Fine Wine > Still > $0-20 > 90-92 Pts

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"The 2009 Celeste is 100% Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero aged for 12 months in French and American oak. It offers up an already complex nose of cedar, exotic spices, incense, lavender, espresso, and blackberry. This is followed by a supple, spicy, ripe, layered wine that will evolve for another..

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"This rich red leads with a distinct earthiness to its dark cassis, plum reduction and kirsch notes, gaining traction with layers of woodsy spices, maduro tobacco and licorice that unfold on the long, ... finish."

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"Rich-tasting, with spiced apple and ripe peach flavors accented by tropical fruit notes. Hints of almond show on the minerally and well-structured finish. Drink now through 2028."

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"From Grenache with a bit of Carignan and roughly one-third matured in larger cask, the Bila-Haut 2009 Cotes du Roussillon-Villages Lesquerde L'Esquerda is grown on granitic soil in the town - high up above the Agly and west of Maury - for which it is named, and where Chapoutier has taken-on..

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"Servin’s 2010 Chablis Les Pargues is stunningly beautiful. It boasts crystalline precision in its aromas and flavors. Floral notes lead to crushed rocks, slate and lemon peel in this fabulous Chablis. This is a great showing from Servin’s entry-level offering."