Special Designation

97 points Jeb Dunnuck"Even better, the 2016 Condrieu Les Chaillees de l'Enfer is vinified and aged in 25% new French oak (it’s made in the same fashion as the Coteau de Vernon). It would probably be the wine of the vintage if it wasn’t for...

96 points Jeb Dunnuck"A step up, the 2014 Syrah Rodgers Creek Vineyard is a blockbuster effort that reminds me of a good vintage of the Côte Rôtie La Mouline from Guigal. Awesome notes of incense, lavender, bacon fat, and spring flowers gives...

95 points James Suckling"So elegant and refined in spite of the generous peach fruit, this has a freshness like the first days of spring as the first green grass and flowers appear. What a precise balance of racy acidity and floral delicacy this has on...

Jancis Robinson"Very old vines – 100 years – 50/50 Maria Gomes and Bical, fermented in a single old 2,500 litre oak cask, aged 6-8 months in oak and unfined and unfiltered.From magnum. Good year for reds and whites, apparently. More structure...

93 points Wine Spectator"A creamy, softly effervescent Champagne, with pretty notes of apple blossoms and elderflower wafting through flavors of baked white cherry, dried raspberry, salted almond and candied blood orange peel. Shows peach skin texture,...

93 points Wine Spectator"Vibrant and balanced, this offers floral and spice hints, delivering flavors of ripe apricot, papaya, candied kumquat, honey and lychee." 91+ points Stephen Tanzer"Bright yellow-gold.  Lemon verbena and lavender aromas mix...

Jancis Robinson"40% Bourboulenc, 20% Grenache Blanc, 20% Roussanne, 20% Marsanne. Old bushvines on the hard limestone screes of La Clape. Hand-picked, 100% de-stemmed, slow-press, gravity-fed into vats. Varieties vinified separately. Grenache, Roussanne...

91 points Wine Spectator"Dry, elegant and light-bodied, with hints of date, toasted hazelnut, singed parchment paper and Earl Grey tea. Delivers a high-toned, persistent finish." Jancis Robinson"Quite thick and glutinous. Honeyed notes – though it...

92 points Wine Advocate"The NV Chardonnay Brut Blanc de Blancs Bellay is from Montreuil-Bellay’s marly limestone terroir and has been kept on the second lees for more than four years. The bouquet is deep, rich and complex as well as fresh and...

94 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate"The NV La Bota de Fino Macharnudo Alto 68 is a similar wine to what was bottled in the editions 54, 34, 27, 18, 15, 7 and 2; it is produced like the wines from yesteryear, fermented in bota and kept in contact with...

95 points Decanter"Near Sant'Angelo in Colle, on the road that leads to Castelnuovo dell’Abate, Lisini is within the zone of Sesta. The estate preference is to pick quite late, and they are one of the last in the area to harvest. The relative...

Jancis Robinson"Their most approachable Nebbiolo contains fruit from young Barolo vines and from some outside Barolo. They could call it Nebbiolo d’Alba but they think the consumer doesn’t really understand the difference.Pale garnet. Smoky...