Wine Spectator: This has some power and precision, with densely layered fig, blackberry and boysenberry paste flavors lined with charcoal and sweet tobacco notes. Long and tarry, but polished...

Wine Spectator: Focused blackberry, currant and cherry sauce flavors show notes of sweet tobacco and nicely roasted spice on the finish, with integrated grip.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: Offers pure, driven plum, cassis and black cherry notes inlaid with graphite and roasted wood spice. Dense without being overextracted. Very sleek. Rock-solid.-J.M.

Wine Spectator: This has a solid frame, with graphite and roasted cedar holding the core of steeped plum and currant fruit together. A loam hint chimes in on the medium-weight finish. Drink n...

Wine Spectator: Shows solid thyme, sweet pea and jicama notes, with a fresh, tarragon-filled finish. Features a stony hint and good cut. — J.M.

Wine Spectator: A ripe, fleshy style, with lots of fig and mulled blackberry and blueberry fruit. Good toast and ganache notes thread this together, with a muscular feel on the finish. An ove...

Wine Spectator: This is nicely cloaked with charcoal and roasted apple wood, while the core of steeped fig, blackberry and black cherry paste notes sits in reserve. The well-defined finish is...

Wine Spectator: A bright, floral style, with high-pitched meringue, lemon zest and white asparagus notes that glide through a honeysuckle-filled finish. Pure and very pretty. Drink now throug...

Wine Spectator: Features good density but remains tight, with dark currant, fig and blackberry fruit balled up by charcoal-tinged grip. Clove, ganache and espresso notes fill in on the finish...

Wine Spectator: This has a very ripe, almost muscular core of creamed melon, meringue and lemon gelée, with the frame of chartreuse, quinine and chamomile providing contrast and balance. The ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This lighter-styled, but complex, finely tuned effort reveals notes of cedar, dried herbs, spice, smoke, sweet cherry and cur...

Wine Spectator: This is inviting, with delicious raspberry ganache, cherry reduction and sweet spice notes all pushed by racy licorice and toast. The slightly firm, muscular finish should str...

Wine Spectator: This delivers a ripe, up-front, polished beam of blackberry and cassis fruit, backed by richer notes of fig sauce, cocoa powder and anise. Solid concentration and length. Drin...

Wine Spectator: Ripe, slightly hefty style, with plum skin and macerated cherry and currant fruit backed by a well-toasted finish. Verges on over-extracted but has enough lift to keep it hone...

Wine Spectator: A bold, modern style, with overt spice aromatics and mouthfilling blueberry compote, plum sauce and fig paste flavors. Dark anise and graphite fill in on the finish. Not shy, ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: A terrific wine from proprietor Thierry Gaudrie, this wine, which has a similar blend to the La Vieille Cure (73% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon), ...

Wine Spectator: This has good ripe plum and black cherry fruit woven with a currant eau-de-vie aroma. There's fine-grained structure and an easy, vanilla-tinged finish. Not as dense as the to...

Wine Spectator: Showy and densely layered, with lots of linzer torte, cassis, blackberry pâte de fruit and plum sauce flavors that march in unison, while a strong graphite spine rivets the fi...