"With only 13.8% alcohol and modest use of French oak aging, it is bright and fruit forward in style, but with Dry Creek’s classic zinberry aromatics of cherry and strawberry. Smooth tannins and go...

97/100 vinous

"The 1996 Sperss is arguably the most backward of these 1996s from Gaja. Still very young and tightly wound, the 1996 is going to need at least a few years to truly bloss...

98/100 PP

"The 1996 Pingus is an astonishing wine that continues to put on weight and add more nuances to its multidimensional personality. The explosive aromatics consist of smoke, ja...

91+/100 vinous

"Saturated ruby-red. Complex nose combines black raspberry, black cherry, tar, licorice, pepper and smoky oak. Rich on entry but already beginning to shut down following t...

"Die Tenuta Guado al Tasso liegt in der kleinen namhaften DOC Bolgheri an der Küste der nördlichen Maremma etwa 100 km südwestlich von Florenz. Das Gut hat eine relativ kurze Geschichte (gegründet...

92-95/100 PP

"The 1996 white Hermitage averaged 14.3% alcohol naturally. Every cuvee from Peleat, Rocoule, and L'Hermite produced wines of extraordinary power and intensity, but a level...

Leuchtendes Gold. Vielversprechende Nase nach gerösteten Haselnüssen, vermischt mit Crème brûlée, Vanilleschoten, Honig, Orangenmarmelade und Pfirsich, am Gaumen sehr reif und vollmundig, verrät jede...

94/100 PP

"This is one of the finest Opus Ones to date, offering a dark ruby/purple color, as well as a striking, intense bouquet of sweet licorice intermixed with blackberries, cassis, plu...