France

92 Points Gilman: The 2007 les Picasses from Domaine Raffault has reached a fine point to start drinking at age ten, as it offers up secondary laye...

This vintage Blanc de Blancs from grower Jean Laurent has all the magic Chardonnay has to give: fruit with toasty backnotes, great structural miner...

94 Points-Wine Spectator 

100% Pinot Noir, with 2.5 g/l dosage, and extended lees aging. A special old vine selection of Pinot from their holdings - this wine exhibits lovel...

93 Points WA:  The 2008 Chinon Les Picasses is an authentic representative of the vintage as well as of the domain. The 2008 has a coolish, pure an...

Grapes are planted in a steeply sloped (28 degrees) hill in the original parcel of “Vaillon”» with a southeast exposure. The soil here is particul...

93 Points WA: The 2009 Chinon Les Picasses is from a very warm vintage but was picked late on October 13th because Les Picasses is a late-rip...

The flagship label for this house is toast and coffee on the nose, and candied citrus fruit and roasted coffee on the palate. Made from 60% Chardon...

94 Points-Wine Spectator 

The Defaix vineyard holdings in the Cote de Lechet are placed at a 38 degree slope facing southeast. The majority of the Defaix vines are situated...

Again, the vines here are from southeast facing slopes in a section of Les Lys known as “Clos du Roi” (effectively a monopole of the Defaix estate...

Joseph purposely bottles very little of his Savagnin as Vin Jaune, and his “basic” Savagnin spends longer in barrel than is required of an actual V...

The Moelleux cuvées are made in vintages when at least a portion of the vineyards produce grapes that carry significant levels of natural sugar. Bo...

Extremely elegant nose that is starting to show great underbelly. Blackberry, pepper, raspberry, gravel, rock, subtle oak with loads of violet and ...

From the first area to make Malbec before the Argentines claimed it as their own. Here you will find accessible flavors of cassis, blackberry, truf...