About this Wine: Weinbach's Gewurztraminer Cuvee Laurence comes from the mainly limestone soil just beneath the actual Altenbourg site. Similar to the Altenbourg Cuvee Laurence, this wine is q...

About this Wine: Weinbach's Pinot Gris are full-bodied, off-dry in style with complex bouquets and beautiful roundness. They tend to be fairly racy wines with a considerable amount of spice an...

Wine Spectator: The tightly knit flavors of lemon meringue, ripe white peach, melon and candied lime zest wrap around a core of spicy mineral framed by finely tuned acidity. Lightly mouthco...

About this Wine: Limestone constitutes Furstentum's soils; it is mixed with marl and sandstone (sandy marly limestone soil of the inferior Dogger). Marl brings power and body; sandstone brings...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chablis Vaillons is impeccable from start to finish. Layers of yellow stone fruits caress the palate in this overt, yet highly sophisticated wine. The underlying mine...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Insiders and shrewd consumers have long realized that the 30,000-bottle Syrah La Rosine Vin de Pays cuvee is a great bargain. The 2011 is a 100% Syrah from the steep hillsides...

Wine Spectator: Bold, rich and full-bodied, with a potent array of ripe fig, honeysuckle, anise, apricot and smoke flavors that are deep and extracted, ending with a long, mouthcoating finish...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Subtle bouquet of gooseberry and nut oil, with a trace of something floral. On the palate the creamy papaya flavor is counterpointed by citrus and slate. The persistent fini...

Wine Spectator: Offers pure aromas of quince and citrus, with green pineapple and honeydew melon notes. Retains focus and gains depth, fanning out pleasantly on the finish. Drink now throug...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Complex, fragrant bouquet of pear skin, melon and ginger, along with a bright mineral overtone. Succulent orchard fruit and honeydew flavors are brightened by z...

Wine Spectator: Quite ripe, offering a large core of orange peel, date and almond notes, with a toasted hazelnut-filled finish. There's plenty of dried mango and apricot in reserve, with a to...

Wine Spectator: A ripe, plush, modern style, with a ganache note leading the way for crushed plum, blackberry and currant pāte de fruit notes. Lots of briar and anise on the finish lends a gr...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal: A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot picked from 25th September until 10th October, the Marquis de Terme has a fragrant bouquet with delicate flor...

Wine Spectator: A bright, almost chiseled style, offering fresh-cut pineapple, quince and candied Meyer lemon flavors, with a long, floral-filled finish. Seriously long, with lovely lacy deta...

Wine Spectator: Remarkably knit and defined already, with bright, mouthwatering peach, apricot, persimmon and piecrust flavors. Long and pure. A beautiful wine. Good to see this estate back i...

Wine Spectator: Riveting acidity carries the sweet pea, māche, chalk and kaffir lime notes in this superracy, light-bodied version.-J.M.

Wine Enthusiast: This is big and solid wine, with firm tannins and juicy fruit. It shows spice and intense acidity followed by black-currant freshness.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright ruby-red. Aromas of blackberry, violet and licorice complicated by a whiff of game. Juicy, intensely flavored and youthfully tight but ultimately more supple tha...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red with a ruby tinge. Silky on entry, then sweet and penetrating in the middle palate, with cherry and redcurrant fruit flavors lifted by spices. Very long and su...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark ruby. Aromas and flavors of dark fruit liqueur and candied licorice, with an exotic floral pastille quality gaining power with air. Broad and chewy in texture, with imp...