95 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Restrained dark bramble fruit and vibrant spiciness, with notes of cold coffee, earth and bay leaves. The attack is dense and velvety, with thick, ripe tannins that are a bit sandy. Ripe and full-bodied with crisp acidity and good length focused on graphite. Power and grace, with a restrained chocolate aftertaste. Drink or hold.

96 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

"A wonderfully vivid red with complex aromas of rose petal, black currant, blackberry, black pepper and sandalwood. Full-bodied, yet ultra-refined. Silky textured tannins. Gorgeous finish. So much intense fruit with spice, currant and chocolate. A blend of carmenere, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot. All grapes are biodynamically grown. Better in 2019."

94 Wine Enthusiast

"Cellar Selection. Lusty notes of coconut, charcoal, vanilla and herbs grace core blackberry and cassis aromas. This is massive and widespread on the palate, but the key to its success is impeccable balance. Toasty, minty flavors of blackberry and cassis are chocolaty and lightly herbal, while the finish blends lushness, power, heft and smoky, herbal flavors that go on and on. Drink this Carmenère-led blend through 2024."

93 Wine Spectator

"A dense, ripe and powerful style, with concentrated flavors of dark plum, blackberry and chocolate. Very plush and creamy midpalate, with a rich finish loaded with espresso notes, along with medium-grained tannins. Carmenère, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2020. Tasted twice, with consistent notes."

93+ Eric Guido - Vinous Media

The 2019 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Colle Cristi is dark and understated in the glass, mixing plum sauce and grilled herbs with a dusting of cocoa and dried roses. This sweeps across the palate, opening with a pretty inner sweetness that's quickly offset by a saturation of tart red and blue berry fruits. A flourish of salted licorice and clove lingers as the 2019 tapers off, closing with primary concentration and grippy tannins.

93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Aromas of baked plums and cherries, orange chocolate, soy sauce and sweet spices. It’s full-bodied with fine, firm tannins. Savory and structured, with a juicy and classic bittersweet feel to the mid-palate that lingers to a long, restrained finish. Balanced and traditional. 70% corvina veronese, 20% rondinella and 10% molinara. Drink now.

91 Eric Guido - Vinous Media

"The 2023 Rosé Le Pacha is delicate and perfumed with a nuanced mix of rose petals, fennel and nectarine. This sweeps across the palate with textures of pure silk, displaying a pretty inner sweetness. Green melon and white strawberry notes settle in toward the close. It finishes long and with a reverberation of tension as sour lime hints resonate under an air of sweet mint. Very nice."

90 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

"A fruity, mellow and refreshing wine with notes of frozen berries, dried herbs and mild spices. Medium-bodied with a linear and juicy development on the palate. From organically grown grapes. Drink now."

98 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

Lastly, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Dancing Bear Ranch comes from a stunning estate vineyard on Howell Mountain with the plantings dating back to 1999. A blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, and a splash of Cabernet Franc, aged in 59% new oak, this beauty reminds me of a great Saint-Julien (Leoville Barton?) with its incredible purity and regal, structured style. Crème de cassis, lead pencil, violets, chalky minerality, and chocolaty oak all emerge on the nose, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, multi-dimensional mouthfeel, ripe yet perfectly integrated tannins, and a gorgeous finish. It needs air if drinking any time soon and will ideally be given 4-6 years in the cellar. This beauty will have three decades of overall longevity.

90-92 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2022 Volnay Village was almost completely de-stemmed and comes from the young vines in Santenots. It has a perfumed nose of black plum, raspberry fruit, and a touch of dried iris flower. This Volnay has crunchy tannins and pure black fruit with a slightly chalky textured finish. Lots of depth, considering this is a Village Cru, perhaps betraying its Santenot origins.

89-91 Jasper Morris, MW - Inside Burgundy

14 barrels made from 0.75ha, a comfortable return. Fifty percent whole bunch. Concentrated purple colour. A bucketload of dark raspberry fruit, but not too obviously stem infused. Excellent intensity, quite dark raspberry in style, good acidity, and fair length. Drink from 2028-2033. Tasted: October 2023.

93 Robert Parker - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2013 Metisse Jumping Goat Vineyard (78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Petit Verdot and 7% Merlot) from this vineyard in St. Helena was coiled and tightly knit, but showing loads of upside and potential. An opaque ruby/purple color and notes of strained blackcurrants, camphor and licorice were all present in this full-bodied wine, which also has a subtle dose of toasty oak (about 70% new French barrels are used). This wine needs another 2-3 years of cellaring and should keep well for two decades or more.

92 Eric Guido - Vinous Media

The 2018 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Sergio Zenato takes the finesse and airy lift of the vintage and marries it with the opulence of the Zenato style. Sweet spices, incense, sugar-dusted cherries, cloves and mint form a seductive bouquet. It’s surprisingly feminine and juicy in character, with a core of tart wild berry fruits complicated by hints of cedar and rosy inner florals that form toward the close. The 2018 finishes spicy and long, with only the slightest tug of fine tannins and a pleasantly tart sensation that puckers the cheeks. This is an atypical Riserva Sergio Zenato, yet it's no less enjoyable. That said, I would prefer to drink it sooner rather than later.

87-90 Jasper Morris, MW - Inside Burgundy

Pale lemon, perfumed nose, with a touch of chlorine which is really just the marine minerality. Starts to clarify better with time in the glass. High acidity then some rather lactic flesh. Not in balance, but I may have caught it at a difficult moment.