Jazzy, smoky oak flavor plays a prominent role ...adding to the candied red berry, anise and underbrush notes. Ends clean and long. Best from 2020 through 2027. 447 cases made. —JL... Read More

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The Pinot Noir Dundee Hills offers quality that sits well above its modest price tag with its pairing of concentrated flavors and a weightless frame. Medium ruby, it features cranberry sauce, pomegranate and rhubarb... Read More

The 2020 Marlborough Pinots are just hitting their stride now, as this bottling deftly demonstrates. Bright aromas of raspberry and currant cordial—with toasted spice, graphite, chocolate and herbal nuances—open this... Read More

Aroma: Ripe red cherries, raspberries, baking spices, and a hint of forest floor.
Palate: Lively acidity and red fruit notes of cherry and cranberry from grapes sourced from cooler climates. Richness and depth with notes of ripe... Read More

This is Greg Brewer’s appellation blend rather than his single-vineyard expressions, but it’s still incredibly dynamic and delicious. A fresh and fruity strawberry-slushie aroma is met with notes of crushed slate and... Read More

Actually a paler colour than the village Santenay, but a finer fruit, alpine strawberry and light raspberry, with sound acidity and slightly more refined tannins. Slightly more whole bunch vinification for this wine, around 20%.... Read More

Truly exploding from the glass with remarkable aromatic purity of red cherry, strawberry, spiced plum, and hints of delicate rose petal, this Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley is luscious and expansive as it coats the palate.... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir West Sonoma Coast is bottled under cork and is a youthful ruby pale hue. It takes off in the glass with joyfully fresh aromas of wild strawberries, roses, fresh herbs, and sweet earth. Medium-bodied, it has... Read More

Aromatics: Deep pomegranate and raspberry aromas, accented with violet and hibiscus flowers, with hints of tangerine peel, vanilla bean, and a touch of cassis.

Flavors: Fresh strawberry with a slight dash of cream. Crisp bing... Read More

The 2021 Meursault Rouge is beautiful, bursting with aromas of spicy berries, orange zest, plums and smoke, followed by a medium-bodied, lively and perfumed palate. This fragrant, supple wine will be approachable on release.... Read More

Aromas of sweet red cherries, raspberries and spices introduce the 2022 Meursault Rouge, a medium-bodied, satiny and lively red with a pretty core of fruit and good persistence on the finish. Raphaël Coche has turned out... Read More

The Vosne-Romanée 1er cru Les Brulées is often the most subtle 1er cru of the cellar, capable of an expression combining finesse (rose, peony) and minerality (graphite, smoke, salinity) in a unique radiance.... Read More

Nuits -Saint-Georges 1er cru Aux Crasis tasty and dynamic, always with a nice balance. The flesh, very present, with its notes of juicy black fruits (blackberries, blueberries, blackcurrants) is enriched with floral (elderberry,... Read More

(from 50+ year old vines on the Flagey side). A more elegant, and slightly cooler, nose reflects notes of just picked cherries, exotic tea and hints of anise and clove. There is more weight and punch to the bigger and more powerful... Read More

On the clays, the wine is fuller and more powerful. The tannins are more marked with an architectural character that takes time to polish. Its texture, which is more solid than the estate's other Vosne-Romanée cuvées,... Read More

The 2021 Volnay 1er Cru opens in the glass with aromas of red berries and plums mingled with peonies, orange zest and spices. Medium to full-bodied, supple and satiny, it's pure and lively, with a more tightly wound, incisive... Read More

The usual blend of Taillepieds and Clos des Chênes, from a parcel that straddles the border of the two climats, Coche's 2022 Volnay 1er Cru offers up aromas of sweet berries, cherries, peonies and vine smoke, followed... Read More

The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Mont des Oiseaux 1er Cru was raised in 35% new oak and taken from barrel. The nose demonstrated a slight reduction, though attractive cranberry and wild strawberry fruit are already in place. The medium-bodied... Read More

Domaine de la Côte ‘La Côte’ Pinot Noir 2023 stands as the estate’s flagship, sourced from a singular, windswept slope in California’s Sta. Rita Hills. Farmed organically and crafted with minimal... Read More

Despite its dark and brooding reticence on the nose, the 2023 Pinot Noir Memorious is shaping up to be a beautiful combination of polished, weightless, herbal and saline. The texture is beautifully lacy and dexterous, with a long,... Read More

Much like the Evocelles, the very pretty nose is quite cool and restrained with its broad-ranging panoply of aromas that include red cherry, violet, lavender and a hint of wood. There is excellent volume to the refined, intense... Read More

Well-sculpted and elegantly dynamic, with lilting raspberry and pomegranate flavors laced with green tea, rose petal and savory spice accents. Ends with fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2033.

