Wine Spectator: Firm and spicy, intense and concentrated, this structured, tight and chewy red shows an earthy mineral, graphite and dried currant flavor profile, ... Drink now through 2014....

Wine Spectator: Warm and exciting wine from a slightly frigid vintage. Black ruby color. Rich and powerful nose, with loads of currant, smoke and tobacco. Full-bodied and silky, polished and ...

About this Wine: The unique encepagement and the twelve hectares of vines situated on the soils of St Julien endow the wines of Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande with an exception...

Wine Spectator: Dense and beautifully focused, firm texture, with bay leaf-scented cherry and currant flavors that last and last on the chewy finish. Built for the cellar, this has the intens...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pungently aromatic, super-ripe nose of grapefruit, mango and honey. Silky and voluminous, with very strong extract and enough acidity to maintain its freshness. Actually rathe...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: ...Its opaque purple color is followed by a glorious nose of candied black fruits, graphite, licorice, and underbrush. It is full-bodied and sumptuous, possessing amazing extr...

About this Wine: "Charming, forward and approachable despite its youth. Ripe berries, mocha, toasted malt, incense and jasmine on the nose and palate. The sweet, high-toned nose is followed by...

About this Wine: Dominus is made solely from grapes grown on the historic Napanook vineyard in Yountville, California.

Wine Spectator: Very appealing for its potpourri of spices. Clove, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice pick up cherry and orange peel notes as this unfolds on the palate. Dry, intense and well-bala...

About this Wine: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot.

Wine Spectator: Dark in color, with intense aromas of blackberries and fresh herbs, such as basil, with a hint of eucalyptus. Full-bodied, with extremely well-polished tannins and a long, lon...

About this Wine: The flagship wine, Insignia, is recognized as one of the world's great wines. Thirty vintages have been rated ninety or more points by various wine publications. The 2002 vint...

About this Wine: "...the third vintage that Cakebread Cellars selected cabernet fruit from the best vineyards of the western as well as eastern sides of the Napa Valley; respectively...made fr...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 1998 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano is a single-vineyard wine, very fine but from a good, instead of an excellent, vintage. The nose, though powerful, is...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Sappy aromas of black- and redcurrant, black licorice and spices. Very intensely flavored and firm-edged, with dark berry flavors complicated by herbal and pe...

Wine Spectator: ...Has lots of richness, depth and complexity, with layers of earthy currant, anise, black cherry and blackberry fruit, showing far more depth and ripeness than most from this...

Wine Spectator: WS Top 100 2001, Rank: 1 - A cool and sleek Tuscan red, with tarragon and fresh sage aromas, blackberry and cherry undertones. Full-bodied, with a wonderfully silky palate of ...

Wine Spectator: Ripe, rich and complex, with layers of juicy plum, blackberry, anise, coffee and wild berry. Turns supple, with a sense of elegance and finesse. Firms up on the finish, where ...

Wine Spectator: Phenomenal aromas of crushed berries, strawberries, blackberries and minerals. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Just the right amount of wood and fru...

Wine Spectator: A pretty, well-balanced wine with berry and dark chocolate character. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a fresh finish...