100 JS / 98 WS / 97 VM / 96 WA / 96 DE / 18 JR#4 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 #23 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 OMG. This is really the most amazing young Taylor's I have ever tasted. Full-bodied and lightly...
97 WE / 96 WS / 95 VM / 94 DE / 18 JR #3 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2017 #17 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2018 Powered by intense botrytis, this wine is opulent and ripe, with spice, yellow fruit...
98 TA / 97 VM / 97 DE / 96 JS / 94 WA / 18.5 JR Best sweet wine of the year. Increasingly celebrated as one of the great sweet wines of the world, not just the Cape, Vin de Constance is a delight to taste and review...
100 RP / 98+ WA / 18/20 JR I was blown away by the 2003 Taylors vintage port. - Robert Parker, Hedonist's Gazette #438, May 2008 The 2003 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port improved each time I raised it to my nose or...
98 JS / 97 WA / 97 WS / 97 DE / 96 VM / 17.5+ JR Lots of ripe fruit here with raisins and wet earth that turn to violets and hot stones. Full-bodied, tannic and powerful with fantastic grip and intensity. Grabs...
96 WS / 16.5 JR Delivers a beautiful display of purity and grace, with creamed Jonagold apple, star fruit, white peach and chamomile notes flowing seamlessly, backed by wet stone and fresh verbena accents. Subtle but...
99 JS / 98 WS / 98 DE / 96 VM / 17.5+ JR #27 James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of 2018 Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows through to a full body...
98 WA One more single-harvest, old sweet wine, the 1955 Don PX Convento Selección was bottled in September 2014 and it had been aged slowly in very old American oak barrels and getting thick and concentrated through...
98 VM / 98 WS / 98 DE / 96 JS / 18 JR The 2016 Dow’s Vintage Port is based around the Vinha dos Ecosvineyard behind Bomfim, populated predominantly by mature Touriga Franca vines that were cropped at just 0.68kg per...
97 JS / 94 WA / 17.5 JR What a wine for the vintage, with spices and furniture wax undertones, then dried citrus fruit. Great intensity in this, powerful stuff. Perhaps the best 2005. - James Suckling Tasted single blind...
95 WA / 95 JS / 93 VM The 2016 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese (White Capsule) opens with beautifully ripe and elegant fruit intertwined with reductive and flinty notes with crunchy slate aromas. Silky,...
100 WS / 97 RP #1 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 1997 Hold on to your hat. This is the best Fonseca since 1977, and it's probably even better than that classic vintage--more like the breathtaking 1948. Mind-blowing,...
94 WS / 91 WE A rich, smooth, sweet wine, full of caramel and almonds, with just a hint of acidity. The spirit edge gives the right bite in this mature, rounded, delicious tawny. -Wine Enthusiast Dessert A very alluring...
97 DE / 95 WA Platinum Award: Best Spanish Fortified, Decanter World Wine Awards 2017 Lifted aromas of orange peel and flora overlay concentrated banana, treacle, caramel, licorice and honey. There is a savoury richness...
100 WS / 97 RP #1 Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 1997 In a word, superb. It's full-bodied, moderately sweet and incredibly tannic, but there's amazing finesse and refinement to the texture, not to mention fabulous,...
94-96 WA The 1964 Palo Cortado Marqués de Poley Selección was aged in a solera system of which 50 botas remain. It's a very old fortified wine produced with Pedro Ximénez grapes, aged in well-seasoned...
"Dow's Fine White Port is aged on average 3 years in oak casks. These wines are carefully made from the finest selected white grapes, principally Malvasia Fina and Gouveio (better known as Verdelho). During the ageing...
98+ WA / 96 JS / 94 VM The 2015 Riesling Ürziger Würzgarten Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) offers a very clear, deep, intense and complex stone fruit aroma with some very discreet toast and crushed stone flavors...
