Wine Spectator: Very fleshy, with lush, velvety-textured plum sauce, currant paste and melted licorice notes, woven with toasty spice and backed by a dark chocolate bark note on the finish. B...

About this Wine: Today, Cellar Master Dominique Demarville opens the doors to the Veuve Clicquot "Cave Privée": a unique collection of rare, meticulously selected vintages. Jeroboam, Magnum or...

Wine Spectator: Intense, with a bold, roasted apple wood note out front and anise-infused plum and blackberry fruit surrounding the core. Lots of bramble, tar and warm stone accents course th...

Wine Spectator: Ripe but focused, with heather, salted butter, macadamia nut, white peach and Jonagold apple notes. This has weight and definition, kept honest by a hint of tarragon on the fi...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky purple. High-pitched aromas of red- and blackcurrant, Indian spices and potpourri, with hint of vanilla lending depth. Bright and focused on the palate, offering intens...

Wine Spectator: Lush yet precise, with green tea, honeysuckle and quinine notes rippling through the core of green plum, pear and Jonagold apple fruit. The finish has mouthwatering minerality...

John Gilman: The Grands Echézeaux from Domaine Georges Noëllat is also produced from vines in excess of eighty years of age and the wine was raised all in new wood in 2010. This is a super...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium bright red. Aromas of redcurrant, tobacco and menthol, plus a suggestion of honey. Chewy and light on its feet, with good calcaire energy to the medicinal cherry...

Wine Spectator: Vibrant and mouthwatering, this offers a range of patisserie pear and apple fruit, candied lemon zest, pastry dough and marzipan notes set on a finely detailed texture, which ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Red fruits, minerals, mint, licorice and a whiff of resin on the nose; also oakier than the Clos de la Roche. Quite velvety in the middle, conveying a solid s...

About this Wine: "With twenty vintages under his belt, Michel Chapoutier and his impressive winemaking staff go from strength to strength. These are among the world's greatest wines, especia...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is deep, seductive and powerful. It shows stunning richness and intensity, with layers of dark red fruit, smoke, lic...

Wine Spectator: This has a richness that stands out for 2011, delivering roasted fig and plum flavors, with good smoldering tobacco and black tea notes, before the tangy damson plum and iron ...

Wine Enthusiast: Packed with dense tannins and firm fruit, this is a big, powerful wine. It is initially austere, but with time it becomes more rounded, with layers of wood tannins and rich fr...

Wine Spectator: Medium garnet; cedary nose, with green tea nuances and cranberries emerging; firm, lively and tannic, with concentrated though unevolved fruit flavors; a big wine, with much p...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. An intensely perfumed bouquet displays scents of black raspberry, redcurrant, Asian spices and incense, with slow-building floral and mineral qualities. Sweet, ...

About this Wine: "Taylor's finest and rarest wine, the very pinnacle of port. Only in a year when everything is perfect does Taylor's `declare' a vintage. With the company's reputation at stak...