The 2024 Zinfandel Monte Rosso Vineyard is one of the standouts in this vintage. Rich and sumptuous but also light on its feet, the 2024 opens with deeply pitched aromatics. Silky, nuanced tannins help shape this striking, mid-weight... Read More
This wine consistently makes a compelling case for one of the best under $50 Oregon Pinot Noirs. Winemaker Ben Casteel believes that the entry-point wine is often the most reflective of an estate’s quality, and therefore... Read More
Fresh and pure, with a pretty gilding of violet and iris notes draped over a solid core of cassis and cherry puree. Shows a graphite underpinning on the finish. Drink now through 2030. 1,914 cases made.
A supple, flavorful, sleek and densely fruity wine on a full body. The tannins seem to build on the palate, giving a little textural grip to raspberry and red and black cherry flavors and attractive oak spices like cinnamon, cloves... Read More
The 2023 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is fresh and balanced, built on a foundation of mostly estate fruit. A long, cool growing season helped preserve the grapes’ bright acidity, giving the wine energy. Notes of salted lemon... Read More
This might be the best $26 wine in the country, a blend of Cancilla, Freedom Hill, and Croft vineyards, with just a dash of a fourth site, Torres Hill, an Evesham Wood estate vineyard located just outside the Van Duzer appellation.... Read More
Aromas of Kaffir lime leaf, pineapple sage, pithy citrus, lemon blossom and candied ginger mingle and dance on the nose of this concrete egg and neutral oak-aged Sauvignon Blanc. The palate brings a nervy freshness and minerality... Read More
Stone fruits, tart apricot, and some honeyed, floral notes all emerge from the 2023 Viognier, a juicy, medium-bodied, elegant Viognier that has a nicely balanced, elegant mouthfeel and a clean finish. It's beautifully balanced... Read More
There's impressive precision and focus to the flavors in this white, with pure Meyer lemon, pomelo, yuzu and fresh ginger accents, plus a crunchy sea salt detail. Honeycrisp apple, lemon verbena and lemon blossom notes emerge... Read More
Leaps out of the glass with intensity, offering vibrant fruit flavors of crisp Meyer lemon, apple and pear. Aromatic details of tangerine, lime sherbet and lemon blossoms add complexity alongside fresh herbal accents of lemon... Read More
The 2023 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast) is a terrific introduction to the wines that also bodes well for the vineyard-designates that will be released next year. Aromatic, translucent and deep, the Sonoma Coast bottling is super-nessed... Read More