98 WS / 98 DE / 96 JS / 96 WE / 17.5 JR #14 Wine Spectator Top 100 2018 Gorgeous, with warm plum reduction and gently steeped raspberry, blackberry and boysenberry fruit flavors forming the core, all inlaid with warm...
93 JS / 92 WA Aromas of walnuts, dried fruit and raisins. Surprisingly rich and powerful. Yet medium-bodied now. Concludes with a nutty finish. Beautiful. Drink now. - James Suckling, January 2017A fine, classic Dow nose...
96+ VM / 96 WS / 95-97 WA / 96 JS / 18 JR Bright, deep, saturated ruby. Liqueur-like ripeness to the deeply fruity aromas of kirsch, black raspberry and cassis. Thick, sweet and seamless, with a silky texture and great...
"100% Touriga Nacional from the Red Heaven Vineyard in Red Mountain. Dark red in color with a fresh, vibrant aroma of plums, black currants, cedar and fine brandy which follows through on the palate along with some...
97 VM Dow’s 1966 Vintage Port is a gorgeous example of the year, offering intense, deeply concentrated cherry liqueur, toffee, candied fig, maple syrup, datecake and membrillo qualities and a vibrant, spicy overtone...
96 WA / 96 JS / 95 WS Pale to medium gold colored, the 2009 Coutet leaps from the glass with warm apple pie, dried mango, fresh straw, lemongrass, ginger and crème caramel notes. The rich, concentrated, unctuous...
99 WA / 98+ AG The 2004 Passito Rosso Vino Dolce Vigna Seré (500-mililiter) is a masterpiece that is impossible to repeat. In fact, the wine has not been produced since 2004. Even if a vintage as good as this did...
98 WS / 97 VM / 97 JS / 97 WA / 96 DE / 17.5 JR #53 Wine Spectator Top 100 2019 Purchase 18+ bottles at special price of $89.99, get special price of $999 on 100-point 2017 Quinta do...
95 WS / 95 JS / 94 WA / 17 JR Redolent of blackberry and dark fruits, this also features a fascinating mix of mocha, graphite and tobacco flavors. Very juicy as well, which figures into the finish of fine-grained tannins...
92 WA / 91 WS Tasted blind at Southwold 06 Bordeaux tasting. It is adorned with a straightforward, no frills Sauternes nose, good definition, barley sugar, lemon curd and honey, gaining in intensity in the glass. The palate...
93 RP / 18.5 JR Graham is another great port house, producing one of the deepest-colored and sweetest styles of vintage port. Along with Taylor and Fonseca, Graham has probably been the most consistent producer of great...
95-97 JD / 95-97 VM / 96 DE / 95-96 JS / 94-96 WA / 94-96 WE The flagship Sauternes, the 2019 Château Suduiraut is 94% Semillon and 6% Sauvignon Blanc brought up in 50% new French oak. A stunning bouquet of...
"Intense ruby colour, with aromas of embers, roasted red pepper and damp earth. This wine is medium bodied, with good acidity, well-integrated woody notes and a minty finish. Good value." - Spanish Wine...
92 WS / 91+ WA Very floral and intense, boasting iris, spearmint, nutmeg and grapefruit flavors. Round and juicy, with a long, lingering aftertaste of fruit, herbs and mineral. Drink now through 2033. - Bruce Sanderson,...
96 WS / 96 JS / 96 DE / 18 JR Offers seamless flavors of kirsch, chocolate, dark plum and allspice, fresh and elegant, with a towering structure and intense red berry accents. Unctuous and long on the finish, showing...
96 WA / 94 WS / 94 VM The 2007 Gewurztraminer Selection de Grains Nobles Hors Choix represents a cuvee designation that the Trimbachs also utilized in 1989 and 2000 for wine of near Esszencia-like richness. Essence of rose...
93 VM / 91 WA / 17+ JR Cheesy fermentative overtones give way to a site-typical amalgam of fresh apple garlanded in honeysuckle and heliotrope. This is another of those Prüm Kabinetts that is watery in a positive sense...
