2011 White Wine

jamessuckling.com, 91 points: A dense and creamy white showing lots of apple pie cream and honey. Full body with masses of new wood but I like the character. Dried pineapple and apple too. Vanilla aftertaste. Drink now or hold.

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Lime, citronella, pear and mineral aromas and flavors are wrapped in a creamy texture. Vibrant acidity drives the flavors to a long conclusion. Best from 2015 through 2023. 574 cases imported. –BS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2011 Riesling Smaragd Vom Stein opens with the ripe charm and winning self-confidence of a warm vintage. Super clear, with ultra-ripe (not overripe though!) and concentrated fruit aromas on the nose along with floral...

jamessuckling.com, 99 points: A white that is dense and structured with amazing honey and dried-fruit character. Mango, pineapple and papaya. Chalky undertones from the soil. Full and chewy with a beautiful depth of fruit and intensity. So much going...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Abbatucci’s 2011 Cuvee Collection: General de la Revolution Jean-Charles Abbatucci – for more on whose vinification and roster of ancient cepages, consult my review of the 2010 in issue 205 – is very nearly as exciting as...

Wine Spectator, 92 points: This wonderfully pure white displays seamlessly layered notes of green almond, green plum and Jonagold apple, backed by a hint of macadamia nut on the finish. Creamy, alluring mouthfeel.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The Burgundian-styled 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Cuvee Prestige, which is composed of 70% Roussanne and the rest Clairette and Grenache Blanc. There are about 100 cases of this beauty, which is vinified in new oak and...

Burghound, 91 points: This is slightly riper than the Tessons yet the nose remains cool and fresh with well-layered aromas of apple, pear and white flowers. There is excellent volume to the solidly concentrated and mineral-inflected medium...

Burghound, 92 points: (90-92) There is a discreet but not invisible touch of wood to the cool pear, grapefruit and mineral reduction suffused nose. There is superb intensity to the racy, detailed and abundant mineral-inflected medium weight...

View From The Cellar, 91 points: 91+ One-third of the vines for this new premier cru chez Lafon hail from the old parcel that Domaine Guy Roulot owned, with the other two-thirds being former Domaine Manuel holdings. The vines for the two parcels average...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Intriguingly musky and subtly fungal as well as piercing in its evocation of distilled pit fruits and botanicals, the nose of Donnhoff’s 2011 Niederhauser Hermannshohle Riesling Beerenauslese – which was picked alongside...