Reviews

Editor's Choice. At this reasonable price, this wine is a great success. It’s dry, crisp in acidity and creamy in texture, with pleasant orange, pineapple and apricot flavors.

A nice red quaff, ripe and juicy, with easygoing cherry, cola, and spicy caramel flavors.

With a touch of those famously green new Zealand gooseberries that give it a tart bite, this Sauvignon Blanc is relieved by California richness. There's no oak involved in the winemaking process. What you get is pure apricot, orange, lime lemon and pineapple fruitiness, brightened with acidity.

This is floral and spicy with alcohol, a brash, young red with grapey flavor.

The 2012 Beaune Les Montée Rouge is another super-impressive entry-level offering from Vougeraie. Here the fruit is wonderfully centered and poised, which gives the wine its sense of direction and focus. Licorice, dried rose petal, cinnamon and sweet rasp

The 2012 Clos du Prieuré Blanc presents an attractive mix of apricot, mint and spice notes. Here the style is soft, round and caressing, with a touch less minerality than some of the other whites but more texture, resonance and breadth. There is a sense o

Firm and rich on the palate, this red is lightly aromatic, offering notes of lavender, dark berry and crushed rock, with lively acidity and tannins.

Lightly nutty, with a toasted almond note followed by yellow apple and shortbread flavors. A dried pineapple hint shows on the finish.