This vineyard is located on a mountain ridge north of Fort Ross on the Sonoma Coast at 700 feet elevation, and the wine was aged for 14 months in 39% new French oak. The 2019 Chardonnay Far Coast Vineyard offers more lime citrus, saline minerality, and white peach, and the palate is fresh, energetic, and consistent with the nose. Texture-wise, it is markedly different, with more focused structure and tension. Drink 2024-2034.

From the Zena Crown Vineyard, the 2019 Pinot Noir Warrior Princess is bright with dried roses, anise, and wild red raspberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied, with fresh crunchy red fruit, and poppy, snappy, fresh acidity. Refreshing and pretty in style, it can be drunk now or over the next 10 or more years.

There is a deeper tone to the 2019 Pinot Noir Velvet Sisters that moves into notes of turned potting soil, cherry pit, and woodsy spice. The palate is full of candied raspberry, mineral rich earth, and crushed lavender. Drink 2022-2034.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Hailey's Block is rich with aromas of pine resin, mint, dark mineral richness, and juicy red cherry. The fruit is forward upfront, with ripe raspberry, but gives way to its more tension-driven structure. Drink over the next 10 to 15 years.

From a ridge-top vineyard at 1150 feet of elevation, located west of the town of Occidental, facing Bodega Bay and the Pacific Ocean, the 2019 Pinot Noir Seascape Vineyard is fragrant with dried roses and wild red raspberry, and savory with salinity. The palate is ripe and inviting, with gushy strawberry fruit as well as spice. With its silky texture, lift, and fresh acidity, it is drinking beautifully now and will drink well through 2030.

Sourced from both the Montana and the Dakota estate, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Anakota Knights Valley is focused and pretty in its aromatics, with dusty earth, currant liqueur, and crushed flowers. The palate is layered, with seamless, well-integrated structure, notes of plum candy and violets, and a soft stone mineral finish. Drink it over the next 15 years, but it will be tough not to drink this now.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Land's Edge Vineyards is a blend of the Far Coast and the Seascape vineyards, which are both within four miles of the Pacific Ocean The wine is resinous with cherry lozenge, dried shitake, and dusty earth. The full-bodied palate is savory with gastronomic appeal, revealing fruit and structure. Drink 2024-2038.

From a site that sits at 2000 feet of elevation, on the top of the ridge, the 2019 Pinot Noir Muldune Trail is a darker mineral tone in contrast to the Velvet Sisters. The palate is full and generous, with gushy ripe cherry fruit that persists through the finish along with fine-grained tannins. This is ready to go now or over the next ten years or more.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Fog Dance Vineyard is fragrant of sweet herbs and clove, sweet smoke, and cherry candy. Juicy fruit floods through the mid-palate, with orange zest and strawberry preserve. Approachable and delicious now, drink 2022-2036.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Sevens Bench is full of red cherry aromatics as well as forested earth and pine. The structure is medium-bodied, with modest acidity and fine-grained tannins. A small amount of whole cluster is implemented here, which contributes a savory tone. Drink 2023-2036.

Taking its name from the nightly fog that rolls into the vineyard, the 2019 Chardonnay Fog Dance Vineyard was aged for 13 months in French oak, of which 27% was new. Savory with white button mushroom and light tropical fruit including pineapple, the palate is fleshy, with mango skin and white grapefruit. It is approachable now and through 2032.

Aged for 11 months in 35% new French oak and predominantly from the Laguna Ridge neighborhood of the Russian River Valley, the 2020 Chardonnay Four Hearts Vineyards is lifted, with flinty reduction and a touch darker mineral tone. The palate has richness, savor, and more structure along with a note of pithy citrus and more concentration and tension. Drink 2024-2034.

A little closer to the coast, the 2020 Pinot Noir Maggy Hawk has a more detailed focus on its aromatics, with dried red flowers, raspberry, and reserved baking spice. The palate is compact and structured, with crunchy pomegranate, beet root, and dried roses. Allow a couple years in bottle to see how this one unfolds, and it should reward those who can wait to see where this goes. Drink 2024-2032.

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Cougar Ridge has some savory aromas of fresh leather, red and black plum, and mountain herbs. The palate floods with fresh fruit up front and through the mid-palate, with ripe redcurrant, that leads to a refreshing (and dangerous) drinkability, with a softer stony feel through the finish. Drink 2024-2042.

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Bear Point Vineyard has more medicinal herb on the nose as well as notes of menthol, fresh sage, dark mineral earth, and compact black cherry. The palate is fleshy through the mid-palate, with the structure coming together to lend more savory richness. The finish is long and gives way to its mineral profile. Drink 2026-2046.

The 2020 Pinot Noir Edmeades Vineyard leads with very floral aromas of fresh raspberry liqueur, crushed roses, and cinnamon spice. The palate is open, with a hug of fresh fruit, red cherry, and forest floor as well as fine tannins. This another super pleasurable wine to drink now or over the next 8 years.

With 70% Merlot from Bennett Valley and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon from Knights Valley, the 2019 Journey Red is perfumed with blackcurrant candies almost moving into blue fruits, gravelly earth, and fresh leather. The palate is structured and full, with rich mineral earth moving into purple flowers and blue and black fruits. Drink 2025-2038.

The 2019 Merlot Keyes Vineyard offers a more powerful and assertive character, with cedar, tobacco leaf, and spiced black plum. It has an iron-rich texture, with light game and meatiness, black fruits including cherry pit, and earthiness on the finish. Hold this 2-3 years and drink over the next 10-15 years.

The 2020 Chardonnay Journey is layered with its aromatics of yellow flowers, fresh lemon balm, and white peach, as well as a light, reductive, flinty tone. It has a supple, silky texture on the palate, with honeydew melon and delicate baking spice. Drink 2022-2030.

Led with Clone 777, the 2019 Pinot Noir Stormin' Estate Vineyard has a darker fruit profile, with black raspberry, rich mineral earth, and cedar. Full cherry fruit floods the palate, with baking spice, fine tannins, and a long finish. Hold this another year or so and drink 2024-2034.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Afleet Estate Vineyard utilized 40% stem inclusion with whole clusters. The aromatics are spiced and take on more depth, with red plum, cinnamon, and forest floor. The palate has more structure as well, with brambly red fruit, wild raspberry, and turned earth. It has a bit of youthful astringency on the peripheral palate, so hold 1-2 years and drink 2024-2032.

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Stature is flush with classic aromatics of cedar, pipe tobacco, and black currant liqueur. The palate is full throughout and rich with plum skin, iron rich earth, and dried sage. Drink 2024-2037.

Moving further north into Mendocino, the 2020 Chardonnay Jackson Estate Sable Mountain Vineyard has savory appeal, revealing notes of fresh pine, lemon verbena, and ripe apple. The palate is ripe with energetic tension, with white peach, pear, and baking spice. Drink 2022-2030.

Moving into more candied and confected aromatics, the 2019 Pinot Noir Marin County is noted by sweet purple flowers and candied raspberry. The palate is softly textured and very pretty in style. The florality continues through the palate and is delicate and fresh. Drink 2022-2038.

Fragrant with fresh flowers, the 2019 Chardonnay Three Jacks Vineyard is noted by dusty, chalky earth, sun-ripened yellow apple, and chamomile. The palate is full and moves into green apple skin. Drink over the next 10 or more years. This is a very pretty style of Chardonnay.