2017 Bodega Chacra Barda Pinot Noir Patagonia
Balanced and earthy Pinot from Patagonia
Red Wines
2015 Limerick Lane Syrah Headpruned Block Russian River Valley
Age-worthy Russian River Syrah
2006 Ridge Petite Sirah Dynamite Hill Spring Mountain
Petite Sirah in its drinking window (at last)
2016 Fields Family Wines Syrah Whole Cluster Mokelumne River Lodi
A mix of bright and dark in a whole-cluster Syrah
1998 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Old-vine Châteauneuf, drinking beautifully twenty years out
2013 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard Napa Valley
Perfumed, elegant, and shimmery old-vine Cabernet
2014 Fields Family Wines Zinfandel Stampede Vineyard Lodi
Deft, drinkable, and delicious Lodi Zin
2013 Ramey Syrah Rodgers Creek Vineyard Sonoma Coast
A profound, and profoundly age-worthy, vineyard designate Syrah from the Sonoma Coast
2014 Ramey Syrah Sonoma Coast
Exceptional value in an Old World style California Syrah
2014 Passopisciaro Contrada S Terre Siciliane
Hold this contrada-designate for at least five years
2015 Ramey Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
Elegant, earthy, attenuated Pinot Noir
2013 Fontanafredda Barolo
A well-priced Barolo from a storied house