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Bootleg
2018 Red Blend Napa County
92 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, the 2018 Bootleg Red Wine is another fruit-forward, delicious, satisfying red from this estate. Coming all from Napa Valley fruit, its deep purple hue is followed by loads of blue and black fruits as well as notes of chocolate, scorched earth, and tobacco. A big, mouth-filling, chewy, lengthy wine, it's going to pair nicely with red meat and should keep for 7-8 years, although it's not a wine I'd recommend aging.

Arrowood
2017 Réserve Spéciale Cabernet Sauvignon
92 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Cut from the same cloth as the 2018, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Speciale has lots of cassis and blue fruits as well as ample background oak, graphite, crushed stone, and violet-like aromas and flavors. These all carry to a medium-bodied Cabernet with wonderful purity, the straight, focused style of the vintage, some obvious minerality, and a great finish. The balance is spot on, and it has building yet ripe tannins as well as a great finish. Drink this beautiful Cabernet any time over the coming 10-15 years.

Siduri
2018 Van der Kamp Vineyard Pinot Noir
91+ Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Wild strawberries, crushed rocks, mint, and subtle floral notes all emerge from the 2018 Pinot Noir Van Der Kamp Vineyard. Medium-bodied, it has a light, elegant texture, vibrant acidity, and a distinct sense of minerality on the palate. Beautifully done, in a racier, livelier, more streamlined style from this estate, it should benefit from a year of bottle age and keep through 2028.

Copain
2019 Tidal Break Chardonnay
91+ Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The 2019 Chardonnay Tidal Break, which comes from the Sonoma Coast, is another terrific effort. Ripe lemon, salty sea breeze, white flowers, and a touch of rocky mineral-like nuances define the bouquet, and it's medium-bodied, with good concentration, bright acidity, and nicely integrated oak. It will keep for 5-7 years.

Arrowood
2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley
91+ Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley is terrific and just classic Sonoma Cabernet. Lots of cassis, blackcurrants, lead pencil shavings and rocky, savory earth-like nuances all emerge from this spicy, medium-bodied, beautifully balanced Cabernet. It shows the fresh, focused style of the vintage, has wonderful purity, and enough tannins to warrant 2-3 years of bottle age.

Matanzas Creek
2018 Chardonnay Sonoma County
91 Points Antonio Galloni, Vinous

The 2018 Chardonnay (Sonoma County) is a gorgeous appellation-level wine. A touch of new oak adds textural richness. Apricot, lemon confit, mint, white flowers, tangerine oil and spice are all laced together. This is such a pretty wine.

Matanzas Creek
2019 Sauvignon Blanc Bennett Valley
91 Points Antonio Galloni, Vinous

The 2019 Sauvignon Blanc (Bennett Valley) offers striking textural richness along with more tropically leaning fruit, with hints of mango and passionfruit that open in the glass. Bright acids and lifted floral notes add quite a bit of aromatic lift.

Stonestreet
2017 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The base appellation 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley shows the more elegant yet also tannic side to the vintage, giving up lots of red and black currant fruits, medium to full body, building, chewy yet ripe tannins, solid mid-palate depth, and outstanding length. This classic Alexander Valley Cabernet is going to benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for 15+.

Siduri
2019 Ewald Vineyard Pinot Noir
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Bright cherry and cranberry fruits as well as violets and orange blossom all emerge from the 2019 Pinot Noir Ewald Vineyard, and it's shows the more medium-bodied, elegant, streamlined style of the majority of the 2019s from Siduri. With good purity of fruit and notable overall balance, it's well worth drinking any time over the coming 4-6 years.

Siduri
2019 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Spiced cherries, earthy herbs, orange blossom, and hints of flowers all emerge from the 2019 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley, a medium-bodied, supple, elegant Pinot Noir. It's not the most complex or lengthy wine out there, yet it has classic Pinot Noir character, a seamless texture, and outstanding length. I'd be happy to drink a bottle.

Siduri
2018 Ewald Vineyard Pinot Noir
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

More bright cherry and assorted red fruits, spice, leather, and earth emerge from the 2018 Pinot Noir Ewald Vineyard, which has a bright spine of acidity, medium body, and light tannins. It's another vibrant, classy wine from this estate to enjoy over the coming 5-7 years.

Matanzas Creek
2017 Keyes Vineyard Merlot
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Coming from Howell Mountain, the deep purple-hued 2017 Merlot Keyes Vineyard is beautiful, with an elegant, medium-bodied, already complex style. Ample black cherry and blackberry fruits, forest floor, and spring flower notes dominate the bouquet, and it has subtle oak, ripe yet present tannins, and a great finish. It too will keep for over a decade.

