Red Wine

"This offers a completely different aromatic profile with its intense floral, earth and spice aromas that add considerable breadth to the red curra...

"A Languedoc original, the estate vineyards of Mas de Daumas Gassac were planted in 1972, with the first wine produced from the 1978 vintage. The f...

"It is an amazing achievement. Even better is the 2008 Ermitage l’Ermite (449 cases). Not as concentrated as Le Pavillon, it reveals a powdered roc...

"You cannot get more “trad claret” that the 1986 Grand-Puy-Lacoste. From a Pauillac that takes time to reach its drinking plateau and a notorious v...

"A young producer who has just under 12 acres of vines, Jean-Michel Stephan is a mystical winemaker, eschewing any kind of yeast, chaptalisation, e...

"The 1989 Rouge is a fabulous wine. Deep, rich and powerful, the 1989 has aged so well. All the elements are so impeccably balanced. Black cherry, ...

"Inky ruby. Dramatic bouquet of spicy red berries, baking spices, fresh flowers and minerals. The palate offers vibrant raspberry and candied cherr...

"The 2000 Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru is (like many millennial red Burgundies) a real surprise. The bouquet is lively and joyous with red cherries,...

"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 2016 Tignanello is flat out stunning. Dark, dense and resonant, the 2016 is a wonderfully complete wine that will provide readers with decades...

"The 2014 Ermitage le Pavillon is another wine from this team that defies the vintage. Full-bodied, concentrated, impeccably balanced and seamless,...

"A largely academic data point for longtime collectors out there, the 1985 Rouge VDP de l'Herault is nearing the end of its life, but it remains im...

"The 1990 L’Apparita is the most impressive wine in this last flight. The warm, ripe vintage, considered legendary at the time, produced rich, unus...

"A deep garnet core. This nose is far more expressive than the Dalla Valle, macerated red cherries, sloe, coconut, vanilla and a touch of chalk dus...

"A notably cooler and more restrained nose offers up notes of ripe red currant, wet stone, warm earth and a game note that can also be found on the...

"The vintage was very good and the profile of the wine is quite rich, with 15.3% alcohol and 5.2 grams of residual sugar. Bottled in 1991, this 'Re...

"The 1990 Percarlo is a baby. It literally jumps from the glass with a mélange of dark red cherries, mint and sweet spices, but it is the sheer dep...

"Saturated ruby. Knockout aromas of black and red raspberry, cocoa powder, game and toast. Sappy, spicy black raspberry fruit has an almost confect...

"Wild aromas of decadent fruit, with lots of plum, fresh mushroom and fresh strawberry. Full-bodied, with ultrasilky tannins and a long finish. Won...

"The 1989 Le Tertre-Rôteboeuf is a vintage that I have not encountered for many years. Provenance probably plays a part, and this magnum was stored...

"Diamond Creek's 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill is a bit more open than the Red Rock Terrace. The blue and black-hued fruit is deep, rich an...

"Deep garnet/black core with thin deep brick rim. Again, the nose is quite broody at first: minerals, Morello cherry and liquorice, then a touch of...

"A spicy, fresh and pretty if less elegant nose is composed primarily of earth suffused red berry fruit aromas that are in keeping with the impress...