A saturated ruby, the 2021 Zinfandel Winberrie Knolls is highly aromatic with classic notes of ripe apricot, black raspberry, and candied flowers. Full-bodied and juicy, it delivers a fresh, preserved round of fruity mixed berries, mocha, fine tannins, and a touch of fresh earth on the finish. It’s an attractive and juicy wine to drink over the next several years.

The 2021 Zinfandel Jolene's Vineyard has a similar profile to the Winberrie Knolls
Vineyard but amplifies it with more density in its notes of ripe blackberry liqueur, violets, and black pepper spice. With more opulence on the palate, ripe tannins, and a silky, coating mouthfeel, it reveals notes of mocha, black cherry, and turned earth. Allow another year for this to shed some of its baby fat and drink 2025-2035.

The 2021 Zinfandel Hartford Vineyard pours a youthful and transparent purple, with more apparent oak spice as well as notes of toasted cedar, black cherry liqueur, and black licorice candy. With full body and rich extract, it has an inky texture, ripe, sweet tannins, and notes of mocha, leather, and blackberry compote that fill the palate. It is fleshy and full, with a round feel. Drink 2024-2034.

A rich ruby/purple, the 2021 Pinot Noir Land's Edge Vineyards is ripe and rounded with a perfume of blackberry preserve, damp forest floor, and toasted baking spice. Full-bodied, but with clean lift and without weight, it has dark berries, candied flowers, sweet, ripe tannins, and a soft texture. This is an immediate wine, but it has good freshness and the structure to drink over the next 4-5 years.

A rich golden hue with a slight haze, the 2021 Chardonnay Four Hearts Vineyards is a bit more inward aromatically at the moment but has a darker tone, with warming notes of toasted cedar, spice, and ripe, baked orchard fruits, Full-bodied, with a nutty texture and notes of ripe yellow pear, tangerine, and almond, it has a pithy texture and meatiness throughout. Drink 2024-2030.

Taking on a deeper ruby hue with an edge of youthful pink, the 2021 Pinot Noir Marin
County moves into more violet, black raspberry, and fresh soil notes. Medium-bodied, with more richness on the palate, it offers notes of turned soil, tea leaf, juicy blackberries, and pressed flowers as well as ripe, sweet tannins. Rounder and more fruit forward, with a bit of a smoky finish, it’s approachable now or over the next 8-10 years.

Possessing a savory tone of mushroom-covered earth, with brothy aromatic richness, the 2021 Chardonnay Brosseau Chalone is noted with sage, pineapple, and resinous earth. Full-bodied without weight, it has a soft texture, with notes of yellow apple and Meyer lemon, and that brothy richness that continues through the finish. Drink 2023-2030

The inaugural vintage with the West Sonoma Coast designation, the 2021 Chardonnay Tidal Break is briny and savory, with reserved aromas of citrus blossom, fresh pear, and sea spray. More expressive on the palate, this medium-bodied white is fresh and lifted with mouthwatering salinity as well as notes of ripe white peach, hay, and golden melon. It’s attractive now, but it will take a couple of years to open and show at its best. Drink
2024-2030

A deep youthful purple/red, the 2021 Cabernet Franc Taylor Peak is attractive with ripe black raspberry liqueur, graphite, and candied lavender. Full-bodied, with firm structure, it has gripping tannins and crunchy fruit and is fleshy with game. Meaty with black cherry, wild herbs, and turned soils, it has great aromatics, it’s going to take time, but this is very well done and is going to be exceptional. Drink 2026-2038.

Taking on a touch of darker fruit, the 2021 Pinot Noir Anderson Valley brings forward aromas of black raspberry, red cherry, cinnamon, and candied flowers. Medium-bodied, with supple texture and a touch more plushness on the palate, it reveals ripe berries, fresh pine, and turned soil. Its ripe tannins come through on the finish cleanly, offering a lot of charm. Drink over the next 5-6 years.

Deep purple, the 2021 Syrah Hawks Butte Vineyard offers a more lifted and floral profile aromatically, with black raspberry liqueur, lavender, and fresh cracked black pepper. It’s attractive and full-bodied though with a more linear feel and has a mix of red and black fruit and a wild floral perfume carrying throughout. Revealing ripe, angular tannins and a
fresh seam of acidity, this is a lovely wine to drink 2024-2036.

Pouring a deep red, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Knights Valley includes a small addition of 2% Malbec and offers aromas of cassis, roses, leather, and cedar. Full-bodied, with a wonderfully detailed and refined structure, it has fresh acidity, with wild black cherry, and great purity for the entry to the range. I love the freshness and ripe structure this has to offer along with its well-balanced oak spice. Drink 2025-2032.

