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...

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...

90-92/100 PP

"One of the more pigmented and denser colored 2013s, Leoville Barton is atypically forward and tasty at this stage of its development. It possesses a dense ruby/plum color...

93+/100 PP

"The 2018 Pinot Noir Monolith offers a deep, pure, intense but also refined and floral bouquet with plums, algae and tobacco leaf as well as elegant dark berry and cherry ar...

93/100 PP

"Newton continues to offer two Chardonnay cuvees - a regular wine and an unfiltered offering sold in a designer bottle. The limited production 1992 Unfiltered Chardonnay is m...

92/100 vinous

"Opaque ruby. Highly perfumed aromas of dark berry preserves, gingerbread, licorice and white pepper, with an assertive floral quality. Broad, palate-staining black raspb...

91/100 PP

"This opaque purple-colored, muscular, full-bodied, classically made St.-Julien displays impressive concentration, chewy, highly-extracted flavors of black fruits, iron, eart...

93/100 vinous

"The 2004 La Conseillante took a little time to settle in the glass but eventually reveals pretty red brambly fruit mixed with wild hedgerow, broom and graphite. With aeration...

19/20 René Gabriel

"18: Sehr dunkles Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte. Intensives Würzbouquet, Lakritze, Szechuanpfeffer, Pumpernickel, Guinness Bier und schwarze, getrocknete Oliven. Er g...