The 2023 Siduri ‘Van der Kamp Vineyard’ is a Sonoma Mountain site that was planted all the way back in 1960. Martin Van Der Kamp serves as proprietor here. Rocky soils mark the nose alongside cola, dark cherry and shades of compost. The palate is marvelously salty and stony with serious weight and texture. Drink 2025-2040

The Sealift Vineyard comes from this remote location in the Anapolis area, set on gold ridge sandy loam soils. Stored in 40% new French oak the 2023 Pinot Noir delivers concentrated red and dark fruits with orange peel, diatom, damp soils and shades of salted cola. This has really nice flavor complexity. Drink 2025-2038

The ‘Seascape Vineyard’ is an older site planted back in 1990. The wine has some 1A clone as well as mainly 777 clone.Stored in 30% new French oak this offers salted red fruits with diatom and orange peel on the nose. The wine is ultra-fresh with vibrant acidity and a minerality that will make your mouth water. Enjoy now and over the next ten plus years. Drink 2025-2038

The Parsons Vineyard is a small location that has been first utilized by Siduri since 2007. Despite being so close to the ‘Barberi’ this shows a red fruit profile instead of a black fruit load. Salty soils collide with orange peel and bergamot notes on the palate. Drink 2025-2038

The 2023 Siduri ‘Dutton-Perry Ranch Vineyard’ Pinot Noir comes from this location in the Russian River Valley that was formerly known as the Keefer Ranch. Bright red fruits collide with cola and shades of peat moss notes. The palate has great loamy character with loads of bright red fruits and cola notes. This is seriously delicious stuff with a seamless mouthfeel. Drink 2025-2040

The 2023 Siduri ‘Barbieri Vineyard’ Pinot Noir was sourced from this location that neighbors the Parsons Vineyard on Olivet Road, set on more clay soils. The wine was given roughly 50% whole cluster fermentation. Bright black cherry and loganberry notes combine with salty soils. This is muscular and intense with refined tannins and shows cola notes alongside a seamless texture. Drink 2025-2038

The ‘Bloomfield’ comes from a foggy location that is farmed at roughly one ton an acre. Bergamot and shades of damp soils mingle well with wafts of white truffle. This is fresh and vibrant with serious tension and bright red and dark fruits. Only 13.5% alcohol, but this shows beautiful richness. Drink 2025-2038

The brilliant 2023 Siduri ‘Zena Crown Vineyard’ Pinot Noir comes from a single block in the vineyard, as this was stored in 30% new French oak before bottling. Rocky soils collide with orange peel, red currents and suggestions of damp earth on the nose. This has a delightful push/pull between the stony elements in the wine and the bright red and dark fruits. The palate is soft and very stony, showing outstanding terroir. Drink 2025-2040

Boldly structured but a wine with dimension and detail. Robust and rich blackberry flavors are highlighted by black olive, mocha espresso and tomato leaf tones that build density toward broad-shouldered tannins. Hands off for now. Best from 2026 through 2035.

Intense and expressive, with wonderful purity to the crunchy star fruit, pomelo, kumquat, tangerine and lemon sorbet flavors. Details of fresh ginger, lemon zest and lemon verbena, plus a hint of sea salt minerality, linger on the sleek, mouthwatering frame, with extra torque on the finish. Drink now through 2039.—M.W.

Dynamic yet elegantly structured with expressive raspberry and blueberry flavors that are laced with forest floor, mint and dusky spice as it gathers intensity toward refined tannins. Drink now through 2034. From Oregon.

This high-elevation vineyard usually features Pinot Noir, but the sleepers are the Chardonnay plantings. Delectable aromas of orchard fruit, citrus and dried herbs intermingle with sea salt, vibance and minerality. Squirrel this bottling away for another day, or enjoy the wine’s freshness and soaring energy now.

The spot where redwoods meet the Pacific Ocean is called the Deep End. From these super-steep, shallow and nutrient deficient soils come some stunning, nuanced and ageworthy wines. The bottling’s name is appropriate., since the wine is a storm brewing in the glass, with rich, deep berries, savory herbs, black tea and florals lingering across the palate. Decant or cellar until 2032.

A pleasing complex of black fruits integrated with baking spices and tobacco weave through firm, powdery-fine tannins for impressive structural integrity and a lot of length in this wine. Savory flavors emerge in the finish revealing a deftly made wine. —E.C.B.

A sense of balance is what first comes to mind with the Stonestreet Estate Chardonnay. Sourced mainly from vineyards between 1,600 and 1,800 feet, right where the inversion layer settles each morning, this wine captures the nuance of elevation. Aged for 10 months in 15% light-toast new French oak, with a portion fermented and aged in stainless steel, the blend exhibits both texture and lift. The nose offers a mix of citrus and freshly ripe nectarines. The palate exhibits a subtle richness, with notes of candied ginger and chamomile tea, carried by vibrant acidity through a long, focused finish.

