Copious quantities of spicy black cherries explode from the glass of the 2002 Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St.-Jacques. Medium-bodied, complex, and deep, this is a truly delicious wine. Its satin-textured personality coats the taster's... Read More
The 2009 Mazis-Chambertin is a gorgeous, complete wine that reveals considerable elegance and complexity in its vibrant fruit. This elegant, mid-weight Mazis boasts incredible class, harmony and finesse in the way it shows the... Read More
The medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 Nuits-St.-Georges Les Perrieres has mouth-watering smoked bacon, juniper berry, and cherry aromas. Medium to full-bodied, lush, and fat, it is packed with satiny layers of cherries, bacon,... Read More
This is particularly ripe yet the nose is fresh and expressive with its dark raspberry fruit, earth, violet and slightly sauvage notes but the big, robust and amply muscled flavors are brooding to the point of being intensely... Read More
A beauty, boasting clean, pure, subtle currant, black cherry and mint flavors. Elegant structure of silky tannins. Tight and closed in, it's not giving much now; try in 2000. 466 cases made. WS
Boasting a nose of great ripeness and freshness, the 2003 Bonnes Mares offers aromas of waxy black fruits and spices. Medium to full-bodied, it resembles liquid silk in both its attack and mid-palate. Luxurious and sensual, this... Read More
Aromas of orange rind, raspberries and cassis mingle with savory nuances of espresso roast, dark chocolate and grilled squab, introducing the 2017 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru, a full-bodied, multidimensional wine with good concentration,... Read More
Revealing powerful and expansive aromas of liquid minerals, spices, and cloves, the massive, oily, and full-bodied Chablis Les Clos is a he-man of a wine. Its complex and layered core is tightly packed with minerals, juniper berries,... Read More
The exceptional 2002 Chablis Les Clos bursts with white flowers, smoke, salt, and flint. Medium to full-bodied, it has awesome depth, purity, concentration, and length. An underlying, coiled nugget of power can be discerned in... Read More
The 2010 Chablis Preuses is a dense, structured wine bursting with fruit. The typical Preuses bouquet is very much present, but today the wine is young and needs time to settle down. This is a decidedly bold, ripe Preuses that... Read More
I have now tasted the '99 GE some 6 times since my original review in Issue 5 and it continues to improve, indeed to the point that I have raised my score modestly. There is still a touch of new oak framing the penetrating... Read More
This blockbuster wine possesses a profound nose. It exhibits awesomely ripe red and black fruits, raw meat, and Asian spices, all of which are encased in sweet toasty oak. This full-bodied, wide, thick, focused, harmonious, and... Read More
Quite deeply colored with the classic La Tâche nose of dried rose petals plus a fantastic array of aromas and spices too numerous to even try to describe that lead to fine, detailed and beautifully textured flavors and terrific... Read More
This is very reserved though determined swirling reveals a nose that is exceptionally fine and pure with fantastic aromatic detail and an almost diaphanous transparency of expression that reveals all of the kaleidoscopic La Tâche... Read More
The DRC produced splendid wines in 1990, and the Richebourg is close to reaching its plateau of maturity. A dark ruby color reveals lightening at the edge. The stunning aromatics offer intense aromas of spring flowers, black fruits,... Read More
Perhaps the biggest Romanee-St.-Vivant produced at this domaine, the 2003 offers aromatics as well as flavors reminiscent of black fruits drenched in dark chocolate. Full-bodied, velvety-textured, as well as concentrated, it is... Read More
This may be the most aromatically complex wine today with noticeable wood spice that remains a background element, framing flat out gorgeous ripe pinot fruit and deep, rich and expressive plum and earth notes of superb nuance.... Read More
The 2014 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is the same élevage as the les Sentiers, both picked on the same day, with 80% whole bunch fruit and 50% new oak. It has a quintessential Bonnes-Mares bouquet with small dark cherries, red plum,... Read More
The 2014 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru les Sentiers, from 80-year-old vines includes 80% whole bunch fruit and 50% new oak, would be my pick of the Premier Crus. Nevertheless, it has a more introverted bouquet: blackberry, mulberry... Read More
The 2012 Richebourg Grand Cru comes from Bernard's 0.68-hectare parcel between Cros Parantoux and Aux Brulees towards the upper part of the slope. It has the best bouquet by far: fragrant redcurrant and raspberry fruit, palpable... Read More
A spicy, expressive, pure and superbly elegant nose of black raspberry, cherry and hints of cassis combine with textured, sweet and gorgeously detailed flavors that almost glide across the palate as the finish is a portrait in... Read More
Good dark red. Sappy, highly perfumed aromas of raspberry, spice, red berries and bing cherry; shows an almost medicinal austerity that suggests it will require long aging. Thick, sappy and pungently oaky, with terrific intensity.... Read More