Always a great value, the 2022 Chardonnay Katherine's Vineyard is light gold-hued with classy notes of ripe stone fruits, flower oil, toasted bread, and honeyed orange-like nuances. With medium-bodied richness, a round, lush mouthfeel, beautifully integrated oak, and a great finish, it tastes like it costs two to three times its price. Drink bottles over the coming 3-4 years. Talk about a serious house white.

Lively red and black berry fruits, sage, ground pepper, conifer, and cedarwood notes all emerge from the 2022 Syrah, a 100% Syrah that's all from the Perilune Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills. Not destemmed and brought up in neutral oak, it's medium-bodied, has a supple, elegant mouthfeel, the more broad, rounded style of the vintage, and outstanding length. It’s another brilliant wine from winemaker Greg Brewer that readers will love.

Bright medium-deep red-purple color with a savoury bouquet that suggests terracotta earthenware, dried herbs and a note of well-worn leather. The wine is full-bodied and firm on the tongue with assertive tannins and the overall feel is of a very savoury style of red, quite idiosyncratic and also appealing. Some cellar time would be to its advantage.

Light to mid yellow/straw colour; the funky bouquet includes some vegetal and savoury undergrowth nunaces as well as some burnt matchstick. It's very savoury on palate, drying and textural, with fine tannins and a trace of finishing bitterness that doesn't mar it. A very good food wine, thanks to its structure and savouriness.

Restrained aromas of nectarine, apricot blossom and wet stone converge on the nose of this bottling. There’s a crushed oyster shell texture to the palate, where baked apple and lemon flavors arise.

Juicy red and black fruit, and yuzu, too, as well as some seaspray from the nearby Pacific Ocean. Sealift spent 10 months in oak barrels and is ready to drink now.

Sweet raspberry and cherry fruit leather, vanilla and an open wood fire on the nose, but the palate is somewhat muted, only leaving hints of Earl Grey tea and artificial candies towards the finish, without a distinct mid-palate texture or flavour.

A cat pee funk that has come to be known as typical for Sauvignon Blanc is present here, and it emanates from the glass unapologetically, alongside white grapefruit, both lime and lemon zest, yet a slight and subtle flavour profile with an aqueous, silky texture.

The 2021 Chardonnay Desiderium tempts the imagination with a spicy bouquet that blends cardamom and fresh vanilla bean with ground ginger and young peach. This displays contrasts, with salty mineral tones up front enhanced by brisk acidity that gives way to ripe orchard fruits and lemon custard. The 2021 cleans up beautifully, long and staining yet still somehow fresh, leaving hints of candied lime and mint lingering. This is the inaugural edition of the Desiderium, from vines planted in 2014. I’m very excited to see what future vintages will reveal.

A darkly alluring mix of blackberries, sage, tangerine zest and dusty earth wafts up from the 2021 Pinot Noir Dropstone. It sweeps across the palate with a savory presence, round and pliant, showcasing ripe red and black fruits over a tactile core of minerality. Sour citrus puckers the cheeks as the 2021 finishes long, yet only lightly structured, and with a pleasantly bitter tinge.

The 2021 Pinot Noir Triple Black Slopes opens in the glass with a dark and earthy blend of mint leaves and camphor, giving way to black cherries and hints of rum cake. This is a lifted and graceful upon entry, yet concentrated within. Vibrant acidity and crisp red and blue fruits swirl beneath an air of sweet lavender. It finishes with admirable length, yet still fresh, leaving the mouth watering as traces of licorice taper off.

From old vines planted in 1972, the 2021 Riesling Hyland Vineyard Old Vine is a pale silver/yellow color and offers a good deal of intensity and concentration in the glass, with notes of petrol, peach candies, fresh ginger, jasmine, and preserved citrus. High-acid, dry, and medium-bodied, it carries this intensity to the palate full force, with a long, persistent core of acidity and ripeness and a mouthwatering, saline finish. It’s going to drink well over the next 15 years. Bottled under screwcap.

The 2021 Pinot Noir Knudsen Vineyard pours a ruby/magenta color and has a slightly darker profile in the glass, with juicy aromas of crushed black berries and raspberries, violets, fresh leather, and sweet, turned soil. Medium-bodied and ripe, it has a broader feel on the palate, with ripe tannins and earthy notes on the finish. It’s going to show its best over the next 10 years.

Coming from McMinnville, the 2021 Pinot Noir Hyland Vineyard is a medium ruby hue and displays the more red-fruited vibrancy of the area, which lends robust intensity and more tannins to the wine. It has an expressive bouquet, with enveloping notes of crushed roses, mossy earth, umami undertones, and wild crushed raspberries. Medium-bodied, with a bit more structure, a light peppery feel, ripe tannins, and a snappy, fresh lift of acidity, it has a delicate green touch on the finish, but it’s kept in good balance. Drink 2025-2035.

A juicy, dense and velvety merlot with aromas of dark cherries, currants, dried herbs and sweet spices. It’s medium- to full-bodied with plush tannins. Well rounded and textured, with balance and energy. Focused, with a long, flavorful finish. Drink or hold.

 This wine is vibrant, with aromas of Bing cherry, strawberry, cream and dried herbs on the nose. Flavors of Morello cherry, red currant and pomegranate morphing into blood orange, mineral and a mouthwatering finish. Pair with fish tacos. —T.P.

 This wine is vibrant, lush with aromas of ripe apple, pear, fresh pineapple, green papaya and toasty oak on the nose. The flavors on the palate are Golden Delicious apple, spiced pear, canned peach and orange zest, with mineral on the finish. Pair with linguine and clams. —T.P.  

 Bold blackberry aromas are lifted by baking spice on the nose of this bottling. The palate is ripe as well, with baked berry and plum flavors that are decorated in a minty chocolate dust. —M.K. 

 This wine is lively, rich with aromas of baked cherry, red currant confiture, vanilla cream and dried florals on the nose. The flavors on the palate are cranberry-pomegranate, gingered peach and grilled orange zest, with a dry, mouthwatering finish. Pair with grilled portobello mushrooms. —T.P.  

The 2021 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley is composed of fruit from Yamhill-Carlton and the Dundee Hills. It's bursting with generous scents of cranberry, blueberry, blood orange, mushrooms and tobacco. The light-bodied palate features understated, spicy fruit. It's silky in texture, energized by vibrant acidity and has a long finish with a flourish of spicy accents. 5,200 cases produced.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Cascade has a pale ruby-purple color and alluring scents of blackberry jam, blood orange, tea leaves, Angostura bitters and forest floor. The light-bodied palate is smooth and bright with floral fruit and a long, ethereal finish.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Dropstone has a pale ruby-purple color and savory scents of cranberry sauce, prosciutto, woodsmoke, aniseed and dried orange peel. The medium-bodied palate is soft and fresh with detailed, savory flavors and a flourish of spicy accents on the finish.

The 2021 Pinot Noir Yamhill-Carlton is bursting with pomegranate and cranberry fruit, plus accents of potpourri, licorice and autumn leaves. The medium-bodied palate is silky and bright with concentrated, layered flavors and a long, spicy finish. 4,800 cases were made.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Zena Crown Vineyard has layered aromas of blackberry jam, charcuterie, iodine, turned earth and Earl Grey tea leaves. The medium-bodied palate is generous and spicy. It has a particularly plush, silky texture and refreshing acidity, and it finishes with great length.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard features lush red and black cherry fruit on the nose with accents of charcuterie, aniseed and orange peel. The medium-bodied palate's concentrated fruit is structured by grainy tannins and refreshing acidity, and it has a long, spicy finish.