95 points
2010 Château Bélair-Monange St.-Emilion Grand Cru Wine Spectator 95 Points Solidly built, with the chalky spine running from start to finish, while the core of red currant, raspberry and black cherry fruit is held in reserve. MoreShop
Ch Dutruch 2015
90 points
2015 was a classic vintage in Bordeaux – Jane Anson rated the Left Bank reds 4.5 out of 5. MoreCh Pichon Lalande 2010
96 points
2010 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac Bordeaux WineEnthusiast 96 Points Cellar Selection With signs of new wood on the palate, this is a wine that maintains the polished feel of the wines from Pichon Lalande. MoreCh Pre Lalande 2015
90 points
Château Pré La Lande 2015 Cuvée Diane (Sainte-Foy Bordeaux) Wine Enthusiast 90 Points A blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this wine has attractive perfumes and layers of spice from wood aging as well as plenty of red-berry fruits. MoreChalone 2021 Pinot Noir
92 points
2021 Chalone Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir (Chalone) Wine Enthusiast 92 Points Rose petal, pomegranate and an herbal blast of oregano and marjoram show on the nose of this bottling from an historic producer in the mountains east of Salinas. MoreChanrion 2022 Cote de Brouilly Beaujolais
92+ points
2022 Chanrion Cote de Brouilly Beaujolais Domaine de la Voute des Crozes San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92+ Points Brightly focused, vividly spicy and fresh, the aromas of this classically styled Beajoilais are dominated by core notes of cranberry liqueur and sour dark cherry, with suggestions of blueberry, hibiscus, rattan, hazelnut husk and peppercorn in support. MoreChapoutier 2017 Hermitage Sizeranne
94 points
2017 M Chapoutier, Monier de la Sizeranne, Hermitage, Rhône Valley Decanter 94 Points This has the dark fruited, savoury character of the vintage, and it has the robust, quite square tannins too – they will take some time to settle down. MoreChappellet 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Signature
94 points
2019 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon “Signature” Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94 Points This Cab is both focused and distinctive as 2019 has proven an outstanding vintage for this always reliable bottling. MoreChateau St. Emilion 1971 Cheval Blanc
95 points John Gilman
"The 1971 Cheval Blanc is simply a beautiful example of the vintage that remains at its absolute apogee of drinkability and offers up glorious complexity on both the nose and palate.
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Chateau St. Emilion 1982 Cheval Blanc
100 points Decanter
"Pure class on show with Cheval's heady, perfumed and expressive 1982.
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Chave 2020 Cotes Du Rhone "Mon Coeur"
2020 Jean-Louis Chave Sélection Côtes du Rhône Mon Coeur
Wine Spectator
90 Points
Lush and generous, with a lot of intensity and a floral lift to the notes of raspberry coulis and crushed cherry, this turns firm and structured on the palate, with grippy tannins and iron minerality driving the long finish.
