2020

92 points Wine Enthusiast"Brilliant red cherries, spearmint, cinnamon and black-tea flavors seem to light up this snappy-textured and expressive wine. Moderate tannins and a medium body give an energized mouthfeel that keeps the spices and fruit notes...

96 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 94+ points Falstaff"A delicately balsamic spiciness in the fragrance with strong notes of rock. The fruit is slightly tropical, slightly citric. The wine develops pressure on the palate, weaving substance and...

Vinous Reverie NotesWinemaker Notes:We loved how the 2019 version of this wine turned out so much that we took the same approach in 2020 with the exception of harvesting a little earlier. This brightened the acid and lowered the final alcohol content...

Vinous Reverie NotesFabrice and Valerie Closset-Gaziaux are the two intellectual powerhouses behind Champ Divin. An agronomist and an earth scientist, they spent much of their former professional life working to develop sustainable farming practices in...

93 points Wine Advocate"There's a little more ripeness and concentration in the 2020 Parajes, which matured in well-seasoned (at least fourth use) barriques and a 5,000-liter oak foudre. It's a little rounder and creamier, a more powerful wine (it was...

92 points John Gilman, View from the Cellar"The 2020 Viré-Clessé from Pascal Bonhomme is a beautifully complex and expressive example of the vintage. The bouquet offers up plenty of perfectly ripe fruit in its constellation of pear, apple,...

93 points Vinous“Bronze-hued orange. A wildly complex bouquet evokes dried peach, pear skin, botanical herbs, honey and pungent flowers. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering orchard and pit fruit nectar, beeswax, fennel pollen, chamomile and...

94 Points Wine & SpiritsThis young bottling manages to walk a line between youthful raciness and a breadth that defines the winery’s house style, combining generous pineapple scents and toasted nuts with a lemony, pulse-quickening...

92 points Wine Enthusiast"Inviting aromas of ripe stone fruit, honeysuckle and jasmine waft out of the glass. The bright, lightly foaming palate offers creamy white peach, apricot and a hint of orange zest alongside fresh acidity." Vinous Reverie...

92 points Mosel Fine Wines"The 2020er Thörnicher Ritsch Riesling Spätlese Trocken was made from fruit picked at 88° Oechsle in a prime vineyard situated in the central part of the vineyard. It offers a gorgeous nose made of reductive...

90+ points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate"I was less taken by the oak in the 2020 Altos de la Hoya, produced in a more commercial and mainstream way from ungrafted old Monastrell vines. But there's good fruit and depth here, a medium to full-bodied palate...

91 points Wine Enthusiast"This wine smells like a party, with an intensity of lemon and lime zest, pineapple and red licorice on the nose. Strong acidity gives this wine an overall sleekness, but within that are round, summery notes of apricots and dried...