Matanzas Creek
2017 Jackson Park Vineyard Merlot
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The 2017 Merlot Jackson Park Vineyard doesn't match the stunning 2016, but it's still a terrific, classic Merlot with ample red and black fruits, lots of mineral, tobacco, and earthy nuances, medium-bodied richness, and the more narrowly constructed, elegant, yet structured style of the vintage. It should keep for at least 7-8 years, and I'd wager over a decade.

Matanzas Creek
2019 Cougar Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

More golden apples, toasted bread, and white flower notes emerge from the 2019 Chardonnay Cougar Ridge Vineyard, another beautiful Alexander Valley Chardonnay that does everything right. Medium-bodied, nicely textured, up-front, and ready to go, enjoy bottles over the coming 2-4 years.

La Crema
2018 Fog Veil Vineyards Pinot Noir
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Lots of ripe black cherries, roasted herbs, earth, and spice notes emerge from the 2018 Pinot Noir Fog Veil, a medium-bodied, nicely textured, balanced Pinot Noir that has a spicy, herbal, earthy edge. It's well done and should keep for 4-5 years.

La Crema
2018 Kelli Ann Vineyard Chardonnay
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The 2018 Chardonnay Kelli Ann Vineyard comes from the Russian River and has a classic, up-front, sweetly fruited, sexy style as well as lots of pineapple and honeyed peach fruits, medium body, a supple, elegant texture, and good acidity that keeps the wine clean and classy. I wouldn't push the aging curve too much, but it should have a solid 4-5 years of longevity.

La Crema
2017 Durell Vineyard Chardonnay
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Plenty of honeysuckle, white flowers, and both peach and pineapple notes emerge from the 2017 Chardonnay Durell Vineyard, a nicely textured, soft, supple, elegant 2017 that's drinking nicely today.

La Crema
2018 Tidal Break Vineyard Chardonnay
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

More citrus, mint, and dried herb notes emerge from the 2018 Chardonnay Tidal Break Vineyard. Medium-bodied, it has a terrific sense of minerality, good overall balance, and a distinct salinity on the finish. It's another incredibly charming, impeccably made Chardonnay from this label.

Kendall-Jackson
2018 Jackson Estate Poet's Peak Cabernet Sauvignon
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Poet's Peak is another attractive, solid Cabernet Sauvignon from this team that has a dense purple hue, wonderful purity and finesse, medium body, and textbook Cabernet Sauvignon notes of blue and black fruits, violets, crushed stone, and a touch of cedarwood. It too should keep for a decade.

Kendall-Jackson
2019 Estates Collection Outland Ridge Pinot Noir
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Coming from the Anderson Valley, the medium ruby, semi-opaque 2019 Pinot Noir Outland Ridge offers a fruit-forward, ripe, nicely textured and medium-bodied style with impressive red fruits, rose petal, spice, and loamy earth-like aromas and flavors. As with everything here, it's well-made and a delicious drink.

Kendall-Jackson
2019 Jackson Estate Seco Highlands Chardonnay
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The 2019 Chardonnay Seco Highlands Jackson Estate comes from the Arroyo Seco appellation and is a classic California Chardonnay with its ripe peach and tropical fruits as well as honeysuckle, mint, acacia flowers, and stony mineral notes. It has good purity, plenty of distinct minerality, medium body, and subtle toasty, nutty nuances on the finish, all making for a terrific, outstanding Chardonnay that should keep for 2-3 years.

Copain
2019 Edmeades Vineyard Pinot Noir
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

The 2019 Pinot Noir Edmeades Vineyard is more subtle aromatically yet slowly gives up solid red berry-like fruits as well as sappy herbs, cedarwood, and spice. Another medium-bodied, lightly textured, elegant Pinot Noir in the lineup, it should keep for 5-6 years.

Copain
2019 Côte Bannie Pinot Noir
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

More Bing cherries, sappy flowers, and burnt orange all emerge from the 2019 Pinot Noir Cote Bannie, and it's nicely textured, with building structure and juicy acidity. I like its balance, and I suspect another year in bottle will do it well. It should keep for at least 7-8 years in cold cellars.

Copain
2019 Skycrest Vineyard Chardonnay
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

Coming from the Anderson Valley, in the northern part of California, the 2019 Chardonnay Skycrest offers a medium gold hue as well as impressive dried citrus, white flowers, and chalky mineral-like aromas and flavors. Nicely textured, medium-bodied, and balanced, this rock-solid Chardonnay will keep for 3-5 years, if not longer.

Captûre
2019 Tradition Sauvignon Blanc
91 Points Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com

There are two Sauvignon Blancs. Looking first at the 2019 Sauvignon Blanc, it's a Bordeaux Blanc look-alike with impressive peach, citrus, subtle mineral, and toasted almond notes in its medium-bodied, soft, forward, yet balanced and delicious style. It's going to shine on the dinner table and be incredibly versatile.