Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir Jennifer's offers an intriguing combination of super-ripe red fruit and also bright acids that give the wine its distinctive feel. Succulent red cherry, hard candy, wild flowers and bright, piercing acids give the Jennifer's its distinctive personality and feel.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir Land's Edge Vineyards is a fabulous appellation-level wine. Bright, focused and wonderfully nuanced, the Land's Edge offers compelling balance as well as a real feeling of harmony. Savory herb, floral and dark red tones are finely cut.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir Seascape Vineyard is wonderfully fragrant and lifted. Dried cherry, autumn leaves, spice, crushed flowers, mint and raspberry are all laced together in this effortless, lilting Pinot. The Seascape is one of the more delicate, lithe wines in this range from Hartford Court.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir (Russian River) is another gorgeous appellation-level wine in this range that speaks with real personality. Plump, juicy and inviting, the 2016 has so much to offer. Bright red cherry, plum, hard cola and sweet floral notes add nuance to this succulent Pinot Noir.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir Velvet Sisters is plump and juicy in the glass, with tremendous fruit presence and lovely overall intensity. Forward and succulent in feel, the 2016 will drink well with minimal cellaring. The Velvet Sisters is one of the more open-knit, accessible wines in this range.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond Hartford Court's 2016 Chardonnay Jennifer's is rich and distinctly tropical in feel, which lend a good bit of immediacy. Passionfruit, orange jam, spice and honeyed notes add to the wine's flamboyant, exotic feel.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2017 Zinfandel Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard is distinguished by a real sense of weight and gravitas. Leather, cedar, licorice, tobacco and dried herbs add layers of nuance. The Fanucchi-Wood Road is the darkest and most powerful of these Zinfandels from Hartford, which is probably attributable to a field blend that includes Petite Sirah.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2017 Pinot Noir Maggy Hawk is a bit closed next to the other Pintos in the range. There is good depth and structure, but the aromatics are not as open, while the tannins remain imposing. It will be interesting to see where things end up once the Maggy Hawk is in bottle.

Taut and snappy with fabulous vibrancy. It is tight, youthful, and all about the fruit. A modern, high-energy style with a vibrant red-fruit core

This straw-colored Sauvignon Blanc from Freemark Abbey opens with a mild and attractive Honeydew melon bouquet with a hint of banana. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied and nicely balanced between its fruit and acidity. The flavor profile is a very tasty mild ripe Honeydew melon with notes of gentle minerality and faint pineapple. I also detected a hint of lemon verbena mixed in as well. The finish is pleasant and smooth as it drifts away nicely. I would pair this food friendly Sauvignon Blanc with pan-seared grouper with a key lime butter sauce.

Napa 2016 Vintage: 5 Consecutive Years of Fantastic Wines This is a very pretty and bright white with sliced apples and pears. Some cream, too. Medium to full body, lovely fruit and a clean and fresh finish. No malo leaves it bright and lively.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2017 Pinot Noir Abel presents a vibrant, floral expression of Anderson Valley. Sweet red cherry, blood orange, chalk and white pepper give the Abel striking lovely lift and energy, with bright acids that add energy and vibrancy throughout.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Red Blend is a gorgeous, heady wine. Super-ripe red cherry, plum, rose petal, mint, blood orange and white pepper all race out of the glass. Bold, juicy and resonant, the 2016 is an absolute joy to taste.

The 2014 Valadorna is a blend of 75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Other editions of this blend see Petit Verdot as well, but that late-ripening grape was omitted in this cool and soggy vintage that made it difficult for many varieties to reach full maturity. This wine is rich and meaty at its core with a pretty base of black fruit that is enhanced by spice, cola, cured meat and freshly tilled earth. The mouthfeel delivers medium intensity and richness and is more streamlined overall compared to the warm-vintage editions.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2017 Sauvignon Blanc Estate is a gorgeous and distinctive wine. Lime peel, mint, white flowers, crushed rocks and a whole range of green, grassy notes give the 2017 vivacity and brilliance. A touch of reduction adds character to this super-expressive Sauvignon Blanc from Stonestreet.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir Perry Ranch Vineyard (formerly Keefer Ranch) is soft, fruity and accessible, with lovely forward fruit and lovely balance. Sweet red berry fruit, hard candy, floral overtones and soft contours add to the wine's considerable immediacy. This is one of the riper, racier wines in the Siduri range.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond Siduri's 2016 Pinot Noir Ewald Vineyard is bright, punchy and endowed with a lovely sense of energy that perks up the red cherry and raspberry fruit. Medium in body and refreshing, the 2016 will drink well right out of the gage. This is understated Pinot from Siduri is nicely done.

Napa 2016 Vintage: 5 Consecutive Years of Fantastic Wines This is a big and juicy red with lots of ripe forest fruit. Full-bodied, round and chewy.

Napa 2016 Vintage: 5 Consecutive Years of Fantastic Wines Blackberries and spices with some smoked herbs. Full body, round and chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. Big and juicy. Intensely tannic and chewy.

A big bold red, this is lush and expansive on the considerably concentrated palate, imparting developed flavors of baked strawberry, rhubarb, baking spice and black tea. The oak is integrated yet present.

Earthy and grippy character define this full-bodied wine, a full explosion of big flavor at its core. Cola, cherry and black currant complement in waves of sweet and savory flavor, with a lasting taste of forest floor and tea.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve is laced with black cherry, plum, grilled herbs, chocolate and menthol. Medium in body, with good underpinnings of both acidity and structure, the Grande Reserve delivers the goods. It is another impeccable wine in this range from Kendall-Jackson.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2017 Chardonnay (Santa Maria Valley) is one of the more expressive wines in this range. All of the nuance and pedigree of Santa Maria comes through in an open-knit, beautifully layered Chardonnay. Lemon peel, apricot, almond and dried flowers are all woven together in a wine of finesse.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2017 Chardonnay Camelot Highlands offers a bit more density and structure than the Santa Maria Chardonnay, and yet retains a good bit of freshness as well. Apricot, chamomile, vanilla, hazelnut, dried flowers and tangerine all develop in a juicy, layered and laid-back Chardonnay. The Camelot has a remarkable sense of textural depth that builds as the wine sits in the glass.

Exploring The Best New Releases from Sonoma and Beyond The 2016 Pinot Noir Muldune Trail stands out in this range for its vertical feel and overall energy, both typical of this high-elevation site. Dark cherry, plum, rose petal and mint all open up in the glass. The 2016 is a touch compact and slightly nervous in feel, but quite attractive just the same.