One of the few remaining traditionalists, Lopez de Heredia is known for outrageously long bottle aging in their legendary cellars prior to releasing the wine. On the red side, the 2002 reserva from the Bosconia vineyard has brick red at the rim, notes of maturity, and elegance. Lopez de Heredia. But it was deliciously fun snapshot. MORE >>

For a Champagne house of such stature, it was a bit startling to see how little wine there is in the cellar. All of the Salon wine from the 1999, 2002, and 2004 vintages - all that there is for the whole world, is in this cellar (that looked kind of like a garage). And they don't make it very often. Calm, cool, collected. MORE >>

Most of us would say yes, and that's probably because his practices in the vineyard and in the cellar reflect the values that are encapsulated within the grower Champagne ethos. Jean-Baptiste Lecaillon pouring 2002 Cristal. 2002 and 2004 Cristal, and pretty tasty too. Entry hall at Champagne Louis Roederer. MORE >>

If I really wanted to drink a Lafon Meursault nowadays, I'd have to buy a bottle at auction because I've been told that, like many of Burgundy's great wines, these require many years of cellaring before they reveal all that they have to offer. I drank a white wine by Domaine des Comtes Lafon the other night the first time I have ever done so. MORE >>

believe that Krug Collection wines are simply held back after disgorgement, kept in the cellar for further post-disgorgement aging. week or so later BrooklynLady and I opened a bottle she gave to me for my birthday, the 2002 André Clouet Brut Millésimé , $50, Imported by Village Wine Imports. 2002 André Clouet is one of them. MORE >>