Wine Spectator: Ripe, layered and structured, with floral scents to the pure dark berry, spice and cedar notes, ending with a measure of elegance and grace amid fine-grained, minerally tannin...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Chardonnay Bacigalupi Vineyard, from old Wente clones, is a gorgeous wine graced with exquisite textural depth and elegance. It boasts tons of richness in its sensual...

Wine Spectator: Creamy vanilla-tinged oak cloaks dried currant and berry fruit, graphite and crushed rock, firming nicely on the finish. A true to form Cakebread Cabernet. Drink now through 2...

Wine Spectator: Plenty of cherry, plum, tobacco and earthy underbrush flavors mesh beautifully with the tightly grained fabric of this sophisticated red, which is approachable now, yet should...

Wine Spectator: Very enticing, with roasted herb, olive and spice notes flittering in front of darker pastis, blackberry paste and briar notes. The long, grippy finish is iron-driven, with a ...

Wine Spectator: Pushes ripeness, but stays in bounds, offering a chewy, muscular presentation of fruit, with blackberry, mineral, black licorice, cedar and graphite flavors. For all its heft,...

Wine & Spirits: Scents of wild cherries are grounded by an oak spice that carries through to the generous array of flavors, all cherry cola and graham spice. The finish bears a mildly smoky n...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full red. Perfumed, high-toned aromas of red and dark berries, pungent spicy oak and flowers. Youthfully tight and not showing its flesh today, with a peppery quality co...

Wine Enthusiast: Distinctly Sonoma Coast in the forest berry fruits and feral, earthy notes of anise, balsam and Dr. Pepper cola. Fine and silky in the mouth, with modest alcohol and a burst o...

Wine Enthusiast: Eolo is Trivento’s prized wine, and this vintage hammers away from the start with blackberry, toast and pepper aromas. The palate is huge and extracted, with dark, fat blackbe...

Wine Spectator: Delivers a pure, rich, spicy mix of peppery wild berry, cedar, dried herb and underbrush flavors, firming nicely on the long, full finish. Drink now through 2022. –JL

Wine Enthusiast: One sip is all it takes to know this is a terrific Pinot Noir. It’s dry, silky and complex, and not only that, it will develop bottle nuance over the next six years. Rich and ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good deep red. Lovely lift to the aromas of black cherry, blackberry, violet and smoked meat. Juicy, spicy and nicely delineated, with lovely cut to the blackberry, spice an...

Wine Enthusiast: A brilliant, completely satisfying Viognier that shows its sunny California terroir in the ripe lemon, peach and mango flavors. It finishes dry, with a steely minerality, like...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Chardonnay is youthfully mute at this stage with delicate notes of orange blossom, lightly toasted bread, some oatmeal, under-ripe pineapple and lemon curd. The elega...

Connoisseurs' Guide: For the most part, this deep and generous wine is very much keyed on the berrylike fruit of Zinfandel, but it comes with a nice measure of complementary sweet oak, and its Cab...

About this Wine: An acknowledged icon of the Barossa, St Hallett Old Block is an elegant and seamless Shiraz widely recognised as world class. Derived purely from low cropping old vines of...

Wine Spectator: Black currant, bilberry, violet and spice flavors align in this luscious red, which is well-balanced and integrated, with a lingering aftertaste of sweet fruit and spices. San...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Dark berries, cured meat, smoky herbs, minerals and dried flowers on the fragrant nose. A sexy anise quality adds complexity to the powerful blackberry and boysen...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Even better is the 2009 Chinon Cuvee Danae (100% Cabernet Franc). Made from older vines, it possesses more concentration, a denser purple color, and more blueberry and black r...