About this Wine: 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Sangiovese, 9% Petite Sirah, and 8% Merlot

Ryan Moses: Transparent garnet core leading to a pale pink rim. Muted, yet classic nebbiolo nose with tar, licorice, and ripe red cherry aromas supported by faint notes of vanilla. The pa...

Wine Spectator: Gorgeous fruit up front-plum, black cherry and rose, with a touch of menthol-marries beautifully with the opulent texture in this alluring red. Lest you forget this is Barolo,...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Barolo Cerretta is serious juice. This dark, imposing Barolo covers every inch of the palate with deep layers of dark Serralunga fruit. There is tremendous excitement...

Wine Spectator: Boasting menthol and eucalyptus-tinged cherry and plum aromas and flavors, this red is broad and well-balanced in its structure, with fine length. Approachable now, but better...

Wine Spectator: A powerful, full-bodied red from Portugal, oozing with kirsch, dark plum and dark cherry flavors that are flanked by concentrated dark chocolate, bourbon and tobacco leaf flav...

About this Wine:  Barolo Le Vigne is often a dark and impenetrable wine in its youth, where the tannins and structure from the Monforte vineyard sites make the wine less approachable. Wit...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Ruby-red. Balsamic red cherry, ripe plum, graphite, milk chocolate and herbs on the nose. Enters dense, juicy and suave, then turns sweeter and softer, with balsamic, extremel...

About this Wine: The modern history of the Scavino family starts with this vineyard, within the Fiasco cru. Here the Nebbiolo grapes were always the best: consequently in 1978 young Enrico con...

About this Wine: For many Barolo lovers, Cannubi is the most exceptional cru. A grand cru needs more attention in the vineyard so that the wine can express all of its elegance. In order to max...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Blueberry, licorice, brown spices and menthol on the complex nose. Richer and broader than the village wine, with more intense and complex flavors of spicy blac...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, deep ruby-red. Reticent aromas of cassis, dark raspberry, leather, fresh blood and pepper (my first sample showed a whiff of adhesive tape). Supple on entry, then a ...

Rhone Report, The: Tasted out of barrel and showing loads of promise, the 2007 Core Cuvée Fletcher Alta Mesa, 90% Grenache and 10% Mourvedre, has great aromatics of both red and black fruits, ta...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full, dark red. Deep, pure, brooding aromas of black cherry, licorice and leather, plus a hint of oak spices. Offers lovely aromatic lift but comes across as tightly wo...

Wine Spectator: Sporting beef bouillon and balsamic notes, this red's mix of cherry, iron, leather and tea flavors is backed by a sinewy frame. The tannins leave a drying impression, but this...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($135) Medium red, a bit brighter than the Latricieres. Lively aromas of red cherry, raspberry and minerals. More tightly wound than the Latricieres, with a solid supporting s...

Bob Campbell, MW: 34% CS, 33% M, 21% CF, 12% Malbec Dense yet elegant wine with appealing sweet fruit and focused berry, plum and spice flavours together with subtle oak. Delicately perfumed wi...

Bob Campbell, MW: 55% CS, 26% M, 11% CF, 6% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot. Richer wine than Destinae with more palate weight and mouthfeel. Dark berry, plum, chocolate and spicy oak with a subtle ear...