"The 2010 Syrah Laborde Double Select was sourced from 48-year-old ungrafted vines and aged for 14 months in 50% new French barriques before bottling without fining or filtration. It sports an expressive perfume of smoke, bacon, game, leather, pepper, and blueberry. Smooth-textured and elegant on the palate, this savory, ripe Syrah conceals enough structure to evolve for 2-3 years and offers a drinking window extending from 2013 to 2022. It is an outstanding value."  Jay Miller, December 2011

"Harvested from rock strewn soils in Argentina's highest vineyard at 4,700 feet, this is a full bodied, deep yellow chardonnay. The nose is even, complex and rich but not overtly showy, with well integrated pineapple/peach, crème brule, herbs/evergreen. It's full bodied, quite rich, creamy and hot on the finish, with tobacco smoke. It's big and powerful . . . Excellent to outstanding length." David Lawrason, September 2012