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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

About this Wine: Pacenti's Brunello di Montalcino is a great Sangiovese, and a true reflection of the potential of the estate's terroir. Clearly, everything begins with meticulous selectio...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Reticent aromas of cherry liqueur and smoke. Opulent, sweet and generous, with an almost roasted quality to the fruit and less floral lift and refinement than the ...

Wine Spectator: Laced with plum, mint, tobacco and vanilla flavors, with a hint of chocolate, this generous, fruit-driven Barolo is open and inviting. The tannins circle the fruit on the fini...

Wine Spectator: This white is intense in aroma, firm in structure and complex in flavor. Lemon zest, yellow plum and floral notes build around a core of mineral as it develops and changes acr...

Wine Spectator: Round and forward, showing cherry and strawberry flavors, this is pure and focused, with a bright structure underlining the fruit. Offers lovely balance and a lingering finish...