Chris Carpenter calls this one of the most challenging wines he makes. “There are no
guardrails,” he says. “It just has to include all five Bordeaux varieties. This wine is all over
the board, and the goal is to create something seamless using fruit from our four mountain
estates—something that stands apart from the Cabernet Franc–driven profile of Caladan.”
After native fermentations, the components were aged for 22 months in 54% new French
oak. The result is a true enigma of a red wine—layered, textural, and complex, with
elements drawn from across the valley. Howell and Diamond Mountain contribute dark
blue and black fruit; Spring Mountain brings red fruit and spice; Mount Veeder lends herbal
nuance. The palate is medium-bodied and expressive, balancing the red-toned lift of
Malbec with the muscular tannins of Petit Verdot, the spiced plumpness of Merlot, and the
blackberry fruit and herbal depth of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. In the end,
it’s a complete, satisfying wine—and that, Carpenter says, is all you can really hope for

Caladan was born out of conversations winemaker Chris Carpenter had with the hospitality
team at Cardinale. While Cardinale is known for its multi-appellation Cabernet Sauvignon
blend, Carpenter began thinking about the Cabernet Franc they have planted across all
four of Napa’s mountain AVAs—and wondered if he could craft a similar expression, but
with Cabernet Franc as the focus. He saw the growing momentum behind his mountain
Cabernet Francs under the Mt. Brave and La Jota labels, but with Caldan, he set out to
create something more elegant. He envisioned the red fruit and floral lift of Spring
Mountain, the minerality of Diamond Mountain, and complementary blending components
from Howell Mountain and Mount Veeder. The result is his homage to Cheval Blanc. The
2022 vintage is composed of 81% Cabernet Franc and 19% Merlot, aged for 22 months in
63% new French oak. The Merlot comes entirely from Spring Mountain, providing a soft,
red-fruited backbone, while the Cabernet Franc from across the mountains adds aromatic
lift and structural intrigue. In the glass, the wine presents pure black cherry and blackberry
fruit, with subtle notes of rhubarb and cola spice, and builds into lavish sagebrush notes. A
salty, crushed-stone minerality carries through, supported by fine, powdery tannins, blood
orange acidity, and hints of cedarwood spice. It’s graceful, vibrant, and full of energy—
approachable now, yet structured to age.

The Sycamore Vineyard is an 8.9-hectare site in Rutherford, planted at the base of the
Mayacamas Mountains on gravelly clay loam soils that are shallow and shaded. The vines
struggle to ripen here, which proved advantageous in the warmer 2022 vintage. This year’s
blend is 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc, aged for 20
months in 64% new French oak. The wine is strikingly cool in character, evoking the
sensation of a damp redwood grove or a shaded cluster of sycamore trees. It’s deeply
fragrant and truly expressive of its site—unique and unmistakably place-driven. Full-bodied
with chocolate-scented tannins and subtle spearmint nuances, it layers in freshness and
finishes with loamy earth and dark cinnamon, echoing the previous vintage. So precise, so
consistent—and a remarkable achievement in a challenging year.

In 2022, the blend for this single-vineyard Cabernet is 94% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6%
Merlot, aged for 20 months in 61% new French oak. The vines here are earlier ripening and
avoid the aggressive grip often associated with Rutherford tannins. Instead, the tannins are
superfine, supporting a medium-bodied richness that makes the wine especially
approachable in this vintage. Ripe, sweet fruit leads the way—black cherry and fig layered
with blue fruit that fills in the gaps—while the polished structure resolves into a rocky
mineral character, complemented by intense cocoa powder and forest berry notes. Rich,
layered, and immediately accessible. The Bosché Vineyard has a storied history with
Freemark Abbey. In 1972, the winery’s partners secured a long-term agreement with grower
John Bosché for his Rutherford Cabernet, which had previously been sold to Beaulieu
Vineyard as a component of its flagship Georges de Latour bottling. Since 1970, Freemark
Abbey has bottled Cabernet Bosché. The 8.9-hectare vineyard sits on a gravel bench with a
high water table and requires careful canopy management to control vigor

A complex and layered wine that is fresh, persistent and evocative of this famous vineyard. On the nose bright red berries and cherries mingle with resinous herbs. The palate is fresh and juicy, with that same mix of raspberries, cherries and herbs. Taut and mineral-driven finish. Medium- to full-bodied. Drink or hold.

The beauty of this wine is that, for the most part, the Loire Valley’s Touraine region (just west of Sancerre) isn’t known for producing higher-end wines, at least on the American market. Here, this bottling from Oisly (the commune where the grapes come from) shows that wines from the large wine making zone can still exhibit finesse and focus. Compared to the more expensive wines of nearby Sancerre this wine punches far above its weight and shows just that. The nose brings subtle notes of pepper, citrus, orchard fruit, and river rock minerality. The mouthfeel is precise, but still showcases all of the best elements of this complex variety. The finish is elegant and lengthy.

Cherries, brambleberries, herb tea and forest floor create a complex, attractive nose. On the palate, blood oranges, Amarena cherries, violet pastilles and star anise are sappy and well structured, and a savory dusting of crushed rock and toasted fennel seeds anchors it through the finish. Drink or hold, but patience is warranted.

This red has the energy and structure for the cellar, but enough fruit to make it hard to resist in the next few years. Bay laurel and mountain scrub notes are spiced with cracked pink peppercorns and layered with Rainier cherries, black raspberries, cocoa powder and hibiscus. Terrific complexity. Drink or hold.

Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2022 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard pops from the glass with vibrant notes of kirsch, freshly crushed cranberries, and roses, plus hints of lavender and Provence herbs. Full-bodied, the palate is dense yet shines with bright red berry flavors, supported by grainy tannins and impressive tension, finishing long and minerally.

Pale lemon-gold color, the 2014 Fog Dance Vineyard Blanc de Noirs slowly emerges with evocative
scents of Red Delicious apples, rose bud tea, crunchy pears, and croissant, leading to hints of red
cherries and marzipan. The palate is surprisingly intense with red berry and cherry flavors and a
crisp backbone supported by a very fine mousse, finishing long and fantastically pure. This was
disgorged in August 2024. It has 0 grams per liter of dosage. Only 90 cases were made.