2007 Wine from France

Antonio Galloni's Vinous, 97 points: 97+ Long-time Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon has produced yet another in a string of superb Champagnes with the 2007 Cristal. Rich, powerful and enveloping, the 2007 takes hold of all the senses and never lets up...

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...

Wine Enthusiast, 97 points: Wonderfully aromatic, this sure-to-be legendary wine offers richness, ripeness, and pure yellow fruits, peaches and apricots, all alongside a structured strain of chalky minerality. It is a wine for long aging, the wood...

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...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: (RP94-96 points) Rated - No tasting note given. - Robert Parker

Burghound, 92 points: Integrated oak highlights the beautifully complex red berry fruit aromas nuanced by almost pungent earth tones that also suffuse the rich, round and reasonably concentrated mid-palate, all wrapped in a sappy and mouth...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Light gold color but a wine with depth and balance. There is lovely acidity here a wine that offers fresh fruits apricot juice and deep layers of botrytis.

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...

Antonio Galloni's Vinous, 97 points: The 2007 Cristal Rosé opens with the most captivating, extraordinary bouquet imaginable. Sweet, exquisite and beautifully layered in the glass, the 2007 is intense yet weightless, with extraordinary overall balance and...

Wine Spectator, 90 points: An aromatic red, scented with red cherry, flowers and spice. Tightens up on the palate, with oak tannins present, but ends with a sweetness and a lingering aftertaste of cherry and spice. Needs time. Best from 2012...

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, 90 points: Tasted blind at the 2007 Bordeaux horizontal in Southwold. This is a better showing of Grand Puy Lacoste 2007. Here, it has a well-defined, vivacious, pointed bouquet with bright red-berried fruit, redcurrant and cedar...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: This is a great success for the year a wine that is dense characterized by balance between sweet fruit and solid tannins. Spice from the finely judged wood aging adds extra complexity as do the plum and berry fruits. For...