92 WA / 91 WS / 90 WE / 17.5 JR Made with Trebbiano, Malvasia and Sangiovese, the 2005 Vin Santo del Chianti Classico opens to a brilliant amber color and thick viscosity that hugs to the rim of the glass. Oak-driven tones...
98 DE / 97 JS / 97 WS / 97 WE / 95-97 WA / 95 VM / 18.5 JR Based on Touriga Franca from south-facing slopes at Quinta dos Malvedos, with Touriga Nacional from quintas Vila Velha and Vale de Mealhadas (both predominantly...
98 JS / 98 WS / 97 DE / 97 WA / 18 JR Purchase 24+ bottles at special price of $93.99, get special price of $999 on 100-point 2016 Quinta do Noval Nacional (reg. $1,395). Discount applied once products are added...
96 JS / 95 VM The most amazing of the 2015 dry rieslings from Markus Molitor, but not only because it has the most amazing exotic fruit, but also because of its stunning spiciness and a devastating mineral quality at the...
98 RP / 96 WS / 95 WA "One of my favorite vintage ports - the 1970 Fonseca - a great port in full maturity, but capable of lasting another 25-30 years.” - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate Hedonist’s Gazette, 98...
"Durkheimer Hochbenn Kabinett Riesling is a rich and sultry wine. There's a slight surmise of botrytis, and a few nubby tannins, but the overall effect is sold and firm." - Winery
96 WS / 17+ JR A beauty, with an inviting display of succulent yellow apple, green plum, pear, persimmon and quince flavors that ripples lengthily through the finish, while light verbena, ginger and honeysuckle notes...
96 WS / 17.5 JR Bright, even exuberant in feel, with a parade of Jonagold apple, green melon, Bosc pear and quince flavors streaming through, gilded with heather, honeysuckle and verbena notes on the long, lithe finish...
91 JS Surprisingly delicate and fruity at this stage. Ready to drink with a lightly sweet fruit, raspberry, and dark berry character and a bright acidity. - James...
100 WA As always, Molitor's 2017 Riesling Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Auslese *** (Golden Capsule) is one of the ripest and most concentrated Auslesen of the vintage. Incredibly clear and intense notes of ripe peaches and mangoes...
"We don't see much white Port in this country, but in Portugal it's often served as an apéritif. This is a fine example, a little sweet but also possessing bracing acidity for balance. Mouthwatering aromas and flavors...
94 WA / 92 JS Pale brick colour with fragrant scents of mossy wood, potpourri, cinnamon and dried mulberry plus a whiff of espresso. A mature, well balanced Port comes through in the mouth with high acidity cutting through...
92 JS This is so delicious and fruity with loads of intense dried pineapple and apples. Full body, lightly sweet. It shows bright acidity and a wonderful finish. Hints of cream and vanilla. Drink or hold. - James...
97 JS / 97 WS / 94 VM / 94 WA Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium sweet. Hints of resin. Opulent yet restrained. Shows ripe and beautiful fruit...
98 JS / 96-98 WA / 95-97 JD / 94 DE / 94-97 VM Inspirational depth with botrytis spice, toffee, dried-apricot and sponge-cake character. Full-bodied, very sweet and lively with a long, endless finish. Lively acidity...
97 WS / 96 WA / 97 RP / 18 JR A big wine with superb balance, a shining example of this exuberantly fruity vintage. Deep ruby, with violets and coffee on the nose, full-bodied, with dried cherry flavors and plenty of...
88-91 WS The 87/10/3 Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle blend is plump and open-knit with green plum, nectarine and coconut notes with a round, easy feel through the plantain-tinged finish. - James Molesworth, Wine...
94-96 JD / 95 DE / 94-95 JS / 92-94 VM / 92-94 WA Pretty notes of quince, honeyed orange, white flowers, and apricot-like notes all emerge from the 2019 Château Guiraud, which is medium to full-bodied and has a...
