Second-use French oak was used for the 2020 Chardonnay Bennett Valley, and the wine is expressive of a fresh style. The aromatics are delicately floral, with honeydew melon and fresh lime zest, and the palate is ripe up front, with juicy fresh fruits, white peach, and pear. It has acid without being austere on the finish. Drink this over the next 6 or more years.

The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc Jackson Park Vineyard has beautiful floral aromas of honeysuckle, fresh citrus, and guava. Ripe and juicy, it offers rounded peach fruit with vanilla up front that gives way to a refreshing lemon pith acidity on the finish. Drink now or over the next 8 or more years.

The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc Helena Bench is perfumed with redcurrant, fresh lilac, and lime zest and has a rounded texture, with ripe fruit that moves through the mid-palate, including pink grapefruit and green papaya. Drink now or over the next 3-5 years.

Aged 15 months (as are the red wines) in 30% new French oak, the nose of the 2019 Chardonnay Skycrest Vineyard has some depth, with toasted brioche, green apple skin, and lemon curd. The palate is soft while maintaining a core of acidity and energy, and it is floral with fresh white flowers.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Jolie Estate Vineyard has floral tones that lift from the glass with fresh roses and and raspberry. The palate is supple and silky with a note of strawberry preserve followed by freshness and lift in the finish. This a very charming style of Pinot Noir with a lot of pleasure up front. Drink it now or over the next 6-8 years.

The 2018 Pinot Noir Saralee’s Vineyard is ripe with classic Russian River character, including notes of cola, black cherry, and turned earth. The palate is rich with sassafras and raspberry candy and softly textured. Ripe and mouth-filling, this is ready to drink now or over the next 3-5 years.

The 2019 Chardonnay 9 Barrel, sourced from nine different parcels, displays generous oak influence, with baking spice, vanilla custard, and peach. The palate is full and has a more opulent mouthfeel, with ripe cantaloupe and baked apple. Drink this over the next 3-5 years.

There is more savory richness in the 2019 Chardonnay Durell Vineyard, revealing notes of baking spice, ripe yellow apple, and pear. The palate is concentrated and round, with cantaloupe, vanilla, lemon pith, and modest acidity. Drink this over the next few years.

The 2019 Chardonnay Tidal Break Vineyard is flush with pineapple candy aromas, lemon pastry, and green apple. The palate is rounded and full, in line with the nose, with a hint of bitter almond on the finish. This white is perfect for relatively youthful drinking or over the next 3-5 years.

Moving into a more powerful expression, the 2019 Jackson Estate Winemaster's Blend reveals ripe black plum, violet florality, vanilla bean spice, and wooded earth. The palate is full and packed with structure, a backbone of ripe tannins present throughout, along with notes of rocky soil and black fruits. This is a great wine to pair with a steak. Drink it over the next 10 years.

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Jackson Estate Poet's Peak shifts gears to more vinous aromas of pine resin, menthol, blackcurrant liqueur, and cedar. The palate is full and rich with fresh leather, turned earth, and baking spice. Drink over the next 8-10 years.

Fresh with dark fruits and perfumed lavender candy, the 2020 Syrah Jackson Estate Alisos Hills is fragrant of blackberry, black olive, and pepper. The palate is full and long, with notes of plum skin, turned earth, and baking spice, and a powerful structure emerges and builds on the finish. Drink 2023-2032.

The 2020 Pinot Noir Jackson Estate Anderson Valley is fragrant with wooded spice, fresh red plum, and cedar. The palate is rich with cherry fruit that fills the mid-palate along with vanilla and light toast. Drink now or over the next 6 or more years.

The 2020 Chardonnay Jackson Estate Seco Highlands is driven by its citrus aromatics of lime zest, white pepper spice, and white flowers. The palate has more tension and spice, with more waxy texture. Drink over the next 8 years.

The 2020 Chardonnay Jackson Estate Fulton Ranch is concentrated with aromas of fresh herbs, baking spice, and fresh pear. The palate is full and inviting, with a stony mouthfeel, and moves into a richer core of concentration, including notes of orange blossom, yellow apple, and light toast. Drink now or over the next 8 or more years.

The 2019 Syrah High Rock is fleshy and savory, with notes of Kalamata olive, crushed violets, and fresh black plum. The palate is full and juicy up front, with blackberry liqueur that moves through the midpalate and tapers to an iron-rich mineral feel with fine tannins. Drink 2023-2030.

The 2020 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast is lifted with ripe primary fruit of pineapple, orange zest, and baking spice. It’s a juicy white, with ripe pear and lemon balm, and ripeness through the finish. Drink now and over the next 6 years.

The 2019 Merlot is powerful and assertive, revealing notes of black plum liqueur, dark chocolate, and cedar. The palate is ripe and warming, with sweet blackberry that gives way to dusty earth and tannins that emerge on the finish with fresh acidity. Drink 2026-2032.

Dark garnet color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of black pepper, currants, plums and black cherries. Flavors of Bing cherries, plums, raspberries and currants. Medium acidity, firm tannin, full bodied. Drink now with some air.

Yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of vanilla, cream, brandied yellow pears. Flavors of creme fraiche, yellow pears and yellow apples. Medium acidity, full bodied. Drink or hold.

A touch earthy in aroma initially, giving way to cherry, blackberry, violet and iron flavors. Taut, well-sculpted and vibrant, with a dense base of tannins elevating the finish. Sangiovese and Merlot. Best from 2025 through 2040.

The 1998 La Joie is the inaugural vintage of this Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant cuvée from Vérité. A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, it has matured gracefully, with a medium garnet color and continually evolving aromas of dried red cherries, cigars, leather, damp earth and mushroom that unfold slowly from the glass. The palate is soft and juicy, with delicate but persistent savory flavors. It will continue to hold in bottle over the next 3-5 years.

Bottled after 10 months in 42% new French oak, the 2018 Pinot Noir Edmeades Vineyard has a medium ruby color and slowing opening aromas of red and black cherries, charcuterie, dried herbs and citrus peel, gaining more nuance with time in the glass. The medium-bodied palate offers intense, savory fruits supported by loads of grainy tannins, and it has alluring herbal and spicy accents on the long finish.

Matured for 10 months in 38% new French oak, the 2018 Chardonnay Saralee Vineyard opens with flint and matchstick tones, taking some time for baked apples, honey and dark spices to emerge. The full-bodied palate is satiny and expansive with tropical undertones and a long, latent finish. It will unwind with another 2-3 years in bottle or several hours in the decanter.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Lingenfelder Vineyard has a medium ruby color and pretty aromas of rhubarb and raspberry, aniseed, dried herbs, tobacco leaves and graphite. The palate is medium-bodied, bright, pure and fresh, with grainy tannins and a long, fragrant finish. It was bottled after 10 months in 29% new French oak, and 245 cases were made.