France

"Once again there is striking purity to the elegant and airy essence of red currant, cherry and pomegranate suffused nose. There is really lovely d...

"Here too there is a background touch of oak surrounding the airy, pure and ripe earthy red and blue pinot fruit aromas that merge into rich and re...

"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Rauzan-Ségla drifts effortlessly from the glass with fragrant rose hip tea, candied violets and chocolate box...

"This is notably riper than its '06 counterpart with black and blue berry aromas trimmed in a bit of warm earth leading to sweet, serious and very ...

Domaine Chevillon-Chezeaux consists of 8 hectares of vineyard across 14 different appellations.  Working methods and winemaking have remained tradi...

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...

"On another level, the 2014 Côte Rôtie La Mordorée is a perfumed, incredibly layered and even sexy 2014 that has lots of black raspberry fruits, fl...

"Here the nose is ever-so-slightly riper with an equally elegant, pure and expressive nose of red and blue pinot fruit that is nuanced by hints of ...

"The Château Grand Puy Lacoste 2005 has a brilliant, classic pencil-lead nose that is Pauillac through and through. There is no messin’ about here....

"The 2014 Ermitage Les Greffieux offers a big mouthful of fruit as well as a more gamey profile in its black olive, beef blood, smoke and ripe dark...

"The 1995 Rouge is a pretty wine, but it is also a touch faded, so I would suggest drinking it sooner rather than later. Dried flowers, mint, sweet...

"This is very Pommard in character with a pungently earthy nose featuring underbrush, cassis, blueberry and raspberry aromas that are perhaps not q...

"Here the nose is notably ripe and quite densely fruited with a mix of underbrush, warm earth, game and red currant aromas that introduce dense, se...

"From a single parcel below the estate’s home base of Saint Andelain – deeper but still flint-strewn – the Dagueneau 2009 Blanc Fume de Pouilly Bui...

"This is even spicier and slightly riper as well with ripe and elegant aromas of red berry liqueur cut with cassis and lavender notes that carry ov...

"As one would reasonably expect, this is aromatically more elegant with an attractively nuanced and high-toned red berry fruit and violet nose that...

"From a vintage called “classic” by winemaker Christine Vernay, the 2006 Cote Rotie Maison Rouge is a still youthful, layered, impeccably balanced ...

"A beautifully layered nose of purple fruit, violets and soil tones leads to exceptionally rich, velvety and sappy medium weight plus flavors that ...

"For over a decade, Jean-Michel Stephan, a resolutely organic/bio-dynamic domaine, has been developing a full-on cult following of natural wine ent...

Founded in 1820, the estate is now run by the 7th generation of the family.  Vinification is traditional in wooden vats to bring out the finesse an...

"Much of the Corton vineyard is inappropriately classified as Grand Cru, and there are many less than worthy wines available; but the Juillot famil...

"An unusually high-toned nose also displays a touch of wood that sets off subtle lower register notes of earth and humus that carry over to the tex...

"Etienne Grivot describes 2005 as "at least as good as 2002 and it may very well be better. The growing season was remarkable and only a bit of hai...

"This is also attractively fresh and bright with its expressive nose that is composed of red currant, dark raspberry and subtle wisps of rose petal...