2016 Gallica Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Rosemary Cakebread sources fruit from the Oakville Ranch Vineyard for her Napa Cabernet. The wine is Cab Sauv with a little Cab Franc, and…
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2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit Blanc de Tablas Paso Robles
Tablas Creek’s flagship white blend leans on Roussanne (46 percent), with healthy doses of Grenache blanc (28 percent) and Picpoul (14 percent), and smaller…
Emeritus Vineyards 2019 Pinot Noir from Pinot Hill East and Pinot Hill West
Emeritus bottles two expressions from their estate Pinot Hill vineyard using fruit harvested on each side of the hill. The eastern flank gets morning…
2019 Corison Winery Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Napa Valley
Cathy Corison’s 2019 Napa Valley Cabernet, just released, is deep, brilliant ruby-purple and, as with all of of her wines, is highly perfumed, scented…
2021 Inman Family Wines Chardonnay Pratt Vine Hill Russian River Valley Sonoma County
The Pratt Vine Hill Chardonnay bottling is a mix of clones grown in sandy Goldridge soils. The vineyard is certified sustainable. The grapes were…
2019 Inman Family Wines Pinot Noir Olivet Grange Vineyard Russian River Valley Sonoma County
Fruit for Kathleen Inman’s estate Pinot is farmed organically. The grapes were harvested at night, mostly de-stemmed, and fermented with ambient cultures in a…
2020 Tablas Creek Vineyard Mourvèdre Adelaida District Paso Robles
This is the 17th bottling of Tablas Creek’s varietal Mourvèdre, the fruit grown organically and biodynamically on the winery’s estate vineyard. About 140 cases…
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…
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,…