Wine Spectator: This is a step up, with very plush layers of raspberry and blackber-ry confiture and plum sauce, liberally framed by a strong graphite note. Lots of black tea and toasty spi...

Wine Spectator: Shows the ripe, fleshy, polished profile of the vintage, with mouthfilling plum, blackberry paste and fig fruit flavors caressed by subtle cocoa and tobacco shadings on the fi...

Wine Spectator: A fleshy, inviting style, with lots of crushed fig and steeped blackberry fruit woven with warmed cocoa and pain d'épices, all backed by a distinctly racy graphite note. Stays...

Wine Spectator: This is very distinctive, with live-wire acidity running through the core of damson plum, linzer torte and blackberry fruit that's framed by a mouthwatering roasted apple wood...

About this Wine: 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc

Wine Spectator: Rather dark and reticent, with bittersweet cocoa and licorice snap notes blocking off the core of ripe plum and boysenberry fruit, while the tarry undertow emerges more on the...

Wine Spectator: Espresso and smoke notes and firm, slightly aggressive tannins show plenty of oak influence in this chewy red. A core of plum and currant has enough acidity to keep it lively....

Wine Enthusiast: Smooth and unctuous in texture, this has dense black fruits that edge toward dryness from the tannins. Dark chocolate and licorice notes lend a bitter edge. Rich and modern in...

Wine Spectator: This has a bold, spicy lead, with flashes of anise, cocoa and cinnamon giving way to lightly mulled cherry, raspberry and plum fruit. Delivers a velvety feel on the finish, sh...

Wine Spectator: A toasty, modern style, with espresso and dark licorice notes leading the way, followed by blackberry paste and plum sauce. A toasty edge hangs on the finish, but there's plen...

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...

About this Wine: Location: Chateau Clerc-Milon is located in Pauillac, just between Chateau Mouton-Rothschild and Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. 69 acres producing 14,000 cases. Classificati...

Wine Spectator: Plump and forward, with a tasty core of dark plum, fig sauce and blackberry preserves rolled together and pushed from behind by apple wood and tobacco notes. A flash of bitter...

Wine Spectator: This has the perfumy lilac and black tea aromas of the vintage, with supple mulled plum fruit and a streak of iron hanging on the finish. Drink now through 2018. -JM

Wine Spectator: This has a flattering, fleshy feel, with dark smoked mesquite and tobacco notes giving way to cocoa, plum sauce and roasted fig. Solid, hedonictic style, though perhaps a bit ...

Wine Spectator: Big and bold, with currant, blackberry and plum fruit backed by espresso, smoke and mineral notes in this muscular red. The powerful character is more menacing than alluring, ...

Wine Spectator: A ripe, plush, modern style, with a ganache note leading the way for crushed plum, blackberry and currant pâte de fruit notes. Lots of briar and anise on the finish lends a gr...

Wine Spectator: Offers blueberry and mineral on the nose. Full-bodied, with a tight tannin structure and juicy fruit. Bright acidity. Very lively. Score range: 90-93 -JS

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...

About this Wine: This wine will require 7-10 years of cellaring, then last for two decades thereafter.