Wine

"This eloquent 2013 Champagne from Dom Perignon has an enticing waft of Mandarin orange on the nose that continues on the palate, which is layered ...

The 2012 Philipponnat Clos des Goisses Extra Brut is a notable Champagne produced by the esteemed Champagne house, Philipponnat. Clos des Goisses i...

The 2014 Louis Roederer Cristal Millésime Brut is an exceptional Champagne produced by the prestigious Champagne house, Louis Roederer. Cristal is ...

The 2015 Pol Roger Vintage Brut is a notable Champagne produced by the esteemed Champagne house, Pol Roger. Known for their quality and traditional...

"The 2012 La Grande Dame is terrific. In fact, it is one of the finest recent Grande Dames I can remember tasting. Vibrant and tense, the 2012 ex...

"The bouquet is mesmerizing, ripe, and complex. The opening notes are a blend of dark spices and cocoa which develop very quickly into fruit aromas...

"The 2012 Dom Pérignon has turned out very well indeed, unwinding in the glass with notes of Anjou pear, smoke, toasted nuts, freshly baked bread...

"Undeniably a top success for the vintage, the 1979 Gruaud-Larose has reached full maturity. It offers an intoxicating perfume of spices, black fru...

"Amazingly concentrated and elegant, bursting with plum, cassis and cherry aromas and flavors, touched by sweet oak and a nip of earthiness to add ...

Producer tasting notes: "Ruby red color with rich and intense tones. Variety of aromatic herbs accentuated with generous notes of tobacco and wet e...

Vineyard notes: "The heart of the Enclos is the only terroir that, every year, can produce the depth, elegance and concentration that we expect of ...

Producer tasting notes: "After many years of bottle-ageing, this wine imparts a superb combination of lovely mature fruit and elegance, which only ...

"The ’70 Les Forts de Latour has aged exceedingly well over forty years. A light, gravely, earthy, mulberry-scented bouquet that just lacks a littl...

Vineyard notes: "The Château Mouton Rothschild vineyard, mostly situated on a hillock called the “Plateau de Mouton” which rises to 27m above sea-l...

"The 1990 Amarone is one of the finest aged Amarones I have ever had the pleasure of tasting. Everything is simply in perfect balance. The 1990 is ...

"Very ripe and generous, a smooth, supple, ebullient wine showing plenty of raspberry, cherry and spice flavors, especially a welcome smack of blac...

"One of my all-time favorite vintages from Soutard, this wine, which is quite dense, concentrated, muscular, and full-bodied, still has a dark garn...

Coche-Dury is a highly regarded Burgundy producer based in Meursault, known primarily for its Chardonnay. The domaine was established in the 1970s ...

"The 2017 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Les Demoiselles (Domaine des Héritiers Jadot) is very serious indeed, unfurling in the glass with notes of...

"The prodigious 2007 Solo has a saturated dense purple color to the rim, a wonderfully sweet nose of blue and black fruits intermixed with charcoal...

"The 2004 Barolo Lazzarito Vigna La Delizia offers up scents of tar, smoke, spices, plums, licorice and tobacco on a mid-weight frame. The wine off...

"Made in a thick and robust style, this hearty red is powerful and weighty in oak and tannin. Spicy seasonings of cinnamon and clove highlight rich...

"The 2015 The Investor is blended of 42% Merlot, 30% Petite Sirah, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Malbec aged 18 months in about 30% new oak. Very d...

"Reliant on seductive, creamy, vanilla-laced oak, a trait that will divide purists and hedonists. An appealing if obvious choice for those who like...

A balanced and beautiful red with chili, black currants and blackberry character. Full body, round and firm tannins and a long, long finish. A beau...

"Benefiting from a larger percentage of Three Palms Vineyard fruit than ever before, this majority Merlot also holds Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verd...

"Plush and rich-tasting, with finely interwoven flavors of dark cherry, plum tart and blackberry accented by cocoa powder notes" 92/100 - Wine Spec...

"The nose shows secondary characteristics of blackcurrants, tea leaves, cured meat and leather. The palate is full-bodied with fine tannins and fre...

"Our 2014 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has a garnet color with a ruby red rim and bluish tint. It has an alluring nose of chocolate-covered ...

"They appear to be immune to some of winedom’s less than intelligent trends and fads that we see from time to time, and the result is a spectacular...

"This is frankly ripe, showing waves of plum and boysenberry compote flavors gliding through, liberally laced with sweet singed vanilla bean and wa...

"A blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Malbec, 6% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, the deep garnet-purple colored 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritch...

Chateau Montelena, founded in 1882, is one of Napa Valley’s oldest estates. Revived in 1969 by Jim Barrett, it gained global fame when its 1973 Cha...

"Pale garnet-brick. Intense gamey / savoury aromas with an undercurrent of dark cherry jam, fresh cracked black pepper and a pleasant hint of mushr...

"One of the richest, densest, most concentrated offerings in the entire tasting, it also proved to be one of the best-balanced, with better integra...

"The 2005 Grenache Romas Vineyard delivers more complexity than the Onkaparinga, both aromatically and on the palate. An enticing perfume of damp e...

"The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits an opaque ruby/purple hue followed by pure, unevolved, black currant, raspberry, crushed rock, and spring flo...

"A solid, even square, style, showing an iron cast to its cherry and red berry notes. The tannins are on the drying, astringent side, yet there's s...

"The 2018 CRU Pinot Noir has a gorgeous bouquet of gingerbread, Chinese five spice, earthy forest floor with cedar and sandalwood-like incense. e w...

" The 2019 Blacktail Proprietary Red Blend MMXIX is produced from 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 17% Malbec, 22% Petite Sirah and 11% P...

"We approach this wine as the symphony made up from our historic single vineyards. When looking at Napa Valley as a whole, the terroir is wildly di...

"For the first time, this wine is blended with a touch of Viognier (3%). It was partially fermented in concrete, and the aromas are lifted with not...

"Lastly, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Pere de Famille is another flawlessly balanced, pure, powerful 2016 that knocks it out of the park in terms of...

"Moving to the 2016s from bottle, the 2016 Clos de Betz is 70% Merlot and 15% each of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Sauvignon. It shows how strong this...

"The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Altagracia was tasted as a finished blend barrel sample. Deep purple-black in color, it has a fragrant nose of potpour...

"Pale peach skin color. Deep, complex nose of apple, nut skin, apricot and minerals; this somewhat resembled a bottle of 1990 Pol Roger Winston Chu...

"1998 Antagonists: This was a surprising effort (93% Grenache, 5% Syrah and 2% Viognier) from a challenging vintage throughout California. The dram...