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"Classic Latour, with a savoury, meaty note to the ripe plummy fruit and a hint of leather at the end. Although August was hot, there was rain at h...

"The 2013 Chardonnay Point Rouge offers up plenty of honeysuckle, orange marmalade, pineapple and baked brioche notes, subtle oak, and a wonderfull...

"Remarkably, both vintages of Peter Michael’s top Chardonnay selection, the Point Rouge, may merit perfect scores. A selection of the best barrels,...

"Framboise, black cherries, strawberries, forest floor, and earthy nuances all emerge from this Burgundian, layered, powerful 2012 that has loads o...

"One of the best Tignanellos ever made. Aromas of currants and blueberries with hints of flowers. Full body with fine tannins and a refined finish....

"This is exuberant, concentrated and luscious. Full of blood orange, nectarine, saffron, touches of carmalised ginger, truffle and crème brûlée. A ...

"Diverse flowers and herbal high tones in the nose usher in a remarkably polished, refined palate, one no less tactile in its mineral dimensions th...

"Mark Aubert notes that this is a complex vineyard. It is planted to four different clones: two Old Wente clones, Mount Eden and Corton Charlemagne...

"The 2013 Chardonnay Lauren Estate is made from 15-year-old vines from the old Wente and Mt. Eden clones of Chardonnay planted in Goldridge soils. ...

"Flirting with perfection is the 2014 Chardonnay Lauren Estate, from 16-year-old vines, which offers great extract, richness, and plenty of honeysu...

"The CIX Vineyard Chardonnay embodies everything we seek in a Chardonnay – distinctive aromatics, coupled with Goldridge soil that lends a varied r...

"The 2011 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre is all about grace. A gentle hint of spice leads to dried pears, crushed flowers, red berries and licorice. Co...

"Bright pale yellow-green. Wonderfully subtle, vibrant nose melds white peach, lime, mint, pungent minerals and toasted bread, plus a suggestion of...

"Very pale lemon color. The nose conveys the high-pitched aromas of lemon, white pepper, lavender and iodiney oyster-shell minerality that only a d...

" The 2014 Chablis Butteaux 1er Cru from Domaine François Raveneau is drinking beautifully, even though I am fully aware of committing infanticide....

"In many years, I have a hard time deciding whether I prefer the Valmur or the Clos in the Raveneau cellars, but in 2014, the Clos is clearly my fa...

"Wonderful floral, fresh and bright aromas with excellent nuances of dark fruit, spices and fresh tobacco. Pencil shaving. Leafy. Mushrooms, too. F...

"The 2008 The Maiden is a beautiful wine graced with exquisite finesse in its dark red berries, flowers and licorice. Gorgeous inner perfume and a ...

"This beautiful modern red offers a velvety texture supported by ripe, well integrated tannins and plenty of sweet toasty oak. Plum and boysenberry...

"Along with Leoville Las Cases and a few others, this is among the stars of the appellation. Made in a more floral, supple, Margaux-like style, the...

"Rich ruby garnet red color in this 100% Sangiovese. A mature, generous, complex nose with ripe aromas of cherries and raspberries, light tobacco n...

"Blockbuster Brunello that is welcoming and inviting no matter how you cut it. The aromatic portfolio is luscious and intense with sweet bread, cin...

"The 2018 Richebourg Grand Cru boasts one of the most expressive aromatics from barrel, offering dark berries mixed with crushed limestone, pressed...

"An amazing wine continually changing in the glass and showing amazing complexity already. Medium full ruby with a pink rim. Wild berry, Asian spic...

"Although still an infant, the 2004 Brunello di Montalcino has aged beautifully. Rose petal, bright red stone fruits and mint are some of the nuanc...

"Red-ruby. Plum, smoke, tobacco, earth and menthol on the nose, with a lightly vegetal aspect. Then moderately dense and tightly wound, with a dist...

"The sexy, open-knit 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits a deep ruby/plum color as well as copious black currant fruit, silky tannins and a lush, cons...

"A perennial favorite on restaurant wine lists, Artemis is generous in flavor and velvety in texture. Aromas of cassis and caramel rise and give wa...

"Il Poggione selects its Brunello from vines that are at least 20 years old, when they’ve rooted deeply through the subsoil and can weather the int...

"This is a gorgeously extracted and dense wine with thick concentration and intense notes of ripe fruit, blackberry jam, dried currant, tar, and re...

"Château La Croix St.-Georges is an 11-acre estate in Pomerol. It is owned by Jean-Philippe Janoueix and is one of Pomerol’s garagiste estates. Its...

"Tight, firm, concentrated and well focused, with a complex range of earthy currant, herb, anise, sage and cedary oak. The finish pulls it all toge...

"Another 'best ever' performance, the Grand-Puy-Ducasse is made in a charming style for a 2005 Pauillac. This deep ruby-hued, very concentrated, pr...

"Shows clean blueberry pie and floral aromas and flavors on a full-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a tight finish. Clean and carefully constru...

"This is a classic Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, with complex aromas and flavors of black currants, cassis, and chocolate. The tannins are smooth...

"Elegant, refined, pure, focused, vibrant, fresh and classic in its nature, it is easy to discern the cedar, tobacco leaf, lead pencil cassis and b...

"Aromatically as you might expect, the wine displays a very ripe, roasted ostentatious nose packed with flowers, cappuccino, dark red fruits, smoke...