95-97+ WA / 97 DE / 94-96 VM / 94-95 JS / 93-95 JD The pale lemon-gold colored 2019 Coutet is a thrill ride from the get-go, exploding from the glass with fantastically intense scents of tangerine peel, lime blossoms and...
95 WA The 2016 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese * offers an incredible, gorgeously fine bouquet of weathered slate and perfectly ripe, healthy Riesling berries with just a touch of honey. On the palate, this is a...
100 JS / 97-99 WA / 97 VM / 19.5 JR The aromas here are amazing: crushed blueberries and raspberries with wet earth and dried flower. Orange blossom. Tar and stone. Full body, very sweet but the powerful and fine-grained...
16 JR Barley sugar and cedary/oaky aromas. Richly viscous and full of caramelised orange flavours as well as a sour freshness. This is not chilled so it is not really flattered but it is very sweet and intense and...
95 WS / 17+ JR Gorgeous, with creamy-edged nectarine, yellow and green apple, pear and quince flavors that are brightly defined from start to finish, flecked with verbena and honeysuckle hints and backed by a off-dry edge...
19 JR / 94 JS / 93 RP First vintage made by the Syms – a vintage that effectively paid for the purchase of Graham's. A wine with a particularly interesting history. The Portuguese revolution broke out just after this...
96+ WA* The 2015 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese ** (Golden Capsule) opens super piquant and concentrated on the nose, with intense and fresh lime and some smoky slate aromas. Concentrated and fine, with a piquant and...
96-98 RP / 95 WS Of course, Michel Chapoutier produces some very limited spectacular dessert wines. The 2005 Ermitage Vin de Paille has a dark amber color, much more noticeable acidity than the 2004, but tastes as unctuous,...
The second wine of Chateau Rieussec and part of the Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) stable. "2007 turned out to be a golden year for these mellifluous, criminally over-looked wines that tend to leave a sticky...
94 JS I have always been a fan of this very fine and well-made Port. Truly balanced in character, with focused flowers, spice and cherry. Full-bodied, with a sweet palate and a fine texture. - James Suckling, Wine...
In the South of France, there is a long tradition of producing fortified wines, particularly in the appellations of Maury, Rivesaltes and Banyuls. The producers of these vins doux naturels often kept the best vintages for...
96 WS / 94+ WA Gorgeous from the get-go, featuring notes of creamed melon, yellow apple and persimmon that glide effortlessly, inlaid with hints of green tea, verbena, heather and quince. The long finish...
97 WA / 96 VM Tasted at Chateau Climens. This has a slightly deeper hue than the 1990. The nose is even more defined than the 1990 with quince, barley sugar, dried apricot and a touch of Clementine. The palate is...
96 RP The 1988 reveals layer upon layer of honeyed pineapple-and orange-scented and -flavored fruit, vibrant acidity, high levels of botrytis, and a fabulously long, yet well-focused finish. It is a great wine. Robert...
91 WS "Warmed date, toffee and buckwheat flavors glide along on a viscous, caressing texture, ending with ginger and Christmas pudding notes. Has good freshness in addition to the bass line. Drink now." - Wine...
98 JS / 96 WS / 96 WE / 94-96 WA / 95 VM / 95 DE / 17.5 JR #43 Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2019 Insane aromas of crushed berry, flowers and lifted ester like a fermenting lager. Full body, tannic...
97-98 WA The oldest of the sweet wines I tried this time was the 1958 Don PX Convento Selección, a very complex and nuanced wine with notes of charred wood, tar, coal, bitter dark chocolate, licorice, roasted coffee...
19 JR / 93 WA / 93-96 WS / 90-93 VM Sweet, vaguely sticky nose. Certainly impressive for the sugar level! And there’s an attractive savoury undertow that stops it being sickly. Lots there. Reverberates. Long. Very...
92 WA / 90+ VM / 90 WS / 16.5 JR Tasted single blind against its peers. This has a very floral, exuberant bouquet with white peach and grapefruit soaring from the glass. It is very pure and vivacious. The palate is...
