97-100 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

While I think 2019 slightly surpasses 2020 in Côte Rôtie, it might be the inverse in 2020, and the 2020 Ermitage Ex Voto is certainly fuel on the fire. I wouldn't be surprised to see this merit a triple-digit rating, and it has incredible class in its cassis and black raspberry-like fruit as well as notes of saddle leather, savory flowers, smoked tobacco, and ground pepper. This deep, powerful, full-bodied Hermitage has awesome tannins, a silky, layered mouthfeel, and boatloads of tannins. It's going to need upwards of a decade of bottle age, but this is heavenly stuff.

95-97 Nicolas Greinacher - Vinous

Alluring spice-box, ripe black fruits, cured meat and a jolt of espresso introduce the 2020 Ermitage Ex-Voto. Minty undertones and peppery elements complement the complex aromatic profile. Utterly savory, the 2020 hits the palate with stunning energy and balance. Medium- to full-bodied, it could potentially outperform the head-turning 2019 once bottled

97 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

The interplay of toasty oak with stony minerality is every bit as important to this wine as the way the plush tannins balance the gigantic forest berry fruit. Builds to a huge climax at the very structured and driving finish. Aged for 42 months in oak. Drinkable now, but best from 2027.

97 Matt Walls - Decanter

Fresh and dense, displaying great substance and depth. Robust oak work here and it's very tannic; a powerful, driving wine of great size and grandeur. Long and complete, it will swallow its oak in time I suspect. At the start of its 40 months in new oak barriques. Old vines from Les Bessards, Les Greffieux, L'Ermite and Les Murets.

98 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

The 2020 Pandora is also based on Grenache, yet it has a dramatically different style than the Grenache release, with more red and blue fruits, spring flowers, violets, and pepper-driven aromas and flavors. It's full-bodied and has a beautifully pure, layered mouthfeel, ultra-fine tannins, and a gorgeous finish. Layered, incredibly complex, flawlessly balanced, and just so beautiful, it will evolve for 20+ years in cold cellars.

87 Jasper Morris, MW - Inside Burgundy

Pale colour, a classical Aligoté bouquet with its slightly acrid grape skins. What has changed is the degree of flesh in the middle of the mouth and the ripeness of the finish. Some lemon and orange blossom notes are now more prevalent than lime. Otherwise, baked apple. In bottle. Drink from 2025-2028. Tasted Nov 2024.

93 Wine Spectator

Handsomely structured and detailed, showing precise flavors of apple and pear laced with lemon zest and crushed stone tones as this glides on the sleek finish. Drink now. 1,910 cases made.

93 Eric Guido - Vinous Media

Crushed stones and flint combine with freshly sliced pear, ginger and hints of sweet mint as the 2022 Chardonnay Estate blossoms in the glass. It's lifted and energetic, with an air of inner florals resonating over a core of ripe orchard fruits. Incredibly juicy yet also loaded with zesty tension, the 2022 finishes long and staining, nearly salty in character yet still remarkably fresh. Beautiful.

89 Wine Spectator

This ripe, opulent red smolders with power through the finish, with a grippy feel to the tannins encasing its range of incense, blackberry, lavender, warm earth and graphite notes. Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and Petit Verdot. Drink now.

95 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The 2022 Pegaso Granito has a showy nose, with plenty of red raspberries, and it opens up even more in the glass. It has notes of ripe red berry fruit, flowers and aromatic herbs. It's juicy and velvety, with the frontal tannins from the granite soils. It shows the ripeness of the year with 15% alcohol but a lower pH and higher acidity (3.24 and 6.57, respectively) because of the blocking of the vines that didn't have time to burn the acidity and the cycle was shorter. The palate is medium to full-bodied, with fine-grained tannins. 5,800 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2024."

97+ Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Between the Pajana and the Ciabot Mentin, I have a preference for the latter. The Domenico Clerico 2021 Barolo Ginestra Ciabot Mentin comes from the higher part of the slope (with vines planted in 1978) and offers an extremely precise and finely stitched bouquet that incorporates elements of cassis, wild berry, herb, blue flower and crushed stone. The mineral signature is a little more pronounced in this wine, and it leans into iron ore and rusty nail. Like the Pajana, the tannins are quite firm, and the wine will need more time in bottle to integrate. This is a release of 5,500 bottles and 150 magnums.

96 Kerin O'Keefe - kerinokeefe.com

The classy 2021 Brunello from Caprili has great aromatics that include violet, new leather, camphor and dark spice. Smooth and enveloping, the juicy, generous palate offers baked plum, ripe raspberry, cake spice and licorice set against velvety tannins. Fresh acidity keeps it balanced. Drink 2028–2039.

95 Eric Guido - Vinous Media

The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino unfolds a darkly alluring bouquet of crushed raspberries, dried violets and nuances of ginger and sage. It is mineral-intense with an attractive stony character. A silken wave of ripe red and black berry fruits slowly saturates, and a licorice tinge emerges. Hulking tannins frame the finish without slowing its momentum as a twang of citrus adds lively form. This dark beast will require patience but will also reward it.

90 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

"Scented and elegant nose of fresh roses, stones and grapefruit. Bone dry and gastronomic in style, with a medium body and a subtle, medium-long finish. Drink now. Screw cap."