Wine

"WOW! Served double blind, everything sniff & sip was a thrill. Overflowing with chocolate covered cherries, figs, plum and spice, the wine was...

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Punta di Villa displays a deep red hue with ruby highlights and a complex bouquet of ripe red fruits and subtle...

"Bright, dark red-ruby. Tight, high-pitched nose suggests blackberry, licorice, mint and flowers, complicated by oak spices and an inky nuance. Ric...

The 1974 Mondini Barolo is a beautifully aged wine from a classic Piedmont vintage. Made from 100% Nebbiolo, it reflects the traditional Barolo sty...

There was little to harvest in Mercurey or Montrachet. Givry had no frost and enjoyed a very good, even great, harvest, as did Corton. Pernand saw ...

"1998 was a late flowering year but the grapes achieved perfect ripeness by harvest time. It's an excellent vintage that's generally known as a Rig...

"Another St. Helena release, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Ceanda checks in as 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot a...

"In many ways, the gorgeous 2014 Barolo Lazzarito is the most surprising wine in the range. Once a stylistic outlier with a considerable French oak...

"Cherry blossoms, licorice, spice, and kirsch notes are available with ease. Fresh, medium-bodied, and loaded with sweet, ripe, red fruits that exp...

"Juicy and direct, with bright cassis and cherry compote notes and red licorice and sweet tobacco flavors. Offers a flash of garrigue that keeps it...

"Black cherries, black olives, currants and a touch of black pepper come with firm tannins and a hearty, grippy mouthfeel in this full-bodied, clas...

"A majestic experience. This is everything a great aged Port should be. Lush, opulent rich, deep, and velvety, with layers of sweet, dark chocolate...

"The 2015 Dominus is a flawless, perfect wine as well as a legend in the making. A blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot and the rest Ca...

"This is really beautiful and decadent with mushroom, chocolate, plum and sliced-meat character. Even some foie gras. Full-bodied, tight and linear...

"The 2006 Ermitage L’Ermite is more focused and reserved compared to the Pavillon, offering beautiful crushed rock-like minerality as well as a mas...

"My favorite of the 2005s from Chapoutier, the 2005 Ermitage Le Pavillon is a heavenly wine that comes from one of the greatest sites for Syrah in ...

"Once again, the 2005 Clos L'Eglise is fabulous. Deep, bold and luscious, the 2005 delivers the goods, and then some. Sweet red cherry fruit, plum,...

Domaine Bernard-Bonin has been managed since 1998 by Nicolas Bernard and Véronique Bonin, daughter of the renowned Michelot family. The estate span...

"Described as a great, early year by the team at Ovid, the 2014 Hexameter is a brilliant wine based on 51% Cabernet Franc, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, ...

"Pichon Baron 2004 impresses by its youthful energy and a floral bouquet brimming with black fruit including cherry. Aeration reveals a delightful ...

"The 2009 Corton is a showstopper. The huge, boisterous bouquet is the first sign the Corton is just as dazzling from bottle as it was from barrel....

"The 2014 Solaia will be released during the second half of 2017. This is a fine-tuned expression that shows a focused sense of detail and careful ...

"Blackcurrant, flower, lead-pencil, and iodine aromas. Medium to full body with firm, polished tannins. Very young and solid. Reserved now, yet if ...

"Bark, freshly picked blackcurrants, oyster shell, underbrush, peppermint oil, cedar and vanilla. Full body and so much structured and compact tann...

"Inky, bluish/black/purple, with notes of spring flowers, licorice, camphor, graphite, and a boatload of blueberry, black raspberry and blackberry ...

"The 2016 Le Desir checks in as 82% Cabernet Franc, 12% Merlot, and 6% Malbec. Readers looking for world-class Cabernet Franc should beg, borrow, o...

"Inky purple-black in color, the 2015 Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon (a barrel sample) has a crème de cassis, blueberry compote and licorice-scented no...

"Youthful and charismatic winemaker, Heidi Barrett combines her 40 years of winemaking with entrepreneur John Schwartz to deliver Amuse Bouche's Na...

"Super linear, fresh and balanced, with a lot of aging potential ahead. Intense in black fruits and dark chocolate wrapped in tight but polished ta...

"This is a dense and juicy red with characters of blackberries, chocolate and pine needles. Sweet tobacco, too. Full body and round, polished tanni...

"An open, loosely knit style, this white shows ample baking spice notes of vanilla, clove and nutmeg around the core of lemon and apple fruit." - W...

"An enticingly floral nose of fresh violets, lavender and black cherry. The tense, upright structure typical of Dalla Valle is here in spades, albe...

"The 2010 Altagracia is surprisingly huge in this vintage. Layers of exotic black fruit, spices, mocha and espresso burst onto the palate with stri...

"Composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc, the 2015 Estate Proprietary Red has a deep garnet-purple color and offers up a ripe, ex...