2012 White Wine

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2012 Chardonnay Isobel (980 cases) comes from 31-year-old vines planted in the Charles Heintz Vineyard, and spent 13 months in 39% new oak. It offers classic notes of tangerine oil, apple blossoms, caramelized citrus...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2012 L'Etoile Cuvée Spéciale is like a mini Vin Jaune, a riper year than 2013, with more volume in the palate and a stronger effect of the aging under the veil of yeasts. It aged for no less than four years under the...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (89 - 92) The 2012 Meursault 1er Cru Le Purosot Dessus comes from 80-year-old vines that produced small berries and underwent a slow malo-lactic fermentation (consequently my sample had not been racked). It was the only...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: A dusting of crushed slate accents pretty blossom and peach notes on the nose of this elegant yet remarkably powerful Riesling. It's delicately textured, but accumulates rich, ripe, juicy stone fruit and melon flavors as...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 91 points: Though harvested around the end of September and in the context of a concerted effort to achieve moderate alcohol, at 12.5% the Pichler 2012 Gruner Veltliner Federspiel Klostersatz is on the border of what would when that...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: 97+ Raphel Coche told me that the 2012 Corton Charlemagne was the only vineyard that escaped hail damage this year. It has a very succinct nose, not predisposed to go out and grab you by the lapels. The aromatics unfurl...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A rich, focused white, with pure, lush flavors of apple, Asian pear and gooseberry accented by engaging notes of salted almond. Lemon cream and spice details linger on the ripe, rich finish. Refined and alluring. Drink...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A lively style, with a piercing feel to the anise, kiwifruit and quince flavors, followed by intense mirabelle plum, pear eau-de-vie and green almond notes. The long, minerally edge holds the finish. Drink now through...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 99 points: Pure and flinty, with perfectly ripe stone fruit aromas that are seamlessly intertwined with the flavors of crushing stones, the 2015 Riesling Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (White Capsule) is powerful, rich and...

Vinous, 91 points: Green-tinged yellow. Fresh lemon and orange zest on the nose, with hints of white flowers and chalky minerals gaining strength with air. Sappy citrus fruit and melon flavors are complemented by musky iodine and floral...