93-95 Allen Meadows - Burghound

Exuberantly fresh black fruit aromas are liberally laced with notes of earth, clove, anise and wood. The succulent yet muscular and powerful big-bodied flavors possess excellent mid-palate density while exhibiting seriously good length on the mouth coating and strikingly long finish. Note that this is very much built-to-age and a wine that may well require 20 years to reach its apogee. Excellent.

93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

This shows what was possible in the challenging 2024 vintage. Very youthful, energetic and crisp with a healthy core of moderately dry tannins. The pronounced minerality is as striking as the abundant black-cherry and wild-blackberry aromas. The long, slightly sappy finish has excellent intensity. Drink from release.

90 Wine Enthusiast

With delicate peaches-and-cream and salty limy margarita vibes, woven with smoke, flint and toasty lees influence, this shows Long Island character within a classical bubbly framework. It's a little hard at the edges and never quite achieves the opulence of its European counterparts but is nonetheless a classy fizz for any occasion.

97 Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

If the 2019 Coleraine got you going, then the 2020 will do just the same, albeit at a different speed. Where the 2019 is evolving into a spicy, elegant, medium-bodied affair, the 2020 Coleraine is all silk, creamy finesse and power. It offers abundant fruit, the oak framing is creamy and soft and the tannins are ductile and firm, fully ensconced in the fruit—embossed into it, even. The wine is chewy with pouch tobacco, graphite, raspberry seed, saffron, raw cocoa and nori sheets. It makes me say, "Yes, yes and yes again." The choice between 2019 and 2020 is purely going to be based on your mood: 2020 will soothe, while 2019 will stoke. 14% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.

97 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

Medium gold-hued, with subtle but deep aromatics, the 2023 Chardonnay offers rich notes of orchard fruits, creamed corn, crushed stone, and exotic flowers. Medium to full-bodied, it has a pure, layered mouthfeel, integrated acidity, and a gorgeous finish. This incredibly impressive SLH Chardonnay will keep for 10-12 years. Aged 17 months in 40% new French oak, it benefits from air if drinking any time soon.

96 Billy Norris - Vinous Media

The 2023 Chardonnay is a powerful, super-phenolic, almost chewy white, but all of that texture is bedded on a base layer of crystal-clear, supple, super-ripe golden orchard fruit. Flint, orange zest, chamomile and yellow apple flesh out magnificently into a long, expansive finish that’s propelled by calibrated acidity. This is an unashamedly large-scaled Chardonnay, but it’s finessed through and through. A 17-month stay in 40% new French oak built loads of creamy texture and spicy complexity into the wine’s frame. The 2023 is a total showstopper.

93 Wine Enthusiast

The superlative wood and dried fruit flavors have coalesced to yield an intense wine. Its sweet sultana flavors and generous richness go with the spice and pepper edge from the wood aging. It is a great wine that is ready to drink. ROGER VOSS

84 Cellar Tracker

Based on 15 notes and 15 scores from 15 users on Cellartracker.com as of 6/11/15.

98 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2021 Barolo Aleste is off-the-charts gorgeous. Vertical and explosive in the glass, with tremendous energy, the 2021 possesses unbelievable richness married to vibrant energy. Plum, black cherry, gravel, lavender and mocha soar out of the glass. Readers will find a Barolo of stature and breeding.

98 Kerin O'Keefe - kerinokeefe.com

Pine forest, ripe dark-skinned berry, blue flower and carob are just some of the aromas you'll find on the stunning 2021 Aleste. Made with Nebbiolo from the Cannubi Boschis vineyard, it's delicious, full-bodied and shows great verve, delivering layers of ripe Morello cherry, cake spice, licorice, mocha and crushed mint set against a backbone of velvety tannins. Give this time to fully develop. Drink 2031–2046. Abv: 14.5%

97 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

A reflective red color, the 2021 Barolo Aleste leads with compelling and introspective notes of sandalwood, ripe cherries, hints of truffle, and fresh leather. The palate is supple and has a vibrant spine of acidity, mouthwatering mineral accents, and an underlying noble structure. As I am finding with the top producers in this vintage, the tannins demand time but also have a sweetness to them that makes the wines highly pleasurable to taste now, and they should improve and age very well. Drink 2027-2050.

96 Michaela Morris - Decanter Magazine

A beguiling and expressive nose allures with notes of rose, tobacco, earthy medicinal roots and exotic spice. This has the fruit density of the vintage with layers of elegant, chalky tannins and well embedded oak. Cedar-infused red berries provide lip-smacking tang and the finish is positively salivating. From the original plot in Cannubi Boschis that Luciano Sandrone bought in 1977, along with more recent acquisitions in Cannubi proper. A rechristening in 2013 to Aleste represents a contraction of his two grandchildren names: Alessia and Stefano.

90+ Cellar Tracker

The 2010 Pierre Guillemot Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru 'Les Narbantons' is a highly regarded, classic Burgundy, often noted for its balance, elegance, and longevity rather than raw power. As of 2023-2024, it is described as having vibrant red fruit, earthy notes, and firm tannins, with many recommending further cellaring (past 2025) or a long decant.

93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

An enticing but well-balanced wine that combines a super-creamy texture with vivid tropical fruit, poached pears and baking spices. It's all barrel-fermented in about 30% oak and shows the characteristic toast, dough and light butter notes of an excellent chardonnay. Affordable for the quality. Drink now or hold.