The 2020 Chardonnay Jackson Estate Cloud Landing offers ripe aromas of yellow apple, toasted corn, and lemon custard. The palate is sunny with pineapple, orange oil, and baking spice. Richly textural and sunny, drink this now or over the next 6-8 years.

The 2020 Chardonnay Estates Collection Camelot Highlands is luxurious, with perfumed notes of custard, candied pear, and lime blossom. The palate is ripe and inviting, offering confectionary spiced pear, peaches with orange citrus, and a long finish. Drink over the next 3-6 years.

An amalgam of all their single vineyard wines, the 2020 Chardonnay Russian River Valley is fresh with green pear liquor, flint, and white flowers. The palate is snappy on the finish, with lemon pith, ripe green apple skin, and wet stone. Drink this now and over the next 6 or so years.

Sourced from a block within the Durrell Vineyard, the 2019 Chardonnay Stone Côte Vineyard is fresh with layers of lemon curd, wet stone, and hint of flinty reduction. The palate is ripe and has a primary fruit of ripe pear up front, with a snappy citrus lift on the finish. Drink now or over the next 6-8 years.

This is Copain’s first vintage of Cabernet Franc, and it comes from a cool, high-elevation site. The 2019 Cabernet Franc Taylor Peak is floral with red flowers, wet stone, redcurrant, and fresh herbs. The palate is vibrant and full, with a touch of gamey, iron-like richness. Two hundred cases will be released in the fall, and it will be worth snapping up if you can get your hands on it. Drink over the next 10 or more years.

The 2019 Syrah Sealift has a darker floral profile, with blackberry candy, lavender, and sweet smoke. The palate is ripe up front, with black plum, and fresh acidity lifts through the finish. Drink 2024-2030.

The 2019 Syrah Hawks Butte Vineyard leads with spice of black pepper, dried flowers, and scorched earth. The palate is more structured, with a darker mineral character revealing dried herbs and plum, and it lifts cleanly off the palate. Drink over the next 8-10 years.

The 2019 Grenache Brosseau Vineyard is lifted with aromas of strawberry preserve, spice, and candied rose petal. The palate is vibrant and structured, with poppy cranberry and violet candy. Drink over the next 6 years or so.

The 2020 Pinot Noir Anderson Valley offers more purple flowers, turned earth, and cherry. The palate is full up front, with present tannic grip, and moves into cherry pit and savory mushroom. Hold another year or so and enjoy 2024-2034.

The 2020 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast is juicy with fruit punch-like aromas of ripe red plum and candied flowers. The palate is soft up front and tapers to crunchy red fruit, with pomegranate on the finish. With its fine tannin structure, this is a great, food-friendly Pinot to drink now or over the next 8 or so years.

The 2020 Chardonnay Tidal Break is fresh with white peach, baking spice, and fresh lemon. The palate is soft and inviting, with lemon pith, green apple, and a stony mouthfeel. Drink 2022-2028.

Lots of floral aromas lead with the 2020 Sauvignon Blanc, including honeysuckle, tropical fruits of papaya, and flinty reduction. The palate is zippy and fresh, with grapefruit pith, savory mountain herbs, and fresh acidity. Drink 2022-2028.

The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc has soft tropical aromas of fresh mango, pink grapefruit, and creamy lemon curd with light baking spice. The palate is juicy and rounded up front before closing with its more focused citrus, including fresh peach and grapefruit. Drink over the next 6 years.

Lifted, with cherry cola up front, the 2020 Pinot Noir Anderson Valley has a generous palate of fresh cranberry cocktail, sweet baking spice, and tangy acid on the finish. This red is hard not to love and is full of pleasure. Drink it now or over the next 5-6 years.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Gran Moraine Vineyard is fresh with delicate violet floral aromas, slatey minerality, and beet root. The palate is juicy up front, with red cherry fruit, dried herbs, and turned earth. It has a medium build and a refreshingly soft, stony texture. Drink it over the next 6 or so years.

The 2020 Chardonnay Willamette Valley is fresh with aromas of crushed oyster shell, lime zest, and pear. The palate is medium-bodied, with ripe green apple on the mid-palate, a mineral texture, and refreshing citrus peel on the finish. It is delicious now, with an Old World Chablis-inspired application. Drink it now or over the next 6 or so years.

Second-use French oak was used for the 2020 Chardonnay Bennett Valley, and the wine is expressive of a fresh style. The aromatics are delicately floral, with honeydew melon and fresh lime zest, and the palate is ripe up front, with juicy fresh fruits, white peach, and pear. It has acid without being austere on the finish. Drink this over the next 6 or more years.

The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc Jackson Park Vineyard has beautiful floral aromas of honeysuckle, fresh citrus, and guava. Ripe and juicy, it offers rounded peach fruit with vanilla up front that gives way to a refreshing lemon pith acidity on the finish. Drink now or over the next 8 or more years.

The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc Helena Bench is perfumed with redcurrant, fresh lilac, and lime zest and has a rounded texture, with ripe fruit that moves through the mid-palate, including pink grapefruit and green papaya. Drink now or over the next 3-5 years.

Aged 15 months (as are the red wines) in 30% new French oak, the nose of the 2019 Chardonnay Skycrest Vineyard has some depth, with toasted brioche, green apple skin, and lemon curd. The palate is soft while maintaining a core of acidity and energy, and it is floral with fresh white flowers.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Jolie Estate Vineyard has floral tones that lift from the glass with fresh roses and and raspberry. The palate is supple and silky with a note of strawberry preserve followed by freshness and lift in the finish. This a very charming style of Pinot Noir with a lot of pleasure up front. Drink it now or over the next 6-8 years.

The 2018 Pinot Noir Saralee’s Vineyard is ripe with classic Russian River character, including notes of cola, black cherry, and turned earth. The palate is rich with sassafras and raspberry candy and softly textured. Ripe and mouth-filling, this is ready to drink now or over the next 3-5 years.

The 2019 Chardonnay 9 Barrel, sourced from nine different parcels, displays generous oak influence, with baking spice, vanilla custard, and peach. The palate is full and has a more opulent mouthfeel, with ripe cantaloupe and baked apple. Drink this over the next 3-5 years.

There is more savory richness in the 2019 Chardonnay Durell Vineyard, revealing notes of baking spice, ripe yellow apple, and pear. The palate is concentrated and round, with cantaloupe, vanilla, lemon pith, and modest acidity. Drink this over the next few years.

The 2019 Chardonnay Tidal Break Vineyard is flush with pineapple candy aromas, lemon pastry, and green apple. The palate is rounded and full, in line with the nose, with a hint of bitter almond on the finish. This white is perfect for relatively youthful drinking or over the next 3-5 years.