Fine Wine

"A very pretty, even perfumed, nose speaks mostly of fresh red berry fruit, spice and lilac nuances that display only a touch of secondary characte...

"Very explosive and attention-grabbing. Big and broad and good acidity. Nice package. "  Jancis Robinson MW, January 2003

"Deep ruby. A pretty and very high-toned nose features a beguiling mix of red and black berry fruit and hints of underbrush and spice that introduc...

"Stylistically much like the Ech but with more size, weight and punch plus the always present minerality of classic Cros Parantoux gives this a cer...

Founded in 1584, Gosset is the oldest wine house in Champagne and has built its reputation on producing wines of remarkable purity, freshness and l...

Created in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Cristal remains one of the world's most iconic prestige cuvées. Produced only in exceptional vinta...

Cédric Bouchard has become one of Champagne's most revered artisan producers, crafting some of the region's most distinctive single-vineyard wines ...

"The 2000 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is a thing of beauty. This mid-weight, delicate red offers up a gorgeous array of crushed flowers, re...

"This is also notably ripe, indeed it sidles right up to the point of being surmature with plum, warm earth, crushed herbs and a floral note that g...

"Good dark red. Pretty, floral aromas of currant, red cherry, licorice and flowers. Thick, supple and quite flatteur today, thanks to its wonderful...

"A touch cheesy (not a bad thing in a fine young red), this shows plenty of licorice, blackberry and spice notes from new oak. Young and unevolved,...

"The 2001 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is a beauty, wafting from the glass with aromas of plums, dark berries, rich fore...

"I've often felt that Domaine Louis Carillon made some of the most delicate Puligny Montrachets around. These are not fat, super-ripe wines like th...

Domaine Etienne Sauzet, based in Puligny-Montrachet, is one of Burgundy’s benchmark producers, known for elegant, mineral-driven Chardonnays of gre...

"Firm reduction renders the nose unreadable at present. Otherwise, there is good freshness to the intensely mineral-inflected and beautifully well-...

"An expressive and still nicely fresh nose includes white flower, pronounced honey and softly exotic fruit aromas nuanced by spice and wood hints. ...

"This is aromatically quite similar to the Pucelles with the same honeysuckle and fresh white flower aromas followed by sweet, fine, extract-laden,...

"A complex and highly layered nose features notes of acacia blossom, spiced pear, green apple and a hint of the exotic that is trimmed in soft oak ...

"A highly complex nose reflects a hint of tropical fruit along with a panoply of freshly cut orchard fruit, spice and lovely floral notes that merg...

"It has been several years since I last tasted the 1988 Hermitage from Chave. Previous bottles had demonstrated more density and grip, where this i...

"The wine of the vintage (and I’ll include all the wines of the northern Rhône, red and white in that grouping) is the 2014 Ermitage l’Ermite Blanc...

"The inky black/purple-colored 2014 Ermitage l’Ermite is more firm, backward and mineral driven than the sexier Pavillon, offering fabulous notes o...

"The 2009 Barolo Falletto is an exuberant and exciting wine with tight, firming tannins surrounded by deep layers of dried cherry, licorice, cassis...