2007 Red Wine

Wine Enthusiast, 90 points: Another successful Marinus from this small Monterey County appellation. Made from all five classic Bordeaux varieties, it's dry and rich in blackberries, black currants, crème de cassis and cedar, and is more rough in...

jamessuckling.com, 95 points: The nose is full of flowers and berries with dark cherries and ripe strawberries. Hints of flowers too. It's full-bodied, with wonderful structure with bright acidity. Super clean and beautiful. Very pure and firm. Needs...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2007 Aglianico del Vulture Riserva Gudarrà is a standout wine and one of the best expression of Aglianico from Basilicata I tasted this year. The wine opens to a dark, impenetrable appearance with determined aromas of...

jamessuckling.com, 98 points: An impressively structured wine. Aromas of blueberries and blackberries with hints of violets. Full body with velvety, rich tannins. Very tannic and powerful, yet the tannins are polished and pretty. Layers of everything...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: The 2007 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico was bottled seven months before I tasted it. Grapes undergo a four-month appassimento for extra concentration and intensity. Despite this heavy-handed winemaking technique (in...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: The 2007 d’Alceo shows none of the Sammarco’s early appeal. It is a dark, inward wine imbued with black fruit, roasted coffee beans, grilled herbs and licorice, all of which build effortlessly towards the huge, explosive...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: A big and powerful wine, with tannins that are compact and dense. The dryness of the tannins go right to the core, surrounded by chocolate, sweet fruit and dark berry flavors. The wine is well structured, big and bold...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 95 points: Bottled just one month ago, the 2007 L’Eglise-Clinet cannot match the power and exuberance of either the 2005 or 2006 on the nose, but there is great clarity and sense of minerality although there is some bottle shock...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: A big and powerful wine, with tannins that are compact and dense. The dryness of the tannins go right to the core, surrounded by chocolate, sweet fruit and dark berry flavors. The wine is well structured, big and bold...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 90 points: Dark red. Perfumed aromas of red cherry, spices, red licorice and wild herbs. Tighter, more minerally and higher-pitched than the regular village wine, but with good density to its juicy red fruit and spice flavors. This...

jamessuckling.com, 92 points: The wine has evolved into a single vineyard pure Merlot. Spice smoke and berry with black olives. Full and juicy with smoked meat and ripe fruits. Long and delicious. Milk chocolate too. Juicy red. Grows on you. Don't...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 93 points: (ST90-93 points) Good deep ruby-red. Complex nose melds black plum musky chocolate licorice menthol and fresh herbs. Sweet dense ripe and silky with lovely life and palate coverage. Pure and harmonious from the outset...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: Plums, grilled herbs, smoke and licorice flesh out in the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Akronte. The firm Cabernet tannins are present, but there is more than enough depth in the fruit to provide balance. Intensely spiced notes...

Wine Enthusiast, 93 points: This Bordeaux-style blend includes 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and 14% Cab Franc. It’s a balanced and fine-tuned effort, with a lovely mix of tart, sleek, red and purple fruits. There’s a nice underpinning of dried...