Wine Spectator: 90 Points
Vibrant, with violet, cassis and plum notes laced with a note of lavender. Modest in scale, but thoroughly enticing from start to finish. Grenache and Syrah.
Decanter: 95 Points With Merlot dominating the blend, Cru la Maqueline is a lively, modern, New World style wine. Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot make up the rest of the...
Wine Advocate: 93 Points Surely one of the top estates in the region, Vallee des Aigles has turned out another stellar wine in its 2017 Côtes du Roussillon Villages Cuvee...
James Suckling: 95 Points A sense of purity and brightness comes through beautifully here with crushed-blackberry, sliced-mushroom and subtle flower character. Medium body. Extremely fine-tannined. From vineyards planted in 1907....
Wine Advocate: 93 Points Juan António Ponce told me 2021 is one of those vintages when you realize in wine you never know everything... He thinks the 2021 Clos Lojen...
Bodegas Esteban Martin Garnacha-Syrah, D.O.P. Cariñena, is a delicious summer red. Juicy, with a lovely blend of tannin and spice, it complements everything from grilled fish and vegetables to roast...
James Suckling: 93 Points The intense violet color makes it a worthy representative of the wines from Los Chacayes. A wine of distinct aromatic complexity, with outstanding notes of red...
Luca Maroni 95Pts The 2019 Castelli di Grevepesa 'Strade di Toscana' is a lovely showing. It offers pretty bright red fruits and sweet red berries which are woven together with...
Decanter: 97 Points Anyone who has ever seen photographs of the steep slopes of Ribeira Sacra will wonder how it is possible to produce a wine like this in our...
Jeb Dunnuck: 94 Points A richer styled wine (I've compared this cuvée to a Chardonnay from Mark Aubert), the 2020 Novellum has a medium gold hue as well as a...
