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Kendall-Jackson
2019 Jackson Estate Cloud Landing Pinot Noir
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Medium ruby, the 2019 Pinot Noir Cloud Landing is scented of dark cherries, orange peel, forest floor and potpourri with touches of tobacco and cinnamon. The medium-bodied palate is concentrated and powerful, with finely grained tannins, juicy acidity and a long, lifted finish.

Kendall-Jackson
2019 Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve is blended with 7% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 3% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot and was matured for 15 months in 30% new French oak. It has a deep ruby-purple color and pretty accents of cinnamon, violet, leather, dried herbs and bitter chocolate complementing cassis fruit. The full-bodied palate is concentrated yet fresh, with finely grained tannins, pure flavors and a very long finish. Give it another 3-5 years in bottle.

Hartford
2019 Winberrie Knolls Zinfandel
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Winberrie Knolls Vineyard comes from more than 100-year-old vines and was matured for 10 months in 47% new French oak. It has a medium ruby-purple color and is bursting with scents of spicy red and black berries with touches of conifer, tobacco and potpourri. The medium-bodied palate is elegant and earthy, with a balance of grainy tannins and juicy acidity, and it finishes long and layered.

Hartford
2019 Highwire Vineyard Zinfandel
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Zinfandel Highwire Vineyard comes from head-trained and high-wire vines that are more than 100 years old. Matured for 10 months in 46% new French oak, it offers scents of grilled peaches, red berries, wildflowers, pie spices and licorice. The full-bodied palate is concentrated and grainy, with rounded acidity and a very long, layered finish that hints at more to come with bottle age.

Hartford Court
2019 Sevens Bench Vineyard Pinot Noir
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Matured for 16 months in 13% new French oak, the medium ruby colored 2019 Pinot Noir Seven's Bench Vineyard has soaring, savory scents of blood orange, woodsmoke, pipe tobacco, charcuterie, black tea leaves and conifer. Medium-bodied, silky, intense and layered, it offers plush red berry fruit, seamless acidity and a long, detailed finish.

Hartford Court
2019 Land's Edge Vineyards Pinot Noir
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Pinot Noir Land’s Edge Vineyards comes from vines on the Sonoma Coast, about four miles from the Pacific Ocean. Matured 10 months in 36% new French oak, it has a medium ruby-purple color and delicate, slowly opening scents of red berries, tea leaves, conifer, bitters and graphite. The medium-bodied palate is powerful, with deep, broody flavors supported by firm tannins, and it finishes with notable length and latency. Allow it to unwind over the next 3-5 years in bottle.

Copain
2018 Brosseau Syrah
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Opaque ruby-purple, the 2018 Syrah Brosseau Vineyard has intense aromas of blueberry and blackberry jam, chargrill, olive, dried mint and lilac. The medium to full-bodied palate is well-balanced, its full, ripe fruits tempered by savory accents and supported by firm, rounded tannins, and it offers satisfying freshness on the long finish.

Copain
2018 Côte Bannie Pinot Noir
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2018 Pinot Noir Côte Bannie, matured in 25% new oak, has a medium ruby color and explosive aromas of blueberries, woodsmoke, cranberries and charcuterie, plus loads of earthy, savory accents. Medium-bodied, firm and fresh, it's deeply fruited and has broody, earthy accents, offering a fan of dark spices and a burst of freshness on the long finish. It's seriously styled and intense and will evolve in bottle over the next 3-5 years.

Copain
2018 Abel Pinot Noir
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Matured in 30% new oak, the medium ruby colored 2018 Pinot Noir Abel offers intense red berry fruit on the nose with accents of tree bark, dried herbs, earth, citrus peel and dried flowers. Medium-bodied with a silky texture, the palate explodes with juicy fruits and earthy accents, its bright freshness carrying the long, spicy finish.

Copain
2019 Tidal Break Vineyard Chardonnay
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Chardonnay Tidal Break is bright and mineral-driven on the nose, with fresh apples and citrus underpinned by saline, almonds and crushed stone aromas. The medium-bodied palate is bursting with pure citrus fruits, which segue to expansive, honey-nut tones on the long, ethereal finish. It was matured in 10% new oak.

Copain
2019 Skycrest Vineyard Chardonnay
93 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Chardonnay Skycrest Vineyard comes from one of Copain's estate vineyards, where vines are planted from about 1,600 to 2,200 feet in elevation. It opens slowly to hazelnuts, white flowers, beeswax and quince paste aromas, with bright accents of citrus and stone. The palate begins medium-bodied, linear and citrusy before expanding its honeyed bass tones, and it finishes with loads of flavor layers. It deserves another year or two in bottle to unfold.

Kendall-Jackson
2019 Jackson Estate Winemaster's Blend
92-94 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Winemaster's Blend, tasted as a barrel sample, has a deep ruby-purple color and cassis aromas with savory accents of tobacco leaves, aniseed, hoisin, graphite and cast iron, plus wafts of violets. Full-bodied and powerful, the palate's ripe, lush fruits are balanced by grainy tannins and bursts of fresh acidity that elevate the long finish. 400 cases will be made after maturing for 20 months in 40% new French oak.

