While showing off cassis and blackberry fruit, this bottle did not show a wine as well structured or as long as one would have hoped from a 2010. But I like its smooth tannin and balance, with rather primary expressions...

The 2010 Château Pontet Canet is still beautiful, with a youthful sense of style in its darker currants, saddle leather, violets, graphite, and floral aromatics. These carry to a full-bodied, rich, concentrated, and...

From a village in the southern area of the Côte de Blancs and made entirely from Chardonnay, the 2010 Champagne Cote Vertus Premier Cru is a bright straw/silver color and offers more saline notes, with Meyer lemon, bright...

(96+ points) 2010 Angelus is such a classic glass of wine. It is strong and deep, dark, and peppery, with loads of cherries and blackcurrants and notes of Cabernet Franc finishing in a gorgeous and crunchy aftertaste of...

The 2010 Châteauneuf-du-Pape has entered its prime drinking window, where it will remain over the next five years. Intense tobacco, dried red fruits, cured meat and licorice are all pushed forward. Full-bodied and savory...

Deep garnet in color, the 2010 de Fieuzal rocks up with bold, confident Black Forest cake and crème de cassis scents followed by nuances of cigar box, new leather and Chinese five spice plus a waft of potpourri...

Almost plush in texture, showing an overall sense of finesse, with mouthwatering acidity brightening the finely meshed layers of poached pear, baked plum, mandarin orange peel and pickled ginger, accented by rich hints of...