96 WA / 94 WS / 18 JR Tasted at Chateau Climens. A slightly lighter colour than the 2007. The nose has a tightly-coiled bouquet of tinned apricot and orange-blossom, with a hint of tangerine in the background. The palate...
"Iconic Manzanilla named for the widow Aurora Ambrosse Lacave, pioneering female sherry executive of the early 20th century. Yuste has skillfully integrated the 19th-C. solera with his own to produce a complex, rounded and...
98 VM / 98 JS / 97 DE / 96 WS / 94-96 WA / 18 JR The 2017 Dow’s Vintage Port showed a slight reduction and required more time to really open in the glass. Typical of Dow’s it has a more backward and...
96 WA / 95 DE / 94 JS / 18 JR The 2016 Vintage Port is a blend of 43% Touriga Nacional, 25% Touriga Franca and 17% Alicante Bouschet, with Tinta Amarela and Sousão filling out the rest. It comes in with 115 grams of...
96 WS / 17+ JR This is ripe and broad, taking a slightly more power-driven approach, with a mix of tropical mango and papaya fruit, backed by orchard fruit accents of yellow apple and peach. The long, heather...
97 WS / 95 JS / 95-92 WA Wine No. 13 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2013 97 Points Kim Marcus: Effusively juicy, rich and concentrated, showing plenty of snap to the crisp and well-spiced flavors of wild berry, dark...
99+ WA Tasted twice at UGC tastings, it was actually under blind conditions that the Climens 2007 re-confirmed its status as the best Sauternes of the vintage. It retains an ethereal bouquet of honey, white peach, apricot...
98 DE / 95 VM Pale red-mahogany in colour with an olive-green tinge to the rim. Gloriously lifted and maderised on the nose with a touch of sultana, molasses and roasted coffee. Rich and beautifully intense on the palate; a...
“This dessert style wine showcases delectably sweet flavors of apricot and pineapple." - Winery
96 JS / 93 WS Another 2016 Spätlese from Dönnhoff that's still a bit shy on the nose, but on the palate it’s like a huge glittering diamond with more facets flashing many colors. An extremely long...
98 WS / 95 VM / 95 DE / 17.5 JR This starts off with an enveloping note of toasted coconut, giving way slowly to creamed peach, mango and papaya flavors. Long bitter orange and almond threads provide needed tension while...
94 JS 94 Points James Suckling: “The Warre was beautiful now. It showed lots of dried fruits and Christmas cake character on the nose and palate. Medium sweet. It was full-bodied with loads of flavor and an intensely...
92 WS Extremely impressive, with beautifully balanced, harmonious sweet fruit on the palate. Medium ruby-red, ripe cherry and cassis aromas, medium-bodied, with rich, velvety fruit flavors, full, soft tannins and a powerful...
100 JS This is in total balance now with such harmony. What amazing aromas of berry and flowers. Full and sweet, the tannins are complete dissolved. The fruit is perfect. This goes on for minutes. Drink now. But it will go...
97 WA / 96 DE / 95 WS / 94+ VM Tasted blind at the 10-Year On Tasting in Sauternes. The 2005 Chteau Climens just soars from the glass with layers of clear honey, marmalade, nectarine and minerals all beautifully carved...
92 W&S / 90 WS "At first sip, this feels buttery, with aromas of toasted nuts and sweet spices. Little by little, the flavors head toward a drier place, the wine becoming less aromatic with air, but more structured. It...
98 DE / 98 JS / 97 WS / 94-96 WA / 18 JR Based on fruit from Quinta da Cavadinha in the Pinhão valley, as well as Quinta do Retiro in the Torto and Quinta da Telhada upstream in the Douro Superior, this is...
98 WE / 97 WS / 96-98 WA / 95 VM / 95 JS / 95 DE / 17.5 JR The wine’s fine perfumed black plum fruits give a wonderful jammy character while bringing out a fresh edge. These are balanced by the dry core of this...
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