Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good dark red. Quite closed on the nose, hinting at black cherry and resiny, vanillin oak. Large-scaled, broad and extremely young, saturating the palate with very pure, pri...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium red. Crushed cherry and spicy oak on the nose, despite the fact that this wine is aging entirely in once-used barrels. Creamy-sweet, verging on liqueur-like, wit...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep, bright red. Wild aromas of black cherry, squid ink and earth. The mid-palate offers almost painful intensity to the energetic flavors of black cherry, iodine, spices a...

Wine Enthusiast: Wood and ripe fruit flavors drive this explosively fruity wine. Its richness is balanced by the acidity from green apple and lime fruits. Spice from the wood aging adds piquan...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Reticent but very pure aromas of yellow peach, hazelnut and vanillin oak; comes across as riper than the utterly primary basic Corton-Charlemagne. Sweet...

About this Wine: Domaine Weinbach's rich Gewurztraminers have wonderful aromas of rose, gilly-flower, jasmine, spices, and crystallized citrus fruit with medium-full bodied, sumptuous texture....

Wine Front: Full on. Flinty. Minerally. One hundred percent compelling. An outstanding example of what Giaconda does best: rich, penetrating fruit with funky, matchsticky, smouldering fir...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Gingery peach, toast, crushed stone and smoky minerality on the slightly reduced nose. Rich, sweet and plush, with a touch of spice to the ripe, smoky stone f...

Wine & Spirits: This 35-acre, mid-slope holding in the Clos des Mouches has been part of the Drouhin family domaine since the 1920s. Half pinot noir, it had been farmed organically since 1990...

John Gilman: It is always a good sign when the Drouhins decide to bottle their les Baudes on its own, rather than blend it into the Chambolle "Premier Cru" bottling, as this wine is only b...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Moderately saturated medium red. Oaky aromas of redcurrant, smoke and tobacco. Tactile, saline and a bit youthfully clenched, with the wine's oak element currently suppressi...

About this Wine: This  is  one  of  the  legendary Grands  Crus  in Gevrey-  Chambertin.  The  appellation dates back to 1155, when the monks ...

Wine Spectator: A bold, ripe, almost heady style, with thickly layered blueberry, fig and boysenberry fruit laced with mouthwatering spice and melted black licorice, followed by a long, fruit...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright medium red. Expressive aromas of redcurrant, menthol, truffley earth and spicy oak. Supple, sweet and deep, with a wonderfully silky texture but also excellent inner-...

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: From the same hillside vineyards as `Ma Princesse' and `Ma Douce,' this unique cuvée is judiciously blended from a strictly limited number of selected barrels displaying t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, saturated red-ruby. Very ripe aromas of kirsch, mocha and chocolate. At once sweet and energetic, with strong acidity framing the flavors of redcurrant and leather. ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium red. High-pitched aromas of black cherry, minerals and licorice. Precise and pure, with a juicy quality to the blackberry and violet flavors. Can't quite match ...

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...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Palish bright yellow. Tight, vibrant nose offers white peach, pineapple, nut oils and brown spices. Juicy and sweet but kept under wraps today by powerful acidity. Still, t...