Based on the 2018 vintage, the NV Brut Rose is a pale salmon hue, with aromas of fresh white strawberry, peach, and flowers. The palate is ripe with fresh apple and dry, offering ripe fresh fruit, more peach, and a soft texture. Drink 2022-2025.

Generous and plump with fruit, offering rich tropical fruit and apricot flavors that sail on a long, supple finish. Drink now.

Says 14% on the bottle, and 14.5% on the tech specs. Either way. This is from a block planted in 2013, and takes 50% new French oak. Ripe blueberry, mint, paprika and cedar/nougat oak. It’s plush and savoury, all tobacco and chocolate, with a some black olive and tomato, some fleshy chew to tannin, and shows a little alcohol on a finish of saline and savoury flavour. Lacks some freshness and vigour, but still a good wine.

Merlot from 1976 (50%), 1989 (35%) and 2013 (3%, but Petit Verdot). Tastes like Australian Merlot, with that lemon zest and green olive note, also plum and poached strawberry, cedar/vanilla oak in tow. Medium-bodied, kind of sappy and zesty, with light powdery tannin, sour cherry and rhubarb, and a fresh finish of good length, all tobacco and raspberry. Nice wine. A different style of South Australian red.

Medium ruby color. The aromas are so juicy and fresh, with raspberries and fresh cherries, along with rhubarb and cola, rose petals and some earthy, clay tones. The palate shows suave tannins and crisp acidity, with tangy, fresh raspberries, cherries and red plums. The fruit is blended well with notes of rose petals, pepper, cola, some tobacco. Lots to unpack with air and time; this is delightful.

Fruity and focused, this lightly tangy and well-balanced wine offers clean, ripe pear, apple and lemon nuances on a lively, refreshing texture. Without barrel aging, it lets all the natural fruitiness of Chardonnay flow through.

The 2020 Sauvignon Blanc has soft tropical aromas of fresh mango, pink grapefruit, and creamy lemon curd with light baking spice. The palate is juicy and rounded up front before closing with its more focused citrus, including fresh peach and grapefruit. Drink over the next 6 years.

Lifted, with cherry cola up front, the 2020 Pinot Noir Anderson Valley has a generous palate of fresh cranberry cocktail, sweet baking spice, and tangy acid on the finish. This red is hard not to love and is full of pleasure. Drink it now or over the next 5-6 years.

The 2019 Pinot Noir Gran Moraine Vineyard is fresh with delicate violet floral aromas, slatey minerality, and beet root. The palate is juicy up front, with red cherry fruit, dried herbs, and turned earth. It has a medium build and a refreshingly soft, stony texture. Drink it over the next 6 or so years.

The 2020 Chardonnay Willamette Valley is fresh with aromas of crushed oyster shell, lime zest, and pear. The palate is medium-bodied, with ripe green apple on the mid-palate, a mineral texture, and refreshing citrus peel on the finish. It is delicious now, with an Old World Chablis-inspired application. Drink it now or over the next 6 or so years.

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.