delineated, with lovely cut to the blackberry, spice an...