Wine Spectator: This delivers a slightly chewy-edged feel, with charcoal and roasted alder hints holding sway over the core of steeped damson plum, black currant and anise notes. Shows grip t...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: It is a brilliant effort! Probably more controversial is Usseglio's 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee La Parte des Anges (70% Mourvedre, 20% Grenache, and 10% Syrah, all aged in ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2006 Brunello di Montalcino Vigna La Casa boasts a deep, dark core of fruit. Ripe black cherries, tar, leather and licorice are some of the nuances that emerge from this r...

Wine Enthusiast: Brooding and mysterious, this is a serious wine that deserves a serious steak to go with it. Dark and ripe with dominant notes of black licorice followed by black berries, plu...

Wine Spectator: Offers a mix of cedar, cherry, licorice and tobacco aromas and flavors, all married to a medium-weight, compact frame. Tightens up on the finish, yet there's fine intensity an...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Puech-Haut's new, all-Mourvedre bottling 2009 Coteaux du Languedoc Saint-Drezery Bosc Negre strikes me as supporting the reasonable hypothesis that this grape is especially we...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Puech-Haut's 2009 Coteaux du Languedoc Saint-Drezery Quercus - named for a prominent oak tree at this spot in their vineyards, not for oak employed in elevage - represents the...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale greenish-straw color. Complex but reticent nose hints at lemon oil and flowers. Dense and fruity, offering a sweeter impression than the foregoing samples. A somewhat ...

Wine Spectator: This intense red is on the racy side, with vibrant acidity and entrenched tannins supporting the floral, cherry, licorice and spice aromas and flavors. Plays out gracefully on...

Wine Spectator: A steely version, boasting peach, pear, lemon and mineral aromas and flavors that build to a lingering conclusion. Harmonious, with adequate structure and a grilled hazelnut a...

Wine Spectator: Sleek and tightly wound for now, with a bundle of red licorice, cassis, damson plum and spice notes at the core, pushed by brisk acidity and a lively, chalky edge on the finis...

Wine Enthusiast: "Cellar Selection" - Thanks to its dense clay soils, the Brunate cru delivers wines with high color saturation and aromatic caliber. This Barolo offers layers of black fruit, ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Lacima offers a similar aromatic and flavor profile but with a bit more of everything. It is beautifully fragrant, elegant, and concentrated. Hard to resist now, it i...

Wine Front: The Eight Iron vineyard is located near the cellar door. Planted in 1960 on shallow grey loam. Raspberry liqueur, pepper, licorice, earth - seems very McLareny. Even, savoury ...

Wine Spectator: Broad and fleshy, exhibiting lots of melted fig, black currant paste and graphite notes woven with maduro tobacco and bittersweet cocoa. There's a long, smoldering finish. Bes...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone is a gorgeous wine. Layers of graphite and minerals run through the dark fruit, contributing notable drive and energy to the fini...

Wine Spectator: There's beautiful fruit in this red, which shows pure cherry, plum and licorice aromas and flavors highlighted by oak spice and floral notes. Detailed and elegant, with solid ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep, opaque ruby-red. Aromas of red berries, herbs, cocoa powder and brown spices. Silky on entry, then sweet and superconcentrated in the middle, spreading out to saturate t...

Wine Spectator: Full-bodied, rich and layered, with honeysuckle, smoke, roasted fig and melon flavors that are pure, focused, subtle and persistent. Drink now through 2018. -JL

Wine Enthusiast: You know you're dealing with a great Pinot Noir when it's this delicious right out of the bottle, yet will age. This wine is enormously rich and sweet in cherries, blackberrie...