About this Wine: This Single Vineyard wine is made from a single hectare on 'Astéries' (rock limestone) soil between Château Fonroque and Clos Fourtet. The vines survived the frost of 1956 and...

About this Wine: The vines that produce Cos d'Estournel Blanc are located in the north of the Médoc, in Jau-Dignac and Loirac.

The vineyard's soil is made up mainly of sand and very c...

Wine Spectator: Still quite primal, with fleshy plum skin, warm raspberry confiture and dark roasted woodspice notes still wrestling a bit with each other. A bit thick on the finish as this s...

About this Wine: Merlot flourishes here, rather than the Cabernet, thanks to Soil rich in clay, and Jeremy manipulates the grape in order to deliver wines that are "succulent, never over-extra...

Wine Spectator: Nice lilac, sandalwood and mulled cherry notes, with perfumy spice chiming in on the lightly fusty finish. Pretty.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: This has concentration and power for the vintage, with cassis and linzer torte notes laced with a racy iron edge. Nice flash of anise on the finish. Has some wood to soak up, ...

Wine Spectator: Shows high-toned cherry, tobacco leaf, grilled herb and lightly mulled spice notes. Very formed already, with a lingering dusty finish as the herb note peeks out more and more...

Wine Spectator: Taut but sappy, with lots of white pepper and kirsch flavors and a chalky energy on the tightly wound finish. Tasted non-blind.-J.M.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Chambrun 2010 Le Bourg is a special cuvee from a tiny parcel that both Rolland and the proprietor believe has even greater potential than the rest of the vineyard. Cropped...

Wine Spectator: This has a nice sappy edge, offering kirsch and boysenberry preserves flavors that course along, with lots of mouthcoating fruitcake and melted licorice on the finish. There's...

Wine Spectator: Tangy and elegant, with lilac, iron, red currant and cherry notes all mingling together and carrying through the focused finish. Not big, but pure, lengthy and showing fine mi...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This dense ruby/purple-colored, opulently-styled 2011 displays terrific fruit intensity, velvety, well-integrated tannins, surprising density and richness as well as decent ac...

Wine Spectator: Nice cocoa and coffee aromas lead the way for roasted vanilla bean, dark plum and black cherry fruit notes. This is a touch firm, but racy and fleshy enough through the finish...

Wine Spectator: Fleshy, ripe and enticing, with a singed mesquite note churning through the core of crushed plum, blueberry and blackberry paste flavors. Long and toasted on the finish, this ...

Wine Spectator: Features exotic blueberry and fig notes, with focused linzer torte and cherry fruit. Delivers a flash of blood orange and a long, polished, anise-framed finish. Shows good ran...

Wine Spectator: Quite lush, with well-layered fig, blackberry and currant confiture notes stitched with broad swaths of dark cocoa and black licorice. The finish is hefty, but the structure i...

Wine Spectator: Offers a plush feel, with warm cocoa and steeped blueberry notes leading the way, backed by dark, fleshy plum and blackberry fruit. A loamy edge takes over on the finish, reve...

About this Wine: "This sleeper of the vintage is a large-scaled effort produced by a member of the Janoueix family (who also produce the outstanding Lalande-de-Pomerol, Chambrun). It is a powe...

Wine Spectator: Dense, with good mouthfeel, offering notes of velvety, warm raspberry and boysenberry confiture. Kept lively by enticing spice, anise, bergamot and mandarin orange hints. The ...

About this Wine: These wines are simply younger and their roots have yet to grow to their full depth in the gravelly soil. Powerful, very aromatic, long on the palate, with a very persiste...