Wine Spectator: A spicy thread of sandalwood, cardamom and anise focuses flavors of ripe raspberry, black cherry and plum. It's bright and lightly grippy, with a moderate finish. Drink now th...

Wine Spectator: Rich and spiced, with exuberant black cherry, violet, blackberry, licorice and star anise notes. Lightly grippy and balanced, with a bright finish. Drink now through 2015. -A...

About this Wine: Kesseler's Riesling comes from the Rüdesheimer Berg (Hugh Johnson calls this hill "germany's most magnificent vineyard") and from the lorcher Berg. Here the Riesling finds opt...

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: A ripe, full-bodied red, boasting plenty of structure and power, with dark plum, cherry and chocolate flavors filling this to the brim. The snappy finish features peppery note...

Wine Spectator: Dense but fresh, with a saturated core of blackberry pâte de fruit, anise and plum sauce that races along with vibrant spice and graphite notes. The long finish shows cut and ...

Wine Enthusiast: In style, Coutale doesn't make many concessions to Malbec tannins. What you get is an impressively structured, firmly tannic wine, packed also with black fruits. The solid str...

About this Wine: Torrontés is the signature white wine from Argentina. It dates from the first vineyards planted in the early 1800's.  Today, the variety enjoys high popularity with...

Wine Spectator: Tasty, with plum cake, braised fig and mulled cherry notes all woven with a lacing of sweet tobacco. Rounded, open-knit finish. Shiraz, Cinsault, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache,...

About this Wine: Land: A plateau of limestone; bordering slopes with chalk and clay soils....

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Black fruits and licorice on the nose; a bit inkier and less expressive than the basic Clos des Andes. Then denser and deeper but less pliant in the mouth, wi...

Wine Spectator: Solid, with a very juicy core of lightly mulled plum and blackberry fruit, a polished apple wood note that runs along the edges and a solid, gravel-tinged finish. Sports nice ...

Wine Spectator: This is ripe and polished, with sleek cassis and blackberry fruit framed with toasty mocha and espresso hints, but also nicely grounded in terroir, with a tug of roasted earth...

Wine Spectator: This has a really nice graphite frame that drives the core of fig, plum and boysenberry fruit authoritatively, with dense ganache, espresso and tar on the finish. The grip is ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright purple. Spice-accented aromas of black raspberry, rose and licorice, with a strong note of white pepper. Bitter cherry and blackberry flavors show very good intensity a...

About this Wine: Known mainly for its white wines, the village of Chassagne-Montrachet also produces reds of real quality. No less a person than Camille Rodier held that famous plots like&...

Wine Spectator: Dried lavender, white pepper and talc overtones are sophisticated, leading to a core of polished plum, black cherry and blackberry flavors that are juicy and ripe. This shows ...

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 Front: This 2007 is not a hard wine to like. It's beautifully structured. Beautifully fruited. Blackberries, cloves, eucalypt and integrated cedary oak. Indeed I kept coming back to ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: I know some readers will find it hard to believe, but the 2011 Nostre Pais Blanc's aromas and rich, honeyed, full-bodied texture reminded me of the famous white Chateauneuf du...