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Chave 2020 Hermitage
98 points
2020 Domaine JL Chave, Hermitage, Rhône Decanter 98 Points What you find in the whites, you find in the reds,' says Jean-Louis Chave, alluding to the natural freshness and balance in the 2020 Hermitage lieux-dits. MoreChave 2020 St Joseph
94 points
2020 Domaine JL Chave, St-Joseph Decanter 94 Points All the lieux-dits I tasted that make up this domaine's Saint-Joseph were showing well and expressed their typical characters, this promising to be a precise style with clear, complex aromatics. MoreChev 2020 Pinot Noir Spear Vineyard
96+ points
2020 Chev Pinot Noir Spear Vineyard, Santa Rita Hills San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96+ Points Elegant, sweetly ripe and forthcoming, the nose of this polished bottling elevates focused aromas of raspberry, bottled red cherry, pomegranate, pink peppercorn, sumac berry, nutmeg and baking spice above mineral undercurrents. MoreChevillon 2018 Nuits St George Les St George
94 points
2018 Robert Chevillon, Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les St-Georges Decanter 94 Points Definitely at the riper end of the spectrum in Nuits-St-Georges in 2018, although not excessively so, this is a plush, slightly jammy expression of this famous Premier Cru site, with aromatic 30% new wood, balancing acidity and some of the grunt and grip that are typical of the terroir. MoreChevillon 2018 Nuits St George Vaucrains
94 points
2018 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains 1er Cru Vinous 92-94 Points The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains 1er Cru matches Chevillon’s Les Saint-Georges pound for pound in terms of intensity and precision, offering brambly black fruit, crushed rock, tangerine and raspberry preserve scents that blossom with aeration. MoreChevillon 2019 Nuits St George Roncières
93 points
2019 Robert Chevillon Nuits St George Les Roncieres 1er Cru Burgundy Wine Spectator 93 Points Polished, exuding black currant, blackberry, earth and stone flavors. MoreChris Hamilton 2021 Merlot Yountville
93+ points
2021 Chris Hamilton Merlot Yountville, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 93+ Points Big and surprisingly gutsy for a young Merlot, this wine opens with a coiled aromatic medley of dark cherry, red currant, red rose, vanilla and baking spice. MoreCliff Family 2021 "The Climber" Red
93+ points
2021 Cliff Family “The Climber” Red Wine, Valle de Soto Vineyard, Oak Knoll, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 93+ Points The rather dramatic bottling is impressively ripe and notably rich to the nose, which layers a veneer of expansive red fruit above lots of oaky spice. MoreClos Pissarra 2011 El Ramon
2011 Clos Pissarra El Ramon Spain
Creamy, forthcoming and attractively mature, the bouquet of this wine offers harmonious aromas suggestive of Tawny Port, milled mahagony, dark sweet tobacco, dried herbs and forest floor scents uplifted by fruit tones of baked black fig, Medjool dates, Cherry Boune liqueur, dark pulm galette, star anise and cardamom.
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Clos Pissarra 2012 El Mont
91+ points
2012 Clos Pizzarra “El Mont” Grenache Priorat, Spain San Francisco Wine Panel Score 91+ Points Sophisticated, elegant, rich and nicely evolved, the nose of this generous bottling melds scents of strawberry jam, dried raspberry, grenadine, licorice root, sandalwood, dried herbs and some mineral undercurrents into a satisfying harmony. MoreClos Pissarra 2012 El Ramon
92+ points
2012 Clos Pizzarra “El Ramon” Proprietary Red Wine Bellmunt Vineyard San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92+ Points Very ripe, rich yet structured nose of strawberry jam, cassis, black currant, sour red cherry, pomegranate syrup, white and black peppercorn, sumac berry, licorice root, hazelnut toffee, dark pipe tobacco and dried dark rose. MoreColete 2019 Merlot Black Vineyard
93+ points
2019 Colete Merlot Coombsville, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 93+ Points Notably rich, this fine Merlot well represents its esteemed vineyard. MoreComtes Lafon 2014 Volnay Santenots
93 points
2014 Domaine Comtes Lafon Volnay Les Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru Vinous 93 Points (13% alcohol, less than 20 hectoliters per hectare produced) Good bright red. MoreComtes Lafon 2015 Volnay Santenots
93 points
2015 Domaine Comtes Lafon Volnay Les Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru Vinous 93 Points The 2015 Domaine Comtes Lafon Volnay Les Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru has a lovely ripe blackberry, raspberry and undergrowth-scented bouquet that opens nicely with aeration, shaking off just a touch of reduction. MoreComtes Lafon 2017 Volnay Santenots
94 points
2017 Domaine Comtes Lafon Volnay Les Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru Vinous 94 Points The 2017 Domaine Comtes Lafon Volnay Les Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru was opened by Dominique Lafon just because he wanted to compare with the ensuing two vintages. MoreComtes Lafon 2018 Volnay AC
93 points
2018 Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Volnay Decanter 93 Points Dominique Lafon's village red comes from the young-vine parcels of his Volnay Santenots Premier Cru that were picked last - perhaps surprisingly - in 2018. More