A spectacularly elegant Auslese with impressive concentration and richness. The extremely fresh and mineral acidity is the secret behind this. Stacks of dried stone fruit and dried pear aromas are married to delicate...

This flagship Moueix wine is 99% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc, and it suggests wonderful density and purity combined on the nose, with blackcurrant, juniper, garden mint and tobacco. The palate is fresh and elegantly...

A particularly pretty and floral expression of Clos Apalta, the 2022 Clos Apalta is beautifully lush and expressive on the nose, combining a deep core of black and blue fruit aromas with pencil lead, camphor and bramble...

The 2022 Riesling Brauneberger Juffer Auslese Goldkapsel was made with about 30-40% botrytis-affected fruit. On the nose, passion fruit and lime frame ripe white peach. The botrytis lends a certain lift and takes us to...

The 2022 Riesling Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Auslese Goldkapsel is made from fruit with 30-40% botrytis-affected grapes. Haag notes that this was exquisitely clean botrytis, and the purity of candied lime and lemon...

This wine is rich, opulent with aromas of cranberry, red plum, dried sage, potpourri and earth on the nose. The flavors on the palate are pomegranate, black cherry, dried cranberry, orange zest layered with fresh herbs...

The densely packed nose of this legendary old vine field blend of Zin, Petite Sirah, Carignane, and Alicante gives aromas of crushed blackberry, purple flowers and rich earthy spices, while the palate brings black cherry...

As with the regional Chardonnay bottling, the 2022 Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands punches well above its weight and offers a more slender, stylistically refreshing expression of Pinot Noir with less of a winemaking...

Blended from a number of vineyards, including some barrels from single vineyards that get "declassified" into this bottling, the 2022 Zinfandel Black Chicken comes from vines with an average age of 40 years. Raspberries...

Supple and juicy, this opens with flavors of toasted brioche and graham cracker, along with creamy vanilla nougat grace notes, complementing the core of plump peach, melon, candied orange peel and apricot preserves...

Bottled in April this year, the straw-yellow 2022 Schloss Johannisberg Gelblack Riesling Trocken opens with an intensely fruity yet also pure and spicy, classic Johannisberg nose, with ripe and full Riesling aromas and...

Vivacious and briary, this Zin is generous with personality, offering blackberry, licorice and orange peel accents that zip along the zesty finish. Drink now through 2032. —T.F.