Wine Spectator: Ripe and juicy, with a succulent edge to the cassis, plum and blueberry fruit, which stays defined through the spice-tinged finish. The fresh aftertaste is accessible now, wit...

Wine Enthusiast: The husband-and-wife team of Mike and Claire Allen have turned out 2,000 cases of this terrific value, which delivers authentic Pinot Noir complexity at an attractive price. B...

Wine Enthusiast: New oak sticks out on this Chardonnay, with buttered toast and vanilla dominating the tropical fruit, orange and Meyer lemon flavors. It's finely constructed, with deft acidit...

Wine Enthusiast: Smooth and complex, this is dry and softly tannic, with pleasant blackberry, black currant, spice and cedar flavors. Ready to drink now.

Wine Spectator: Black currant, bilberry, violet and spice flavors align in this luscious red, which is well-balanced and integrated, with a lingering aftertaste of sweet fruit and spices. San...

Wine Spectator: Fleshy and inviting, with a juicy core of bramble, raspberry and plum backed by cassis bush, clove and mesquite notes. Features a fine-grained finish, with the fruit and wood ...

Ryan Moses: 100% shiraz, aged in used hogs and foudre for 12 months. Inky core to a hazy purple rim. An abundantly aromatic nose leads with fruitcake and is rounded out with plum, dark ch...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Green-gold color. Bright aromas and flavors of orange, pear and peach are enlivened by a stony element. Tactile and dry, with attractive candied citrus and honeysuckle quali...

Wine Enthusiast: Big, smoky and concentrated on the nose, this has a ton of black fruit and char notes. This is mouth-filling, deep and powerful stuff, with a potent mash of baked blackberry, ...

Wine Spectator: Assertive, offering a vivid mix of dried berry, sage, gravel and cedar, with notable balance and weight. Easy-drinking and fun. Drink now through 2019. -JL

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Verdeca is flat-out beautiful. Layers of floral infused yellow stone fruits, flowers, mint and licorice are all woven together in this striking, highly expressive whi...

Wine Spectator: A crackling, pure style, with a vibrant savory edge that drives the red currant, cherry and damson plum fruit along. The finish picks up sweet tobacco and mouth-watering chalk...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Vall LLach's entry-level 2008 Embruix, sourced from the estate's younger vines, is composed of 30% Garnacha, 25% Carinena, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the balance Syrah and Me...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2010 Meursault Les Chevalieres comes across as quite polished and refined in this vintage. Lemon, apricots and white flowers meld together in this feminine, gracious wine....

Wine Spectator: This intense white offers a rocket beam of mouthwatering and fragrant Key lime, lemongrass and ripe peach flavors that are vibrant, juicy and wonderfully persistent on the fin...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Mas de Boislauzon's Cotes du Rhone-Villages is always one of the finest of the area, and the 2010 is a big time sleeper of the vintage. Lots of plum, balsamic, cassis and blac...

Wine Enthusiast: Neudorf seems to do almost everything well, and the winery's efforts with Riesling off the Moutere clays are no exception. It's made in a light- to medium-bodied style, off dr...

Wine Enthusiast: Intense and rich wine, with touches of smoky wood, the tannins ripe, the acidity a refreshing balancing factor. With its cherry character, there is fruit already, but wait a y...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Riverbrook Vineyard Marlborough Riesling gives a yeasty / savory character over intense notes of warm grapefruit, lemon tart, baking bread and marzipan. Medium-dry wi...

Wine Spectator: This smooth, silky white delivers pretty Key lime, Meyer lemon, passion fruit and melon notes that are elegant, balanced and delightfully tangy. all leading to the juicy finis...