USA Blend

The 2023 Dolinsek Ranch Heritage Wine is a wild exotic wine. Red cherry kirsch apricot mint blood orange spice rose petal and sweet spice all grace this layered silky Zinfandel-based field blend from vines planted in 1910. The... Read More

Bedrock wine company was started in 2007 by Morgan Twain-Petersen, the son of Joel Petersen who had established Ravenswood. Working initially out of a garage with outdoor fermenters and subsequently borrowing space in a friend’s... Read More

The 2023 Papera Ranch Heritage Wine is an unusual wine in that Carignane represents about 35% of the blend. Red-toned fruit and floral nuances run through this super-expressive wine. Pliant and creamy the 2023 has an abundance... Read More

Colgin's 2021 IX Estate is a rich opulent example with layers of ripe black cherries and dark chocolate punctuated by hints of sage and bay leaf plus some vaguely floral notes (violets?). Full-bodied concentrated velvety and... 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

This captures gorgeous flavors of mulberry blackberry and boysenberry compote and infuses them with sparkling anise sage and singed wood spice notes while iron minerality and racy acidity provide ample structure with mouthwatering... Read More

"Christian Moueix and his talented winemaking team continue to rewrite the definition of a Napa Valley reference point wine. I have had a difficult time keeping the corks in my bottles of 1994 Dominus. Eight-thousand cases were... Read More

"Savory herbs menthol smoke and licorice are some of the aromas that open up in the glass in the 2011 Dominus. This is a relatively immediate expressive Dominus with plenty of near-term appeal. The style is open and succulent... Read More

The exuberance and drama in the stunning nose of the dense plum-colored 2012 Dominus offers up notes of Asian spice ripe black currants kirsch tobacco leaf and Christmas fruitcake. It is full-bodied and opulent with no hard edges... Read More

The 2021 Dominus is a 3700-case blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc with 40% of the wine matured in new French oak. Black cherries and cassis lead the way accented by scents of crushed stone and pencil shavings.... Read More

The 2021 Dominus is a 3700-case blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc with 40% of the wine matured in new French oak. Black cherries and cassis lead the way accented by scents of crushed stone and pencil shavings.... Read More

The 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon displays an impressively saturated ruby/purple color and a tight but promising bouquet of licorice black currants and toasty oak. There is more tannin but it is not intrusive. Fleshy with fine purity... Read More

From a north-facing site at elevation the 2019 Cerro Sur is a bold savory wine loaded with energy. This Cabernet Franc-based wine is bursting with tension. Floral spice and mocha accents lend striking aromatic top notes. I am... Read More

Riper and substantially more expressive than the 2018 Fortunate Son's 2019 Red Wine The Diplomat is a plush luscious wine laden with black cherries mocha and loam notes. It's full-bodied rich velvety and supple with a... Read More

Deep garnet-purple colored the 2021 The Diplomat Teralc prances out of the glass with showy notions of juicy blackberries and plum preserves followed by hints of licorice dried mint and tilled soil with a waft of sassafras. The... Read More

Across the board the 2019s at this address are riper and plusher than the 2018s and Fortunate Son's 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon The Warrior is no exception. Black cherries and red cherries join cedar and vanilla shadings on the... Read More

The opaque purple-colored 1996 Harlan Estate reveals extraordinary intensity a spicy black currant tobacco cedar and fruit cake-scented bouquet full body a texture oozing with glycerin and concentrated fruit and moderate tannin... Read More

Deep purple-black the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Vin State Lane Vineyard rockets out of the glass with intense notes of blackcurrant cordial plum preserves and blueberry pie plus hints of Chinese five spice dusty soil menthol... Read More