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Siduri
2022 Garys' Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points Owen Bargreen, OwenBargreen.com

This 2022 ‘Gary’s Vineyard’ is sourced from Pisoni clonal selection Pinot Noir vines, as this is a slightly warmer site than Rosella’s Vineyard. This offers black florals on the nose with wild blackberry and pipe tobacco notes. The palate is lush and ripe with a juicy core of black fruits that greet you alongside copious minerals. Drink 2024-2036

Siduri
2022 Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points Owen Bargreen, OwenBargreen.com

The 2022 Siduri ‘Rosella’s Vineyard’ Pinot Noir comes from a slightly cooler site that is very close to the Sobranes Vineyard. The wine was stored in 40% new French oak for ten months before bottling. This opens with rich dark fruits and cola notes on the palate with black florals, exotic spices and salty soils. Savory and showing seaweed accents, this is a delicious wine already. Drink 2024-2034

Siduri
2022 Van der Kamp Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points Owen Bargreen, OwenBargreen.com

The 2022 Siduri ‘Van der Kamp Vineyard’ has been made since 1996. This comes from a 25 acre site that is sold to a wide range of clients. Some Pinot Noir here was planted all the way back in 1960. This is ripe and well-structured Pinot Noir offering cherry cola notes alongside wet stone, salty minerals and orange peel notes Stony and savory on the mouth, with umami accents, enjoy now and over the next ten years. Drink 2024-2034

Siduri
2022 Sealift Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points Owen Bargreen, OwenBargreen.com

The Sealift Vineyard is located in the Anapolis area, set on gold ridge sandy loam soils. Stored in 40% new French oak the 2022 Pinot Noir delivers

Siduri
2022 Barbieri Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points Owen Bargreen, OwenBargreen.com

The 2022 Siduri ‘Barbieri Vineyard’ Pinot Noir is right by the Parsons Vineyard and is a 20 acre site on Olivet Road. This is also a black fruit driven wine with black raspberry and black cherry notes alongside cola and fresh sage. Refined and elegant on the mouth, with good concentration and poise, enjoy this over the next ten years to come. Drink 2024-2034

Siduri
2022 Dutton-Perry Ranch Pinot Noir
95 Points Owen Bargreen, OwenBargreen.com

This site was once known as the Keefer Ranch Vineyard, the Dutton-Perry Ranch is farmed by the Dutton family and is set on Goldridge sandy loam soils. The wine was stored in 24% new French oak before bottling, this opens with cola and spice box notes alongside Mandarin orange zest and tobacco leaf. The palate is refined and soft with beautiful poise, weight and balance. Showing silky tannins, this is a gorgeous new bottling has plenty of salty and damp earth nuances and is already beautifully evolved. Drink 2024-2034

Siduri
2022 Seascape Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points Owen Bargreen, OwenBargreen.com

The ‘Seascape Vineyard’ was planted all the way back in 1990. This site looks down to Bodega Bay. The wine is mainly clone 777 as this was stored in 30% new French oak this offers salty orange rind and red raspberry and smoky notes on the nose. This is wonderful in terms diatom nuance and its salty character and is already beautifully evolved. Drink 2024-2040

Giant Steps
2023 Bastard Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points N/A, JamesSuckling.com

Polished and refined aromas of wild raspberries, strawberries and graphite. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of blackberry bush, cedar, spices and cassia bark. Very pure and expressive, with an underlying tension. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Giant Steps
2023 Primavera Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points N/A, JamesSuckling.com

Perfumed aromas of wild raspberries, Asian spices, dried herbs and potpourri. The palate is medium-bodied with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of strawberries, citrus peel and graphite. Very pure and refined with an aromatic lift. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Château Lassègue
2020 Lassègue
95 Points Georgina Hindle, Decanter

Wide, powdery, fine but firm tannins; a lovely density to this. Concentrated and intense, very straight and streamlined. Finessed and focused. Clearly powerful, the energy is apparent, but all the elements are kept quite tight and controlled, so you're not getting so much expansion or nuance necessarily. Still, well worked with clarity to the fruit and tannins. Wet stone, liquorice, toasted caramel all giving elements of wood but integrated and supportive. Feels like a sleeping giant, will be good in time, sleek and stylish.

Château Lassègue
2022 Lassègue
95 Points Georgina Hindle, Decanter

Gorgeous vivid purple colour in the glass, so vibrant. Smells heady and perfumed with cool and ripe black and blue fruits. Aromatically expressive and alive. Smooth and so supple, clear and pure, the texture is like silk, smooth with amazingly finessed tannins and a real density of flavour. Concentrated, almost thick in terms of texture, this is a rich, full bodied wine with complexity. Well built, fairly broad and muscular, you don't get so much mouthwatering acidity due to the concentration but this is sleek and suave. A great balance between power and seduction with enjoyable mineral, liquorice and dark chocolate aspects. Potent, poised and compelling. Winemaker Nicolas Seilhan Nicolas Seillan winemaker. A yield of 38hl/ha. Harvest 15 September - 1 October. 3.67pH. 100% oak barrels.

Château Lassègue
2023 Lassègue
95 Points Panos Kakaviatos, Decanter

Lovely intense and bright nose with violets, cherry, plum and hints of anise. The enveloping palate has subtle concentration and energy, all wonderfully balanced with some minty expressions coming from the 50% Cabernet Franc in the blend. Like Château Palmer in Margaux, this wine rivals a vintage like 2020. Never heavy or powerful but velvety, with Cabernet Sauvignon lending structure for a longer haul, even if it will already be delicious once released in bottle. The orange like freshness, tangy and not tart, with bright cherry and crushed strawberry aspects in a long finish reflet superlative work by Pierre Seillan and his team. Harvested between 18-28 September and ageing in 50% new oak.

