97+ Eric Guido - Vinous Media

Minty herbs come together with split pine, graphite and gravel dust before settling on peppery wildberries as the radiant 2017 Alzero smolders up from the glass. It is elegant, seamless and silken, with masses of ripe raspberry and cherry tones underscored by autumnal spice and hints of dark chocolate, all guided by a wave of vibrant acidity. It finishes with dramatic length and heroic structure, leaving a staining of primary concentration and a pleasantly bitter tinge of clove that lingers impossibly long. This is an Alzero for the ages.

94 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

"The 2023 Organza blends 45% Viura, 30% Malvasia, and 25% Garnacha Blanca from many sites in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Since 2021, the varieties have been fermented separately and given a long maceration before fermenting in new French oak barrels, aged on the lees for 11 months. A gravelly texture underlies a white Rioja of tremendous purity and minerality, marked by its enduring freshness even in this, a ripe vintage. Medium-bodied, it’s lovely in delicate green apple, white flower, and violet. Age 10-15 years."

92 Joaquín Hidalgo - Vinous Media

"The 2023 Organza, fermented and aged in new French oak, combines Viura, Malvasía and Garnacha Blanca. Golden in hue with notes of baked apple, white flowers, herbs and a touch of petrol, it's creamy on the tongue with delicate freshness and a tropical note at the end. The 2023 is rich and expressive."

92 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

"A classic Rioja white. A little shy, but with good fruit that's not in your face. Lemon zest, fennel and macadamia with a touch of star fruit and stones. Medium-bodied with a creamy and substantial center palate. Fresh, long and not fruity. A blend of 45% viura, 30% malvasia and 25% garnacha blanca. Drink or hold."

94 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

The bright straw-hued 2016 Champagne Grand Cru Special Club Chouilly Brut was aged for 70 months on the lees, it did go through malo, and it saw 4 grams per liter dosage. The nose shows some real nuance, with a floral perfume lifting from the glass with delicate notes of sweet pastry cream, lemon curd, ripe pear, and chalky earth. Medium-framed and well-detailed, its more mineral texture and refined feel also reveal themselves, along with a refined pinpoint mousse and a delicate, rounded mid-palate. A very pretty wine from this vintage, it offers a bit more nuance and delicacy in this youthful stage. Drink it over the next 12-15 years.

93 Wine Advocate - Wine Advocate

Issuing entirely from the Montaigu vineyard in Chouilly, planted in 1951, the 2016 Special Club Chouilly Grand Cru is incisive and pure, reflecting the late-ripening vintage with all its attributes. Unfurling from the glass with aromas of white flowers, green apple and fresh lemon, it’s medium-bodied and bright with vividly chalky personality and a long, persistent finish. This is one of the most electric wines in the Gimonnet cellar from this vintage and justifies special pursuit. Vinified in tank, it was disgorged in July 2024 with a dosage of 4.5 grams per liter.

93 Eric Guido - Vinous Media

The 2022 Etna Bianco Superiore Contrada Praino Frontemare opens slowly with a nuanced blend of citrus-tinged green apples, ginger and candied lime. This is cool-toned in feel, with soft textures and ripe orchard fruits that swirl across a core of brisk acidity. Its minerality comes through on the flinty, stony finish, tapering off with a subtle hint of chamomile.

95 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

An intense, rich wine focused on seaweed, stone fruit and a lot of broom flowers. Medium-bodied and bone-dry, it shines with crisp acidity and a vibrant, fruity finish. Very classic and straightforward, it’s at its best in the salty finish. Drink now.

94 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2023 Chardonnay Estate is exquisite. Floral and lifted, with striking precision, the Melville Chardonnay makes such a strong case for why Chardonnay is so ideally suited here. Lemon confit, jasmine and light tropical inflections are some of the notes that grace this sublimely elegant white. Bright acids pull it all together on the finish. I would give the 2023 six months to a year in bottle, as it is pretty tightly wound at this stage.

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.

92 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Bright and refined with aromas of blackberries, cassis, fresh tobacco, crushed stones and dark chocolate. The palate is full-bodied and polished with fine tannins and vibrant fruit. Defined and balanced with a touch of minerality. Drink or hold.

83 Wine Spectator

Soft and slightly diffuse, with mulled red and black cherry fruit backed by shaved vanilla and a light echo of dill. Drink now. 11,000 cases made.

99 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Red currant, lead pencil and terra cotta aromas with some bay leaf and sage. Full-bodied with tight, firm tannins that are polished and very fine. Turns to graphite. Extremely long, refined, polished and exquisite. Best after 2028.

99 Joe Czerwinski - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Colgin's 2021 IX Estate is a rich, opulent example, with layers of ripe black cherries and dark chocolate punctuated by hints of sage and bay leaf, plus some vaguely floral notes (violets?). Full-bodied, concentrated, velvety and long, it's another terrific wine that showcases the potential of Pritchard Hill, the investment by the owners and the talent of the winemaking team.

98+ Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

I d wager a Napa Valley legend in the making, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon IX Estate comes from the estate vineyard on Pritchard Hill, and if there was ever a classification of terroirs in the valley, this would check in near the top of the list. Deep purple-hued, with awesome aromatics of pure cassis, graphite, crushed stone, and subtle floral hints, this has that rare mix of power and elegance that defines so many great wines. Full-bodied, concentrated, and flawlessly balanced, it has no shortage of structure and is going to need 7-8 years, if not a decade, to hit full maturity, where it will hold for 2-3 decades.

98 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2021 IX Estate is such an elegant wine. Sleek, aromatic and refined, the 2021 is one of the most polished young wines I have tasted from this site. Red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal and mint abound. Silky and delineated, the 2021 is exceptionally beautiful and balanced. Clean saline notes and veins of tannin extend the explosive, sublime finish.

94-96 Antonio Galloni - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The 2010 Nuits St. Georges Les Vaucrains is one of the more delicate wines next to some of the other 2010s. It shows gorgeous fleshiness in its layers of dark red fruit, spices and flowers. The Vaucrains is all about textural elegance and volume. The sensual finish makes this very hard to spit. Today the Vaucrains comes across as silkier and more finessed than the St. Georges, suggesting it may come around a bit earlier. That may also just be wishful thinking on my part. We will see. This is another breathtaking wine from the Chevillon brothers.

96 John Gilman - View from the Cellar

The 2010 Chevillon Vaucrains is another brilliant wine in the making. The deep, youthful and very sappy nose soars from the glass in a blaze of black cherries, pomegranate, nutskins, incipient notes of game, a stunningly complex base of soil, woodsmoke, fresh herbs and new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and complex, with a great core of fruit, seamless balance, substantial and very fine-grained tannins and magical length and grip on the still very primary finish. A great, great wine.

94 Allen Meadows - Burghound

"This is fantastically complex with a kaleidoscopically broad-ranging nose of markedly ripe dark berry fruit, earth and sauvage hints. The palate impression is classic Vaucrains with its rich, full-bodied, intense and overtly robust flavors that culminate in a hugely long yet quite finely balanced finish. This is indisputably a big wine but one that stops short of being forbidding as the copious dry extract buffers the explicitly firm supporting tannins. Still, this strikingly good effort is clearly going to require an extended cellar snooze. In a word, marvelous."