2020

95 points Vinous"The 2020 Barbaresco Montestefano is a dense, plush wine, in other words classic Montestefano. Like all the Barbarescos here, the Montestefano is relatively open, which will surely please readers who can't or don't want to cellar their...

Vinous Reverie NotesThe Domaine’s Muscadet Sur Lie Sevre et Maine is an excellent example of the brisk, linear, textural wine the Appellation is best known for. Made entirely of Melon de Bourgogne, the juice was separated from the lees after...

93 points James Suckling"A layered and juicy red with currant, cedar and some walnut character. It’s full and savory with lovely fruit and real Chianti Classico character in the undertones of mushrooms and bark." 91 points Wine Enthusiast"Black...

Jancis Robinson"Short-pruned 40-50 year old vines from the "Wolfreben" lieu-dit in the Kaysersberg valley between the Clos des Capucins and the village of Kaysersberg. The soil is sand-silt on granite pebbles. The grapes growing on this terroir ripen...

93 points James Suckling“A pretty nose of roses, strawberries and garden herbs. Full-bodied with fine tannins and very precise intensity. Fruity. There’s a steely undertone here. Lovely. Drink or hold.” 92 points Vinous"The 2020 is the...

95 points James Suckling"Still very youthful, this is super-elegant with intense slate character. Mini-banana and spring-flower aromas. Very focused on the sleek and silky palate, which you want to linger long over because it lingers long with you at the...

95 points Mosel Fine Wines"The 2020er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Trocken Uralte Reben GG is a bone-dry wine (with 3 g/l of residual sugar) made from fruit picked on un- grafted vines planted in 1890. It proves rather backward at first and really needs a...

Vinous Reverie NotesVanessa Cherruau is a steward of one of the Loire’s great terroirs – Chaume. After finishing wine school in Angers, she befriended the Rochais family on the Chaume hill, who owned Chateau de Plaisance (more a farmhouse...

97 points Tim Atkins“You can smell the grapes from 100 yards away," says Lukas van Loggerenberg of this unique Polkadraai Hills Syrah, which comes from a vineyard at a comparatively elevated 300 metres. With aromas of pine, lavender and black...

92 points Vinous"Light, amber-hued red. Pungent cherry, raspberry and floral aromas take on spice and smoky mineral nuances with air. Shows very good heft and chewy texture, offering sappy red berry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors and a hint of...

Vinous Reverie NotesFrom limestone and marls soils. The Premier Cru “Les Jardins” vineyard parcel is located on a south-east facing plateau in the commune of Montagny. The alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place in a mix of...

92 points Wine Enthusiast"This Chard is comparably dense and rich, while still maintaining balance. There are notes of toast, cream and flint alongside lemon-lime and peach fruit. There’s also a regional saline character. Oak and concentrated fruit...