Maggy Hawk
2021 Skycrest Vineyard Chardonnay
95 Points Jim Gordon, JamesSuckling.com

A complex and handsomely oaked wine that's spicy and surprisingly light-bodied at 13% alcohol. Aromas of cookie dough, toasted oak and ginger meet luscious, layered macadamia nut and white peach flavors that show impressive depth and length. A long finish caps it off. Drink or hold.

Brewer-Clifton
2022 Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir
95 Points James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com

Fantastic nose of rich cherry and earth. The palate is rich, layered, and phenomenal. Outstanding.

Hickinbotham
2021 Brooks Road Shiraz
95 Points MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator

Powerful, with plenty of verve and polish to the generous flavors of morello cherries in syrup, spiced plum, black currant and juicy blackberry. Accents of bay leaf, sage and rosemary, along with pepper, black tea and licorice notes, linger on the long, velvety finish, backed by a hint of Sichuan pepper. Drink now through 2037.

Gran Moraine
2021 Cascade Pinot Noir
95 Points Clive Pursehouse, Decanter

Two blocks with lots of structure, both southwest facing, with 667 and 115 clones, at about 450 ft elevation. This is good stuff, says Moore, the winemaker, so he started popping heads on barrels to manage the structure, adding to the elegance of the wine, which shows so much rose petal character. He's using 50% new oak, but the oak integration early on makes the palate more silken, says Shane Moore. Imagine a cool rose petal sitting on your tongue, elegant florals and blue and black fruits. The finish lingers long with fresh mint and a touch of smoky clove.

Ex Post Facto
2022 Syrah
95 Points James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com

So peppery, savory, smoky and meaty in aroma, showing the wild side of the grape variety. Sour cherries, black pepper, singed herbs, wood char, graphite and iron flavors. Medium-bodied, racy with acidity and nicely chewy in tannins. Drink or hold.

Brewer-Clifton
2022 Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir
95 Points James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com

A suave, composed and subtle wine with great mellow fruit, spices and woodsy, savory accents. Medium-bodied, moderately tannic, aged in neutral barrels that Greg Brewer calls "exhausted." Hardly soft, though, it is alive with fresh acidity and lifted by fine-grained tannins. Drink or hold.

Tenuta di Arceno
2021 Strada al Sasso Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castelnuovo Berardenga
95 Points Don Winkler, International Wine Review

Dark ruby. Opens with aromas of elderberry, tobacco and soil, progressing to dark fruited, tea-like palate. Broad and mouth filing with dense flavors, dry tannins, and rich extract on a lingering finish. A beautiful wine. 100% Sangiovese aged 12 months in second use French oak. pH 3.37, 15% alc.

Tenuta di Arceno
2022 Strada al Sasso Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castelnuovo Berardenga
95 Points Don Winkler, International Wine Review

(Stonestreet in Italian) is an elegant wine that opens with a fine perfume of flowers, fruit and mountain herbs. It’s high toned, ethereal, and well worth the money. Strada al Sasso is a selection of the best barrels from the 405m high Strada al Sasso vineyard planted in 1998 and overlooking the walled town of San Gusmé. Matured 12 months in second use French oak barriques. Sourced from the Castelnuovo Berardenga UGA, which will be listed on the label beginning with the 2022 vintage.

Siduri
2022 Sierra Mar Vineyard Pinot Noir
95 Points Matt Kettmann, Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Rustic aromas of cherry, cranberry and cinnamon candy are dusted with earth tones on the nose of this wine. The palate is elegantly layered in a tense texture as flavors of pomegranate, alpine strawberry, sagebrush and chipped oak work into a delicious display.

Hickinbotham
2021 Brooks Road Shiraz
95 Points MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator

Powerful, with plenty of verve and polish to the generous flavors of morello cherries in syrup, spiced plum, black currant and juicy blackberry. Accents of bay leaf, sage and rosemary, along with pepper, black tea and licorice notes, linger on the long, velvety finish, backed by a hint of Sichuan pepper. Drink now through 2037.

Stonestreet
2022 Upper Barn Vineyard Chardonnay
95 Points Ryan Montgomery, JamesSuckling.com

The nose is linear and fresh, with notes of lime zest, lemon balm and minerals. The palate is powerful yet tightly wound, displaying notes of grapefruit, creme brulee, orange sherbet and nectarines. Drink or hold.

Matanzas Creek
2019 Journey Red Blend
95 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 Journey is a blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon matured for 20 months in 40%. new French oak. It has pure, layered aromatics that unfurl continuously as it spends time in the glass: cassis and blueberry mingle with tones of menthol, pipe tobacco, soy sauce, chargrill and cocoa powder. The full-bodied palate offers Goldilocks ripeness, and its fruit is accented by mineral and floral character. It’s powerfully structured with powdery tannins and seamless acidity and has a long, complex finish. It will benefit from 3-5 years in bottle and will be long lived in the cellar. 240 cases produced.

Hartford Court
2021 Seascape Vineyard Chardonnay
95 Points Erin Brooks, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2021 Chardonnay Seascape Vineyard comes from a vineyard west of the town of Occidental at around 1,000 feet of elevation. The wine was barrel fermented and matured for 13 months in 30% new French oak. It has pretty scents of lime peel, citrus blossom, cream cheese and graham cracker. The lightbodied palate is silky and concentrated with youthfully coiled flavors, tangy acidity and a long, mouth-coating finish. It will benefit from 2-3+ years in bottle. 268 cases were made.