90 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

A firm, fleshy and intense red blend of grenache and syrah. Aromas of blackberries, dark plums, dried spices and roasted meat lead to a medium to full-bodied palate with chewy tannins. Dense and creamy, it displays a solid structure and plenty of texture, culminating in a compact, flavorful finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink now or hold.

93 Matthew Luczy - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2021 Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains is a peek at the stellar produce of Rhys's 2021 single-vineyard white wines. The nose opens with fresh, racy aromas of sea spray, lemon curd and Granny Smith apple. The mid-palate displays a level of creamy richness that takes substantial cellaring to unlock in the rest of the lineup. The signature tension and angularity of the Rhys style are present, albeit with a welcomed softness and generosity of texture. Readers holding this admirable array of wines should start here and hold off on the single-site wines for at least a few more years.

97 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

A deeper ruby/red color, the 2020 Barolo comes from the same vineyards as the No Name as well as Annunziata and offers more depth and ripeness, with aromas of black raspberries, candied cherries, preserved flowers, sweet herbs, and mossy earth. It has outstanding ripeness and purity and is long on the palate, with all its components coming together, delivering warmth, structure, and freshness. This is pretty serious wine, one of the best blended wines I’ve tasted in this vintage, and it’s going to be hard to beat. Buy it now.

91 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

The 2022 Côtes Du Rhône Les Claux Blanc is based on 30% Grenache Blanc, 30% Clairette, 30% Roussanne, and 10% Bourboulenc, and this cuvée is always a rock-solid white. Golden apples, honeyed flowers, blanched almonds, and some subtle, richer, creamy nuances all define this beautifully textured, medium-bodied, balanced white that’s superb on its own yet will absolutely shine on the dinner table. It should have 2-4 years of prime drinking if well stored.

93 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The 2022 Blanc d'Orto Brisat differs from the regular Blanc d'Orto in the skin contact, which here is 21 days in stainless steel, and the wine matured in used 500-liter barrels for six months. Furthermore, this was selected from a specific plot planted in 1948, and the wine has more balanced parameters, 13.55% alcohol, a pH of 3.42 and 4.8 grams of acidity. In my book, if you do skin contact, this is the way to do it, not overpowering the wine, adding nuance, weight and complexity but keeping the DNA of the grape and the place. Well done, guys! 1,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in the spring of 2024."

93 Joe Czerwinski - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The medium to full-bodied 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Tanbark Hill Vineyard delivers complex notes of mountain fruit, with hints of sage and bay leaf accenting cassis, blueberries and raspberries. In the mouth, it's firmly buttressed by grainy tannins, with terrific acids that linger on the finish in mouthwatering fashion. This, Togni's "early-drinking" wine, should age two decades with ease.

93 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Tanbark Hill Vineyard is one of the most potent vintages of this wine I can remember tasting. Dense and textured, the 2021 shows ample dark fruit and complex earthy/savory undertones that add balance. The 2021 benefits from the addition of some excess fruit that would have been used in the main label but that, for practical purposes, ended up in the tanks for the Tanbark Hill. Readers will find a wine of breadth, power and character. In this vintage, the Tanbark Hill gives a very good idea of the quality and style of the Grand Vin.

93 Wine Spectator

This offers a typical Spring Mountain bouquet of red currant and red cherry notes laced liberally with potpourri, cast iron and bramble hints, while savory and menthol accents in the background add a fresh edge. Not shy on grip through the finish. Best from 2025 through 2035. 610 cases made.

98 Mark Squires - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2009 Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha Vintage Port is a typical field blend aged in used French oak vats. It comes in with 98 grams per liter of residual sugar. One of the fleshiest wines in the vertical—from a very warm year—this has plenty of power and fine depth, hallmarks of the vintage. This was not always received as well as some lusher vintages, but it was likely also far more closed when young. This is a relative powerhouse even now, stern and dramatically different than the lusher and sexier 2007, for instance. For me, always obsessed with structure, it rings the bell. Laced with herbs and dried fruits, this is mightily impressive on its own terms, though. It adds a long finish, but it shows no trace of maturity anytime in the near future. The fruit is sappy but very dry. For all of its power, it retains some elegance, and it is vaguely approachable. The key word there is "vaguely." Do you want to enjoy it or just fight off the tannins? This is another brilliant Vinha Velha, even if often underrated, probably thanks to its somewhat brooding demeanor. Even now, it is a relatively backward one that needs much more time to express itself. Drink it if you must now, but you'll probably regret it.