Richer nose, broader palate - certain pineapple character.

Very floral - as though some Muscat? In fact it's the Musque'. (Rued) clone...

Quite fresh nose (no longer the classic fruit bomb and much drier than of old). Pretty full front palate but lots of acid on the finish. Quite long.

Very rich nose - almost lanolin. Santa Maria bench - a slice of heaven for Chardonnay. Tropical fruit tones. M3 block! Very sleek and polished...

A mix of grapes and diverse growing regions keeps this wine cool juicy and sleek, with black cherry, black olive, blueberry and spice.

Bottle shot of Chateau Vignot on Cover with $35, 2003 Chateau Vignot St-Emilion Grand Cru Review-A joint venture between Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke of Kendall-Jackson and winemaker Pierre Seillan that returns Seillan to his Bordeaux roots. The hot 2003 growing season shows through in the slightly baked plum. Black cherry, red currant and coffee aromas. Good acidity balances the ripeness and soft tannins round it out. -Tim Teichgraeber

Lassegue-Exceptionally well made wine Three out of Three Glasses (only others listed for Saint Emilion are Cheval Blanc and Chateau Ausone) Wine with a high finesse, voluptuous and harmoniuos.

Very good body, complex nose, excellent tannins. Drink From 2013. Three Stars, 16/20

The melon-scented 2004 California Vintner's Reserve Sauvignon Blanc, at once brisk and packing plenty of fruit flavor.

As nice as this wine's layered aromas of ripe cherries, sweet oak and subtle herbaceousness are, its deep, and enormously fruity flavors are more impressive yet. A full-scaled Pinot in terms of its extraordinarily well-extracted fruit, it is optimally ripened, quite supple in feel and buffers its touch of last-minute heat with lots of oak-sweetened cherries. Its careful acidity furnishes the right note of brightness and life to the finish, and, like the best of its breed, this is one that can be enjoyed right away or safely laid down for a few years of guaranteed growth.

Complex nose and excellent tannins. The best wine from this Chateau in decades. Drink 2013-2020

Edmeades 2003 Zinfandel Mendocino-89 points. I enjoyed all three of the offerings I tasted, including the 2003 Zinfandel Mendocino, which exhibits abundant amounts of briery blueberry fruit along with hints of oak, kirsch, and spice box. Enjoy this big, savory, juicy Zin over the next 2-3 years.

There is but a meager bit of fruit at work here, and it does little enough to offset this dull, close-to-flaccid wine's slightly barky, dried-leaf distractions. Thick, soft and fairly dry at the end, this one has nowhere good to go.

Unbelievably, the VR Chardonnay is made entirely from estate-grown grapes. Look for a ripe, round, fresh and crisp chardonnay with green apple, citrus, peach skin, pear, buttery lees flavours with a floral, orange, buttery finish. Nice elegance and balance with some cool fruit characters. Very attractive style for food or sipping. A triumph of grape growing and winemaking repeated for 24 million bottles.

Nicely perfumed rose petal, plum and black cherry aromas make an easy, graceful entry on the palate, showing a hint of tartness but also zesty raspberry and wild berry notes. Clean and well structured. Drink now through 2009. 202 cases made.

Ripe red apple, grapefruit, melon, grassy aromas. Round, fresh palate with a touch of sweetness. Grapefruit, kiwi, baked apple, green melon skin flavours with a slightly buttery finish.

Some sauvignon blancs bring to mind cool water tumbling over polished rocks, a rushing creek, a river as snow melts. Others, like our Wine of the Week, Kendall-Jackson 2005 Vintner's Reserve California Sauvignon Blanc, are all sunlight. This wine is crisp and bright, like a cloudless summer morning. Among the fruit aromas - mostly apple and sweet citrus - there is a whisper of freshly cut hay. It is an endearing quality and one that makes the wine an excellent afternoon sip or before-dinner aperitif.

A rich sauvignon blanc. Flavors of peach, tangelo, lime, pippin apple and gooseberry. It has a soft texture, but a crisp finish.

This white had a bracing acidity to cut the natural sweetness of the riesling grape; it also helped emphasize the bratwurst's spice.

Top 100 90+ point wines under $25. This bottling of Grenache is Beautifully proportioned, with impressive depth and length and generous black cherry and pomegranite flavors. Winemaker Peter Fraser sources the estate-grown fruit from up to 60 year old vines and ages the wine for 15 months in 1-2 year old French barriques.