87-90/100 vinous

"Medium ruby. Blackberry, black cherry, toasty oak and musky espresso on the nose. Sweet, dense and pliant, with a layered texture and considerable early appeal. Lush...

96/100 PP

"Le Mont! The near-Loire green marl and silex site also shines through the 2008 Vouvray Le Mont Moelleux Première Trie, which opens so discreet and subtle but also so intense...

93+/100 PP

"Barbera loves a warm vintage, and that's exactly what it got in 2017. Roberto Conterno tells me his favorite recent vintages are 2015, 2016 and 2017. Because of low yields...

93/100 vinous

"I have long believed the level of a producer can only be truly understood by looking at the small vintages, and this next set of wines is truly surprising. To be sure, none o...

"From 1973 to 1982, Walter Schug crafted some of California’s most memorable Cabernet Sauvignons and Bordeaux-style blends as the founding winemaker for Joseph Phelps Vineyards. In this legacy we c...

90/100 PP

"Possessing the finest aromatics of all the 2004 St.-Juliens, Branaire Ducru offers complex licorice, cranberry, boysenberry, and floral notes interwoven with notions of plums and...

93/100 PP

"A blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot, the 1996 is even more subdued on the nose than the 1996, with overt cedar and tobacco aromas. But good def...

17/20 René Gabriel

"Tiefes, fast zedriges Brombeerenbouquet, Tabakwürznote. Dichter, satter Gaumen, zeigt viel Konzentration, einen feinen Cabernet-Ton, Heidelbeeren, Cassis mit stützender, r...

91/100 WT

"Erstaunlich robust und kräftig 2011 zweimal der Chasse Spleen – 90/100. Legt weiter zu und wirkte 2012 mehrfach reifer, runder und süßer - 91/100. 2014 hielt ich mit seiner...