Wine Spectator: Very stylish, with soft but persistent mouthfeel to the blackberry, pepper, tobacco and cocoa notes. Features lingering black tea and iron notes on the finish. Drink now throu...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright red. Tight, pure nose exudes scents of dark cherry, bitter chocolate, violet and licorice. Juicy, precise and savory but more reticent and backward today, and le...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Perrot-Minot 2008 Chambolle Musigny Les Echanges Vieilles Vignes smells of ripe blackberries with resinous, caramelized suggestions of maple syrup, and a smoky, sweet inti...

Wine Spectator: Very rich and balanced, with a deep well of dark plum, kirsch and spiced cherry flavors joined by decadent Asian spice and mocha notes. This shows plenty of grip on the finish...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow. Aromas of orange blossom and hazelnut along with a hint of minerality. Sweet, rich and chewy, with enticing sweetness leavened by juicy acidity. A step up in e...

Wine Spectator: A dark, brooding and dense wine, delivering dried cherry, carpaccio and spice flavors, which linger on the broad finish. Has layers and layers of depth, all balled up and wait...

Wine Spectator: Elegant, with a pretty juiciness to the acidity that enlivens the whole wine. Apple and orange blossom notes highlight the ripe apricot and clementine, along with honey, smoke...

Wine Spectator: Firm and toasty, with hints of tropical fruit mixing with notes of quince, lemon zest, smoky mineral, ginger and white pepper. This finds a balance between its fresh, lively c...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Wild aromas of blackberry, chocolate and meat are considerably less expressive today than those of the Bressandes. Broad and large-scaled but backward, show...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Musky, highly complex aromas of lemon, lime and hazelnut. Sweet on entry, then impressively tensile in the middle palate, offering superb intensity to its citrus, spice and mi...

About this Wine: Echezeaux wines are a clear garnet or ruby red, the exact hue often varying considerably. When young these wines have vanilla-scented, smoky, woody aromas or a hint of torrefa...

About this Wine: The core of the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Soda Canyon vineyard, a marvelous hillside site with tightly spaced vines planted in rocky, well-drained soil...

Wine Spectator: Showy but still nicely defined, as brioche and sweetened butter notes lead the way for verbena, hazelnut and kaffir lime flavors, which all glide nicely through the finish. Sé...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Most of the fruit comes from hillside vineyards in Larnage. The 2010 St.-Joseph Les Granits (870 cases produced) is a more flowery, elegant, feminine-styled effort than Les Va...

About this Wine: " Lynch-Bages made primarily from Cabernet-Sauvignon, is famous for its fine bouquet and rich tannin, which becomes soft and delicious with age. Lynch-Bages is powerful with a...

Wine Spectator: A very toasty but integrated style, with warm espresso and mocha leading the way for a really supple palate of black currant, plum sauce and cassis flavors. The toast holds a ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full, bright red. Complex, sweet aromas of cherry, redcurrant, spices and minerals. Suave, broad and deep, with noteworthy complexity and solid backbone to the flavors of...

About this Wine: Barolo Cannubi Boschis is the flagship wine and is the one that earned Luciano his early success, being one of the first Italian wines to earn 100 points from the noted critic...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright straw-yellow. Ripe nectarine lifted by nutmeg and lavender on the nose. Large-scaled, smooth and sweet; not a particularly refined style of Corton-Charlemagne bu...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Moderately saturated medium red. Vinous, fruit-driven aromas of cherry, redcurrant and strawberry. Suave, round and fine-grained, with lovely finesse to the redcurrant and s...