A ripe if restrained nose features notes of plum liqueur, cassis and warm earth. Here too there is a relatively seductive mouthfeel to the moderately concentrated medium weight flavors that offer better depth and persistence on... Read More

An ultra-floral-suffused nose features airy aromas of mostly red berries and more discreet spice nuances. The highly energetic and beautifully detailed larger-bodied flavors possess excellent volume and minerality while delivering... Read More

Vineyard notes: CHARMES CHAMBERTIN Grand Cru The Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru lies between the village of Morey-Saint-Denis to the south and Gevrey-Chambertin to the north. The plot lies east of the Grand Cru wine route, at the... Read More

Once again there is just enough wood present to be noticed but not intrude on the overtly floral and appealingly spicy mix of both red and dark cherry, violet and forest floor scents. There is a positively gorgeous mouthfeel if... Read More

The 2023 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru is one of the more muscular, concentrated wines in the range, offering up aromas of cherries, dark berries, cassis bud and spices, followed by a full-bodied, deep and layered palate framed... Read More

The 2021 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts reveals notes of red berries, plums, vine smoke, exotic spices and bergamot. Medium to full-bodied, supple and sensual, with a fleshy core of perfumed fruit and melting structuring... Read More

A cool, airy and elegant nose is comprised by purple fruit, exotic spiced tea and pretty floral wisps. The super-sleek, detailed and mineral-driven middle weight flavors exude evident minerality on the youthfully austere and strikingly... Read More

The 2022 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts is another standout this year, mingling aromas of cherries and raspberries with notions of tea-smoked duck and exotic spices in a complex mélange. Medium to full-bodied,... Read More

A more deeply pitched nose is comprised by notes of dark berry coulis, cassis, lilac, violet and discreet earth wisps. The rich velvet-textured medium-bodied flavors possess a seductive mid-palate that contrasts somewhat with... Read More

This mouth-filling and noble wine demands to be matched with food that is equally as rich, smooth, opulent, and complex. The emphasis therefore will normally be on musky and marbled meats: forerib of beef, braised lamb, roast... Read More

Mid purple in colour with a sensual nose, and a touch of white pepper. A dark red fruit on the palate, dark strawberry, with fair length behind. A pleasing rendition of friendly Charmes-Chambertin. Drink from 2030-2039. Tasted... Read More

More discreet wood influence more easily allows the elegant, and more floral, aromas of mostly dark pinot fruit to be enjoyed. The caressing but punchy medium weight flavors possess good mid-palate richness before terminating... Read More

Purchased grapes. On the pinker side of ruby in colour, with a very prettily perfumed nose. Cherry as much as strawberry here, filling the mouth very nicely, in an uncomplicated but delicious fashion. Well worth seeking out. Drink... Read More

Aromas: The 2022 Les Baudes exhibits aromas of ripe cherries, red berries, orange zest, and Indian spices. Other reviewers have noted red and black fruit, Asian spice, peonies, savory, earthy notes, violet, rose petal, and anise.... Read More

Aromas of plums, raw cocoa and sweet forest floor introduce the 2021 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Chaffots, a medium to full-bodied, layered and vibrant wine that's more tensile and mineral than the supple, lower-altitude... Read More

A distinctly earthy and very fresh nose offers up its aromas of just picked wild cherry and pretty floral wisps. There is excellent intensity to the larger-scaled and denser medium weight flavors that exhibit ample minerality... Read More

The trilogy of Chenevery (60%), Les Porroux (30%) and 10% Clos Solon was all planted by Laurent’s grandfather, planted between the late 1940s and early 60s. Just a little deeper in colour, and with some reduction, plus also... Read More

A fairly saturated dark purple. The Roty plots lie in the central axe both sides of the main road. A lovely fruit, strawberries at full ripeness, very typical both of where it comes from and the Roty style. Thee is easily enough... Read More

The Léchenaut brothers may be based on the outskirts of Nuits-St-Georges, but they also have a very solid presence in Morey-St-Denis. This delicious village red hails from the Pierre Vivant lieu-dit and has plenty of density,... Read More

The 2022 Grand Père originates from Villa Bastías in the Uco Valley and was aged for ten months in French oak, 18% in a 20-hectoliter foudre and 82% in third-use barrels. A bright cherry red in the glass. The nose... Read More

A subtle but not invisible application of wood sets off more deeply pitched aromas of plum, dark currant and a hint of forest floor. There is both more volume and power, if a bit less refinement, to the attractively textured medium-bodied... Read More

Note: from a 1.12 ha parcel of 75+ year old vines. An ultra-fresh nose exhibits an airy array of essence of red cherry, cranberry and lavender that is trimmed in noticeable but not intrusive wood. The cool, pure and equally fresh... Read More

A markedly spicier and slightly cooler nose features notes of red currant, earth and a pretty floral top note. The racy, delicious and well-detailed medium weight flavors exude a subtle minerality on the lingering finish that... Read More

This is aromatically similar to the Perrières with perhaps just a touch more sauvage character in evidence. The powerful if slightly less concentrated flavors pack first-rate punch on the moderately austere, vibrant and... Read More

Note: from a .60 ha parcel of 75+ year old vines. Here the wood influence is also nicely subtle on the floral and spice-inflected red pinot, cherry and soft earth-suffused aromas. There is good detail to the bigger, richer and... Read More

Classic Nuits, the most structured wine in their book, legendary ager.

The 2021 Pinot Noir Evenstad Reserve is decidedly savory with a lovely blend of sage and shaved cedar complicating wild strawberries. It floods the palate with juicy textures and rich red berries propelled by vibrant acidity.... Read More