About this Wine: Clos des Capucins is a historical plot of land that was mentioned already in 890 C.E. when Richarde the empress gave it to the Evital Abbey, who later on handed part of it ove...

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...

Wine Front: Classic lemon and lime, touch of perfume, dry but juicy sweet, even twisting some melons and green mango. Superb length with a taut dry minerally close. Textbook. So good is i...

Wine Spectator: Packed with fruit character, this deep, ripe version offers plenty of new oak, revealing a rich texture and zesty flavors of smoky licorice, blackberry cobbler and cracked pep...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow-gold. Assertively perfumed aromas of nectarine, tangerine, melon and smoky minerals, with an underlying spiciness. Rich and supple but lively, with impressively...

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...

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: A model of total elegance and class, the 2011 Pinot Noir from Flowers is absolutely gorgeous. Savory herbs, crushed flowers, licorice, salt, orange peel, mint and plums are al...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Very subtle, reticent aromas of lime, grapefruit peel, orange, ginger and quinine. Fully ripe but classically dry, with strong, bright acidity giving cut to the wine's chewy,...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Complex nose melds lime, smoky silex minerality and a hint of clove. Vibrant and quite powerful, with penetrating flavors of ripe apricot, salty minerality and spices; this i...

Connoisseurs' Guide: If never wanting for ripeness and long on heady, young, varietal fruit, this solid effort plays juicy apples and a streak of caramelly oak against plenty of freshening, mildly...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. A wild, complex bouquet displays candied cherry, lavender, smoked meat and licorice. Sappy and penetrating, offering sweet cherry and floral pastille flavors and ...

Jancis Robinson: Not that expressive on the nose. Bright and well sculpted on the palate. Very precise and bright. Chalky finish. Long. Drink 2014 to 2020. 17/ 20

Connoisseurs' Guide: There is no question but that ripeness figures prominently here, yet the wine is surprisingly racy and buoyant even while being full and weighty. It teams plenty of dark-cherr...

Pinot Report: Deep ruby color; intense, complex aromas of cherry and leather with meaty notes; mouthfilling flavors of stewed cherry, leather and earth; very complex, great texture; great s...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Pale to medium ruby in color, the 2011 Pinot Noir has an intensely perfumed nose with abundant floral scents of violets alongside pomegranate and cranberries, lavender and som...