Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. A complex, heady bouquet evokes candied red fruits, potpourri and Asian spices. Silky and seamless in texture, offering vibrant raspberry and bitter cherry ...

Wine Spectator: Silky and briary, with lots of pepper, savory and tobacco notes coursing along, while a hint of shiso leaf separates them from the blackberry and black currant confiture flavo...

Burghound: An intensely floral nose of very ripe cassis, plum and black cherry liqueur aromas precedes the very round and seductively textured flavors that possess fine volume and a velv...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: While none of the wines in this year's Prager collection exceed 13.5% in alcohol ("thankfully," adds Bodenstein), the 2010 Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Hinter der Burg follows ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark purple. Aromas and flavors of cherry compote, black raspberry and candied flowers. Densely packed but lithe and precise, with gentle tannins sneaking in on the finish. ...

About this Wine: Volnay, admired for its delicacy, its sap, and its bouquet, has always been thought of as the most feminine of burgundies. Though certain of its terroirs modify this judgm...

About this Wine: Shafer's single-vineyard Carneros-grown Chardonnay is produced from small-clustered clones of grapes selected for their low yields and distinctive flavors. Fermentation takes ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The brilliant 2010 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau La Fontaine is aged in a combination of tank and 600-liter demi-muids. Off the charts concentration and a bigger than life p...

Wine Spectator: This is dark but racy and driven, with a gorgeous Turkish coffee note giving way to flavors of roasted fig, blackberry paste and baker's chocolate. Polished and seamless throu...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright medium red. Reticent aromas of black cherry, licorice and stone. Sweet, supple and rather pliant, albeit with a slightly medicinal dark fruit character dominating. L...

Wine Spectator: This sports a very ripe, focused beam of linzer torte and cassis notes, with dark toasted anise, violet and fruitcake showing up on the finish. Fairly extracted, but with the ...

Wine Spectator: Features good density but remains tight, with dark currant, fig and blackberry fruit balled up by charcoal-tinged grip. Clove, ganache and espresso notes fill in on the finish...

Wine Spectator: Set apart by range and depth, with gorgeous blueberry, blackberry and plum notes intertwined with additional açaí berry and loganberry fruit flavors. The toasted apple wood fr...

About this Wine: "...intense and complex bouquet, with peach, apricot, mango candied white fruit, honey, vanilla, elderflower, and sugar candy and lily of the valley aromas. Full on the palate...

About this Wine: "Monbousquet is a blend of 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks and the wine is...

Wine Spectator: This has a really nice graphite frame that drives the core of fig, plum and boysenberry fruit authoritatively, with dense ganache, espresso and tar on the finish. The grip is ...

Wine Spectator: Dense, winey and energetic, but also supple and alluring, with steeped plum and boysenberry fruit inlaid with hints of singed anise, violet and warm stone. The tarry finish st...

Wine Spectator: Offers a density and lushness that belies the appellation, with a full, polished structure and deep plum, blackberry paste and steeped black cherry fruit flavors. The long, an...

Wine Spectator: Dark and enticing, with a subtle smoky frame around the core of mulled plum, black currant and blackberry fruit. The long, graceful finish is inlaid with flecks of charcoal, b...

Wine Spectator: Showy and densely layered, with lots of linzer torte, cassis, blackberry pâte de fruit and plum sauce flavors that march in unison, while a strong graphite spine rivets the fi...