Composed of 79% Merlot and 21% Cabernet Franc, the 2017 Plince is medium to deep garnet-purple in color and rolls effortlessly out of the glass with scents of blackberry pie, plum preserves and kirsch plus suggestions of...

Fine purity accents the cherry, strawberry, cinnamon and toast aromas and flavors. Concentrated and fluid, with a supple texture and intensity that builds to a lingering finish. Terrific length. Best from 2023 through...

Bright red cranberry brims with freshness and aroma on the nose of this wine. The palate also presents fresh-faced fruitiness, but here the berry notes are riper, juicier and more reminiscent of berry compote. Firm, fine...

All destemmed and brought up in larger oak, the 2017 Syrah Sainte-Agathe is more serious, with a Côte Rôtie-like perfume of smoked game, framboise, spring flowers, and hints of olives. Elegant, medium-bodied, silky and...

Showing consistently, the 2017 Les Forts De Latour has a classic cedar pencil, tobacco, and mineral-driven core that certainly has some textbook Château Latour style. Medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated, elegant...

Black truffles, autumnal fruit, tobacco, undergrowth, coupled with plenty of mouthwatering freshness. In full tertiary mode at this (almost) nine year point, this is ready to share. From a 0.7ha plot of vines at 93m...

(90-92 points) Very generous wood and menthol elements fight somewhat with the plum, cassis and violet scents. There is better vibrancy to the muscular medium weight plus flavors that offer better depth on the solidly...

The 2017 d'Yquem is simply stunning, evoking both a minty and fresh bouquet with aromas of apricot, baked pear, saffron, honeycomb and flowers. Full-bodied, rich and seamless, it’s perfectly balanced with a beautiful...

A complex, layered, incredibly impressive Latour, the 2017 Château Latour is based on 92.1% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.8 % Merlot, and a splash of Petite Verdot that spent 16 months in new barrels. It's medium to full-bodied...

Pencil lead, roses, cassis, bleuberry, tea, gunsmoke, fine and supple tannins that stretch out through the palate, this is an amazing quality 2017 that shows the potential of the vintage in the right hands. The vineyards...

Still young, austere on the opening, with gorgeous freshness, violet flowers and edges of creamy grilled caramel. The acidity comes in waves, and the tight tannins suggest this has a long life but needs a few more years...

The 2017 Meursault Clos des Ambres is also showing very well from bottle, opening in the glass with notes of green pear, oatmeal, dried white flowers and a hint of youthful reduction that dissipates with aeration. On the...

(93+ points) The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ-Gain is deeper, more concentrated and more introverted than the Referts, revealing scents of citrus oil, fresh peach, honeycomb and white flowers. On the palate, it's...

Coffee-rich boysenberry flavors take on a foresty bent from a piney edge. Give this some more time to let the grape tannins take the edge off the wood tannins—they’ve got a good start already. Vintage Imports, Bristol, PA

Made from 100% Roussanne, the 2017 Côtes du Roussillon L'Edre Blanc is a big step up and is a more serious, concentrated white that stays perfectly balanced. White peach, pineapple, spice, and ample mineral notes all flow...

The very young and tender 2017 L'Etoile Vin Jaune comes from a year marked by frost; but there was less frost in l'Etoile than in other places, and the Savagnin suffered less than the Chardonnay. It comes from Les Baudes...

(92-94) A deft application of oak easily allows the earthy aromas of plum, red and dark berries and game to be appreciated. Once again there is very good volume to the powerful and solidly concentrated middle weight plus...

The 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers 1er Cru is very perfumed on the nose, offering confit-like red berry fruit, blood orange and raspberry jam. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine delineation, nice...

Toasty, charred oak leads off, with ripe black cherry, black currant and graphite flavors underneath. Firm, sinewy and a bit surly now, with a strong grip of tannins on the finish. Best from 2025 through 2048. 50 cases...

The 2017 Volnay Les Chevrets 1er Cru has an open-knit, well-defined bouquet of brambly red berry fruit and discreet wilted rose petal aromas. The palate is medium-bodied, quite grippy and a little drier than its peers...

The 2017 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains ler Cru is a little animally on the nose, quite reduced at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannins. There is plenty of fruit here, sweet and Vosne-like in...