2021 Massican Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard Napa Valley
Massican’s varietal Chardonnay is made from the musqué clone grown in the Hyde Vineyard, in Carneros, planted in 1992. It’s fermented and aged in…
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2019 Hawk and Horse Vineyards Sparkling Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé Red Hills Lake County
This vintage traditional method rosé from Hawk and Horse uses biodynamically farmed Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is the color of pink tourmaline and animated…
2017 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Napa Valley
Cathy Corison’s 2017 Napa Cabernet is lovely now, but, like all of her younger wines, has many years ahead of it. The color is…
2018 Brick & Mortar Pinot Noir Cougar Rock Vineyard Napa Valley
Cougar Rock Vineyard straddles 1,450 to 1,800 feet of elevation in the Vaca Mountains, east of Yountville. The Pinot for this wine was harvested…
2021 Joseph-Jibril Carbonic Pinot Noir Marshall Ranch Sonoma Coast
As I mentioned in my review of the Joseph-Jibril rosé, I can’t be fully objective about this wine, having met one of the winemakers,…
2021 Joseph-Jibril Pinot Noir Rosé Russian River Valley
I can’t be impartial about this wine, because Jaam Moynihan, who is one half of the Joseph-Jibril team, is something of a protegé. I’ve…
2020 Covenant Solomon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc Bennett Valley
The Sauvignon Blanc grapes are grown in estate’s Moaveni Vineyard, and the fruit was fermented with ambient cultures and aged for ten months in…
2021 Massican Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley
The 2021 Massican Sauvignon Blanc is a ripe wine with a perfume of musk, jasmine, and lime peel. Shimmery front-of-palate acidity gives way to…
2015 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard Napa Valley
The 2015 vintage was Cathy Corison’s twentieth from her estate Kronos Vineyard, so it was a natural choice to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary….
2019 Cromavera Albariño San Luis Obispo County
Cromavera’s varietal Albariño is fermented and aged in a mix of stainless steel and neutral oak barrels. It’s fragrant of sharp citrus, especially lime…
2020 Birichino Grenache Pétillant Naturel Besson Vineyard Santa Clara Valley
This 2020 vintage pét-nat contains a small amount of the winery’s “Hommage à Georges Besson,” which is a multi-vintage assemblage in the appassimento tradition….
2019 Gundlach Bundschu Estate Chardonnay Sonoma Coast
This Chardonnay is grown on the Gundlach Bundschu estate in a zone cooled by the Petaluma Gap. The average vine age is 30 years,…