A blend of three distinctive vineyards from the sandy and clay-loam northern rim of the Sta. Rita Hills, this wine offers ripe forest fruit, mushroom, and baking spice aromas. The palate is rich and broad, with an earthy core framed by black cherry, ripe pomegranate, and chai tea.

Intensely perfumed, with Turkish delight and spicy nutmeg to the vibrant lolly-like raspberry and blueberry fruit. The tannins are a constant – not aggressive, but currently sitting a little apart from the fruit. Always picked a week after Applejack, this Upper Yarra vineyard was planted in 2001 to the MV6, 115 and little-known G8V3 clones by Lou Primavera. The north-, north-east- and south-facing red clay loam slopes sit at 230m.

More about palate structures than aromatics, but that’s not to say this white isn’t fragrant. It’s just a builder rather than a punch around the head, just a flow. Lemon, a little barley, some red apple Roussanne poking through. It never feels large at all, rather refined, really. There’s a flor-like phenolic line through the middle, but it remains a wine of fruit and, importantly, cascading textures. I rather like how it’s nuanced and gently creamy and wheaty. Maybe not profound, but an interesting, appley sort of drink. Hard to escape how the low acid makes this more palatable and so moreish.

This aims to express red fruit character, and leads with 115 clone. No whole cluster here. 10% new oak. This is focused and quite taut with lovely structure. This is nicely dense with some pretty red cherry and raspberry notes, with some restraint. Lovely red fruit focus here with nice weight on the palate. It’s not heavy, but there’s a good concentration here.

Deep, dark and chocolaty, this silky yet concentrated wine feels light on the palate while delivering delicious, intense black fruits, baking spices, cedar and cloves. Made from mostly Petite Sirah and Merlot grapes, the wine offers complexity and a polished, fine-grained texture that’s a treat to experience. Best from 2026–2032.

This has developed beautifully with lovely toast, marzipan and butterscotch notes as well as some bread and spice. There’s a richness here with some citrus and peach fruit, as well as nice acidity. Lovely complexity.

Drink now to 2028. A unique blend of white grapes from the Southern Rhône, 73% Grenache Blanc, 27% Roussanne. Certified organic and biodynamic, 43% of the final blend skin contacted. A frivolous nose filled with ripe stone fruit, white pepper, ginger, warming spices and armfuls of florals (peonies to be precise) mingled with a bright note of citrus peel. There’s a lovely wet stone freshness of minerality, and the palate is curvaceous and indulgently mouth filling. There’s a fullness and fatness, without the oiliness that some Rhône whites can deliver. It’s a clever wine, and one that delivers on all dimensions. Ripe stone fruit manoeuvres around a wet stone minerality, with a lift of crushed lemon tree leaves, a hint of ginger and a green almond bitterness. Texture, rounded and mature phenolics, and uplifting acidity. A wine of class and curves, no crass.

Brambly and vibrant yet elegantly structured, with detailed blueberry and raspberry flavors accented by mineral, sandalwood and pepper notes that build toward zesty tannins. Drink now through 2032.

Broad-shouldered and potent yet polished, with deeply structured blackberry and raspberry flavors accented by fresh sage and green peppercorn. Drink now through 2032.

Alluring, with singed red tea and mulled pomegranate notes leading the way, before a second wave of raspberry and cherry coulis chimes in. The finish stays focused, thanks to a long, refined savory edge. Drink now through 2028.

Leads with rooibos tea and raspberry coulis notes, with hints of blood orange and chalky minerality. Shows a subtle savory influence that guides the finish, which has nice tension, thanks to the lingering minerality. Drink now through 2028.

“Softer and more forward than other chardonnay in the suite. A warmer sub-zone, albeit, eastern facing vines. Aromas of baked apples, quince, lemon drops and orange pastilles. The oak is classy and impeccably integrated, directing a bumptious, mid-weighted palate. A subtly creamy finish. I'd be drinking this while waiting for the rest. Drink or hold.”

“Soft, beautifully perfumed and silty of texture. The structural latticework is looser and more reliant on a skein of juicy freshness over any significant tannin. Silky and svelte. Barely mid-weighted of feel, such is the ethereal aura. Lovely tangy length. Red mountain berries, bergamot and cranberries. A wine to pique the curiosity of the versed drinker as much as one new to the variety. Drink or hold, but really this is such an enticing proposition that it is hard to resist immediately.”