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This zesty version offers effusive crushed red fruit and spice flavors that show white pepper hints followed by crisp minerality on the lively open-textured finish. Drink now through 2023.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Special Reserve marries the breadth and substance of Anderson Valley with the light touch Noah Dorrance favors here. Succulent red cherry fruit spice menthol licorice and dried herbs build nicely as this mid-weight... Read More

The 2021 Chardonnay Bearwallow Vineyard is floral and lifted but also pretty tightly wound at this stage. Apricot tangerine peel almond and light tropical notes all grace this very pretty understated Anderson Valley Chardonnay.... Read More

The 2011 Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict is the most open and radiant of the 2011 Sandhi Pinots mostly because high amounts of shatter lowered yields dramatically. Floral and savory notes come to life as the wine sits in the glass... Read More

The 2021 Francis Road Vineyard is an unusual blend of 50% Grenache and 50% Mission from an organically farmed vineyard in the Cucamonga Valley that includes about 20% white grapes. Pale garnet it's bursting with aromas of... Read More

The 2021 Palomino Lopez Vineyard is an unusual oxidatively styled wine made in the style of Sherry though without fortification. One-third of the Palomino received two weeks of skin contact and the final blend was matured in Manzanilla... Read More

The 2007 Grenache Dangerous Birds from the Eleven Confessions Vineyard is a big huge wine loaded with dark cherries plums licorice and smoke all of which come together in a sensual captivating wine of the highest level. This shows... Read More

More up-front and open-knit the 2004 In the Dark (Grenache) checks in as a blend of 84% Grenache 8% Mourvedre 7% Syrah and 1% Viognier that comes mostly from Manfred’s 11 Confessions Vineyard yet includes small portions from... Read More

In addition to these new releases I was also able to taste through a number of older vintages including the 2001 Albino 2006 Hoodoo Man 2003 The Inaugural 2004 Ode to E 1998 E Raised 2001 On Your Toes 2005 Nail in My Cranium and... Read More

An explosion of floral and spice notes lifts from the 2017 Nuestra Señora del Tercer Gemelo. Crushed red berries flowers mint and cinnamon give the 2017 striking aromatic intensity to match its mid-weight personality. Silky tannins... Read More

The 2018 Nuestra Señora del Tercer Gemelo is based on Petite Sirah this year. Rich and ample and explosive the 2018 is wonderfully exotic dense and full-throttle. Blackberry jam chocolate spice menthol and licorice are some of... Read More

The 2018 Cabernet Franc is an absolutely gorgeous wine in this range. This is a beautifully layered vertical wine with tons of nuance and complexity. Although the 2018 is naturally very young it has tons of potential. Hints of... Read More

Creamy and plush with lithe apple and peach pastry flavors that are well-knit. Vibrant and airy spiciness on the open-textured finish. Drink now through 2023.

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Calarcadia Vineyard was aged in 100% new French oak for 20 months. Deep garnet-purple in color it features beautifully expressive notes of crème de cassis chocolate-covered cherries and baked plums... Read More

The 2019 Le DĂ©sir is just as stunning as the first time I tasted it from bottle. It's pure and layered with alluring scents of Morello cherries dried mushrooms cigars sage and aniseed wafting from the glass. The palate strikes... Read More

Stephane Vivier refers to himself as the Lazy Winemaker.

With a minimalistic, handsoff approach, Stephane a native Burgundian has a love for Pinot Noir. After studing across the globe from Switzerland, Sonoma and New Zealand,... Read More

A tank sample the 2021 Chardonnay Cuvée Anne has beautiful aromas of apple pie quince and elderflower with streaks of matchstick and roasted almonds. The light-bodied palate has a quietly intense core of honeyed fruit tangy acidity... Read More

The 2021 Chardonnay Koosah Vineyard—the first iteration of this single-vineyard wine from Walter Scott—is already impressive from tank. Youthful hints of matchstick give way to intense aromas of white peach jasmine spring... Read More

Medium ruby the 2021 Pinot Noir Cuvée Ruth has alluring aromas of cranberry sauce rhubarb orange and woodsmoke with generous botanical nuances. The light-bodied palate is chalky and fresh loaded with perfumed berry fruit and... Read More

The 2021 Pinot Noir Koosah Vineyard still in barrel has a medium ruby-purple color and pure scents of pomegranate rhubarb and cranberry with accents of leather mushrooms tobacco leaves and orange peel. Medium-bodied finely chalky... Read More

This nervy appetizing and tightly balanced wine holds back a bit from complete ripeness to bring out tangy red- and black-cherry aromas raspberry and cranberry flavors and a moderately tannic texture on a medium body. Made with... Read More