This shows notes of pink nectarines, cherry blossoms, dried citrus peel and subtle hints of pastry crust. Sleek and round-textured with fine bubbles and a chalky, mineral aftertaste. Pinot noir. Drink now.

(JD 90-93 points) Taking a look ahead at what’s to come and tasted as the blended vin clair, the 2022-based wine comes in at 35% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay, and the rest Meunier, with 10% of the reserve wine going back...

The NV Champagne Brut Rose is an attractive pale salmon hue, with a fresh perfume of wild strawberry, ripe peach, white and red flowers, a hint of tropical fruit, and grapefruit. The palate is rounded, with fruit up front...

The NV Rainwater Medium Dry is an attractive wine, displaying aromas of fresh walnuts, dates and orange peel. On the palate, it's full-bodied, satiny textured and delicately sweet, with succulent acids, excellent...

We ended the meal with a Piedmontese classic, the always exceptionally good NV Cappellano Barolo Chinato. From the house that invented it, this is a Chinato of real pedigree: long, suave, complex and rich, featuring...

A fine, mature and structured Champagne, this is full of fruit but also with a crispness. Its mineral character has softened but still gives a fine texture. This fine wine, with fruit from the Côte des Blancs, is ready to...

Very impressive for a "regular" non-vintage Brut, not only in terms of aromatic complexity - candied citrus, dried peach and fresh mirabelle plus a hint of bread dough - also in terms of texture, the creamy, rich and...

The non-vintage Dry Amontillado Los Arcos Solera Reserva reveals a medium amber hue along with a nutty honeyed dry personality with great acid. -Robert Parker

The dark amber-hued non-vintage East India Solera is essentially an old Oloroso blended with an old Pedro Ximenez which gives it a sweet character. It offers more mature notes of maple syrup brown sugar spice box raisin...

The scent of green olives introduces this light and elegant Fino. It's briny and fresh with nutty flavors and a hint of iodine. Chill it for jamón Ibérico.

The non-vintage Light Manzanilla Papirusa Solera Reserva (with an average age of five years in this solera) possesses an extraordinary penetrating nose of salty brined nuts intermixed with crisp fruit terrific acidity and...

If you are looking for a dry sherry made in a slightly more oxidized style the non-vintage Dry Oloroso Don Nuno Solera Reserva is your choice. Again a nuttiness (in this case walnuts) intermixed with a hint of Chinese...

With its notes of almonds, white flowers, ripe pear and quince fruit, this non-vintage Ambonnay blend is silky and rich, dense but not heavy. Rodez explains: ‘It's about Ambonnay; there is nothing to do with the...