2022 USA Wine Over $100

With the same Eola-Amity Hills sourcing as the Richard Hermann bottling the Freya Hermann Cuvée spends additional time in elévage spending two full years in barrel. Reductive yet unctuous with a stunning texture owing to the... Read More

The 2022 Chardonnay Kathryn Hermann Cuvée is fantastically spicy offering layers of peach graham cracker matchstick and coriander seed on the nose. The medium-bodied palate has a luxuriously silky texture and highly concentrated... Read More

The 00 Chardonnay is made with a heavy pressing and allowed to oxidise before fermentation an old Burgundian method from the last century referred to as Black Chardonnay. The wines then sit with the heavy lees in the barrel with... Read More

The 2022 Chardonnay Seven Springs is dynamic and expressive! White peach lemongrass and panna cotta are underpinned by wafts of flint allspice honey and almonds on the nose and as it opens in the glass it reveals soaring floral... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Kanzler Vineyard is plump juicy and ready to go. Vivid floral and savory overtones play off a core of exuberant Russian River fruit. Black cherry mocha cloves new leather and a kiss of French oak build into... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Silice Vineyard is transparent and pure. It has detailed aromas of cranberry pomegranate and tangerine peel while accents of mossy bark and mushrooms evoke a shady forest. The medium-bodied palate is concentrated... Read More

The Bergström Vineyard in the Dundee Hills is composed of volcanic clay and basalt soils and that terroir really comes through in the 2022 Pinot Noir Bergström Vineyard. The nose evokes scorched earth iron and meaty tones before... Read More

Jubilation is the newest wine in the Colgin Cellars collection. Jubilation is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine created with a selection of barrels that display earlier drinking characteristics from the three hillside vineyards.... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Bloom's Field is the most red-fruited and floral of the roster opening on a reserved note but ceaselessly escalating in intensity. The palate takes a dramatically powerful saturated turn into a slow-moving... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir La Côte opens with a composed harmonious nose that only hints at the concentration and weightless density found within combining bright high-toned fruit aromas with profound grounded savory flourishes. The... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard comes from high-density Swan and Calera-clone vines planted in 2004. Grapes were harvested on August 15-16 well before the Labor Day heat wave. This has expressive wild aromas of black and red... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Ryan comes from the Dutton-Widdoes and Dutton-Jentoft Vineyards and grapes were harvested August 18 and later on September 4 just before the Labor Day heat wave. It unfurls dramatically in the glass where wild... Read More

Bold and intense with notes of salted butterscotch juicy pineapple lemon curd and tangerine marmalade at the core. Expands into complex elements of toasted marshmallow litsea oil shortbread lemon blossoms and sweetgrass. A vibrant... Read More

A stunning concentrated and expressive Chardonnay with notes of orange blossoms candied lemon peel crunchy star fruit and pear. Offers accents of salted Marcona almond tarragon and lemon verbena plus a vibrant thread of acidity... Read More

Aromatic and distinctive with a hint of smoked sea salt up front. Offers flavors of pear yellow apple and peach at the core with lime zest and herbal accents of lemon verbena lemon balm and honeysuckle plus a touch of fresh ginger.... Read More

Elegant sleek and juicy with an intense core of lemon zest white nectarine and golden kiwi flavors that are pure and ripe. Aromatics of wild fennel and vetiver join an appealing touch of salted caramel apple adding roundness.... Read More

I tasted the 2022 Chardonnay Temperance Hill Vineyard from tank two months before it was due to be bottled. It was matured for one year in second- and third-fill Damy oak puncheons with an additional six months in stainless steel.... Read More

I tasted the 2022 Chardonnay Witness Tree Vineyard from tank two months before it was due to be bottled. It was matured for 12 months in 28% new Damy oak barrels plus six months in stainless steel. Initial flinty tones complement... Read More

I tasted the 2022 Chardonnay X Omni Vineyard from tank two months before it was due to be bottled. It was matured for 12 months in 70% new Damy barrels and puncheons plus six months in stainless steel. The X Omni offers an intoxicating... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Vineyard Cuvée Elizabeth is deep and heady on the nose. Youthful pomegranate and rhubarb give way to cinnamon red licorice hibiscus and rooibos tea plus the complex woodsy and spicy undertones... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge Vineyard has layered aromas of cranberry sauce Earl Grey tea leaves bitters and foresty undertones and it becomes more floral as it airs in the glass. The palate derives power from its sheer concentration... Read More

The 2022 Pinot Noir Running Fence Vineyard Cuvée Catherine offers a strong sense of place with aromas reminiscent of both the forest and the ocean: mushrooms nori saline and autumn leaves complement a core of pomegranate and... Read More

Expansive broad and aromatic the notes of toasted fennel lemon thyme litsea oil and vetiver leap out of the glass giving way to opulent flavors of grilled peach caramelized pineapple and spiced baked apples. Shows power and elegance... Read More