Kendall-Jackson
2019 Stature Cabernet Sauvignon
92-94 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Stature Cabernet Sauvignon, tasted as a barrel sample, has an opaque ruby-purple color and scents of black cherry jam, blueberries, milk chocolate, pie spices and mint leaves. The full-bodied palate is elegant and floral, with finely grained tannins, juicy acidity and a long, spicy finish. 125 cases will be made after 26 months in 85% new French oak.

Kendall-Jackson
2019 Jackson Estate Poet's Peak Cabernet Sauvignon
92-94 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

I tasted the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Poet's Peak as a finished barrel sample. Opaque ruby-purple in color, it is bursting with pure aromas of blueberries, black cherry jam, cedar and violets with wafts of fragrant sage and lavender. Full-bodied, the palate offers powdery tannins, bright acidity and a long, perfumed finish. It will be bottled after 20 months in 45% new French oak; 550 cases will be made.

Kendall-Jackson
2019 Estates Collection Hawkeye Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
92-94 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

I tasted the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Jackson Estate Hawkeye Mountain as a barrel sample. It will mature in 60% new French oak for 20 months and is due to be bottled in August 2022. Opaque ruby-purple in color, it has aromas of cassis, tobacco leaves and violets, with a youthful frame of cedar and sweet spice. The full-bodied palate is grainy, fresh and fragrant at this stage, finishing with gregarious floral perfume.

Zeitlos
2020 Pinot Noir
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2020 Pinot Noir was made with 40% whole clusters and matured for 12 months in about 40% new French oak. Medium ruby, it bursts with scents of cranberry sauce, rhubarb, orange peel, fernet and woodsmoke. The light-bodied palate is chalky and fresh, with delicate, crunchy red fruits and a long, spicy finish.

WindRacer
2018 Skycrest Vineyard Pinot Noir
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Medium ruby-purple, the 2018 Pinot Noir Skycrest Vineyard offers broody red and blackberry fruits with slowly emerging accents of potpourri, aniseed and crushed stone. The medium-bodied palate has an appealing rusticity, with firm, grainy tannins and a fresh, earth-laced finish. It was bottled after 10 months in 33% new French oak.

WindRacer
2018 Sealift Vineyard Pinot Noir
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2018 Pinot Noir Sea Lift, medium ruby-purple in color, opens slowly to cranberry sauce, charcuterie and blood orange with notes of tea leaves, dried earth and bergamot. Medium-bodied, the palate is bursting with juicy fruits which are balanced by loads of spicy and savory nuances. It has a silky texture and bright freshness that calls you back for another sip. It was bottled after 10 months in 30% new French oak.

WindRacer
2018 Alexander Mountain Estate Chardonnay
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2018 Chardonnay Alexander Mountain Estate Vineyard, aged 10 months in 33% new French oak, offers scents of baked apples and toast with nuances of graphite, almonds and beeswax. The medium-bodied palate is satiny and expansive, its lush, spicy fruits balanced by stony streaks and tangy freshness, and it finishes long and flavorful.

Matanzas Creek
2017 Jackson Park Vineyard Merlot
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2017 Merlot Jackson Park Vineyard, aged 20 months in 29% new French oak, has a medium ruby color and singular scents of blueberries, red cherry candy, warm chocolate, thyme and lavender. The palate is full-bodied with fine-grained tannins, bright bursts of acidity, perfumed fruits and a long, spice-laced finish.

Matanzas Creek
2019 Chardonnay Bennett Valley
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Chardonnay Bennett Valley matured for 10 months in 40% new French oak. It has pretty aromas of white peaches, jasmine, roasted almonds and honey. The medium-bodied palate is silky and savory with concentrated, honeyed fruits and a long, refreshing finish.

Maggy Hawk
2019 Edmeades Vineyard White Pinot Noir
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 White Pinot Noir, aged nine months in neutral French oak, is scented of spiced apples, lemon and crushed stone. The medium-bodied palate is bright and fresh with spicy, citrusy flavors, honeyed bass tones and a bright, mineral-driven finish. This will be great as a foil for richer dishes or as a complement for fresh vegetables.

Maggy Hawk
2019 Unforgettable Pinot Noir
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Matured for 16 months in 25% new French oak, the 2019 Pinot Noir Unforgettable has deep scents of red and black cherries, blood orange, forest floor, mushrooms and conifer. The medium-bodied palate is pleasantly broody with seamless acidity and a spicy, earth-laced finish.

Maggy Hawk
2019 Jolie Pinot Noir
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Pinot Noir Jolie comes from vines planted in 2000-2001 and was matured for 16 months in 10% new French oak. Medium ruby in color, it has lush black and red cherry aromas with earthy accents of underbrush and tree bark, plus top notes of citrus peel. The medium-bodied palate is bright and fresh with finely grained tannins, earth-laced fruits and a long, refreshing finish.

La Crema
2019 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
92 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Aged 14 months in 35% new French oak, the 2019 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley has a medium ruby-purple color and savory aromas of dark cherries, iodine, woodsmoke and aniseed. The medium-bodied palate has a silky texture and concentrated, ripe fruits, finishing with satisfying bursts of refreshing acidity.