Fine Wine

A much celebrated dessert wine from one of Montepulciano's leading producers.  Rich and sweet with molasses, honey, raisins, citrus, and vanilla.  ...

"The 2003 Rosso Passito Vino Dolce Vigna Serè is impossibly fresh. It opens like a dusty cedar spice box with a sweet mix of cloves, cocoa, cherry ...

"The outstanding, similarly-colored 1998 Bonnezeaux Cuvee Zenith offers a nose of pure, sweet white fruits and flowers. Medium to full-bodied and s...

"The 1990 Vouvray Réserve Personnelle from Château Gaudrelle has a rich orange-gold hue in the glass, with a little tinge of red, which certainly h...

Quarts de Chaume from Domaine des Baumard is a legendary sweet Loire Valley wine, made from 100% Chenin Blanc. This botrytized dessert wine ages be...

This comes from a diminutive 7.4-hectare vineyard at the foot of the Pyrénées in Jurançon.  The vineyard forms a natural amphitheatre that reminded...

This comes from a diminutive 7.4-hectare vineyard at the foot of the Pyrénées in Jurançon.  The vineyard forms a natural amphitheatre that reminded...

This comes from a diminutive 7.4-hectare vineyard at the foot of the Pyrénées in Jurançon.  The vineyard forms a natural amphitheatre that reminded...

"Good full gold. High-toned aromas of apricot and yellow raisin. Very sweet and glyceral, with youthfully unevolved flavors of fruit salad dominati...

"Deep orange-gold. Musky, slightly high-toned aromas of apricot, yellow plum and honey, complicated by almost Tokaji-like notes of truffle, smoke a...

"Sweet botrytis can be discerned in as yet unformed aromas of the huge, hyper-concentrated 2000 Pinot Gris Sonnenglanz Selection de Grains Nobles. ...

"Big and bold, with a deep caramel hue and acidity that cuts like a whip, making this VT seem more like a dry wine than a late-harvest. The layers ...

"Reticent floral and licorice-scented nose; Moderately sweet (60 g/l r.s.) but vibrant thanks to juicy acidity. A bit simple today, but has the str...

"The apricot-scented 2000 Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles Hors Choix is a massive, white peach, assorted yellow fruit, and zesty lemon-fl...

A zero dosage Champagne made from equal parts Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. "Roger Coulon remains one of the under-the-radar names in C...

"The NV Extra-Brut L’Hommée, a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinto Noir across a number of parcels in Vrigny, deftly marries power with tension. ...

"The 2007 Valpolicella Superiore from the celebrated Monte Lodoletta vineyard is rock-tight with a midnight black appearance and aromas that emerge...

"Kracher's 2002 Trockenbeerenauslese No. 7 Grande Cuvée Nouvelle Vague shows an intense and concentrated, beautifully balsamic and lovely oxidative...

"Spices, new French oak, and super-ripe pears can be discerned in the aromatics of the magnificent 2000 #6 Grande Cuvee Trockenbeerenauslese Nouvel...

"deep, refined and very intense on the nevertheless finessed nose that tends almost toward red wine or Colheita in its toasty and darker-toned frui...

"Pale amber. Smells nutty and it exudes sweetness with acidity. Absolutely stunning fresh apricot juice with real lift. Honestly, only the very ver...

"A blend of 40% Chardonnay, 30% Welschriesling, and 10% Traminer fermented in new oak barrels as well as 20% Scheurebe fermented in cask. (This not...

"This is a study in elegance as the positively stunning nose displays breathtaking purity of expression with incredibly complex and airy white flow...

"The 1996 Cristal is another highlight in a tasting full of thrilling wines. Cristal is all about finesse, nuance and understatement, all of which ...