Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Full deep red. Black raspberry, coffee and smoky minerality on the nose. Sweet in the middle but youthfully closed, hinting at dark fruits, licorice and menthol. Shows a more ...

Wine Spectator: ...a rich core of currant, blackberry and black cherry fruit supported by firm, ripe, mouthcoating tannins. A potent wine with lots of intensity and concentration...

Wine Enthusiast: Aloof and tannic now. It's very dry, and those tannins lock in and cry out for something to melt them. It's best to decant this wine many hours in advance of drinking it, but ...

About this Wine: "This fine, top drawer, Rothschild owned estate has produced a blockbuster '89 with an intensly perfumed nose, luxuriously rich palate and the ability to age for decades. A wi...

Wine Spectator: Delicate and pure, with tropical fruit, lime and vanilla aromas and flavors. The vibrant structure balances the elements and keeps the flavors delineated and persistent. Drink...

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: ...vivid complex aromas, with dense, rich and well-defined fruit flavors... fine tannins and a beautiful core of currant, tar, raspberry, cherry and nutmeg scents...

About this Wine: "...Togni noted that this wine is now typically about 82% cabernet sauvignon, with about 15% merlot, 2% cabernet franc and 1% petit verdot added since the '99 vintage."

Wine Spectator: This is a delicious Syrah, pure, rich, intense and concentrated, with a wonderful core of zesty black cherry, blackberry, wild berry and pretty fresh earth scents. Just when y...

Wine Spectator: Smooth, rich and vibrant, with lively plum and blackberry fruit that's supple and concentrated, finishing with a burst of ripe fruit on the finish. Excellent balance--the tann...

Wine Spectator: Bold and structured red. Dark color; black licorice, raspberry and mineral character and hints of dried flowers; full-bodied, with spicy fruit and undertones of black pepper. ...

Wine Spectator: Straddling the line between road tar, spice and dried berry fruit, this is an intense, tight and concentrated red, full-bodied and dense. A young, compact wine that has a firm...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Gunderloch 2008 Nackenheimer Rothenberg Riesling Auslese represents a November harvest, after which no further nobly sweet wine was brought in until February, and then wit...

Wine Spectator: A touch soft, but persistent, with pretty floral, mulled plum and tobacco notes that glide over light, rounded tannins. The pure finish lets the fruit hang elegantly. This win...

Wine Spectator: Polished and round, delivering a dense mouthful of cherry, dried blueberry, white pepper and tar flavors that pick up a thin layer of gritty tannins as the finish sails on e...

James Halliday: Bright, clear colour; the fragrant mix of red fruits, spice and forest on the bouquet leads into a silky, mouthwatering palate, with red fruits, fine tannins and precisely cal...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light, bright yellow-gold. Exotically perfumed nose offers passion fruit, pear skin and tangerine, with complicating notes of jasmine and quinine. Seamless, silky and pure, w...

Wine Spectator: Elegant, this red is full of spice, currant, balsamic and soy aromas and flavors. The texture is supple and the structure well-integrated, offering firm support and a lingerin...

Burghound: ...the underlying fruit does appear ripe and this impression is corroborated by the clear phenolic maturity of the supporting structural elements that are firm but not hard on...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light, bright gold. Powerful aromas of lime zest, pear skin, white flowers and quinine. Juicy, intense and deep, with chewy orchard and citrus fruit flavors and bright spici...