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1993 Merlot Alexander Valley
Tim Fish, Press Democrat, CA 3 Stars. Good.

Big, intense with substantial oak but enough rich fruit to keep it balanced. Has an understated minty, earthy side that adds complexity.

Stonestreet
1993 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine 2 Stars. A highly distinctive wine.

Stonestreet scored well with Merlot in 1993 and so again finds a most successful formula for Cabernet. A rich, full, fairly weighty effort whose ample extract is always tied to ample fruit, this bottling has a measure more stuffing than is typical in wines of the vintage. Fairly tough at the moment, but no more so than good young Cabernet should be, it is all but certain to develop well for some seven to ten years.

Stonestreet
1993 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine 1 Star. A fine example of a type or style or wine.

Smelling nicely of plump cherries and chocolate, this viscous, very supple wine relies heavily on oak and ripeness as its two legs of support. More suggestive than explicit in its delivery of fruit, it is always generous in the things it does have and stays tasty despite the presence of latter-palate heat. Serve it with the likes of braised lamb shanks or Boeuf Bourguignon.

Stonestreet
1992 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Wine Spectator

The most elegant of all, with complex currant and mineral flavors, treated to a lavish dose of pretty oak. An outstanding wine.

Stonestreet
1992 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Medium-bodied with a silky mouth-feel and dusty tannins and moderate acidity. Nicely intertwined vegetal and blackberry notes carry a minty theme throughout.

Stonestreet
1992 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, San Francisco Chronicle, CA 2 1/2 Stars. Good to Excellent.
Stonestreet
1992 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine

Oak and dark chocolate tones. Ripe and round with a soft impression at entry.

Stonestreet
1992 Merlot Alexander Valley
William Rice, Chicago Tribune, IL Recommended.
Stonestreet
1990 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Wine Spectator Good to Very Good.
Stonestreet
1990 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Wine Enthusiast Magazine Highly Recommended.

A unique minty mocha character on the nose and palate distinguishes this wine. Cassis cherry fruit flavors mingle with leather and minerals on the finish.

Stonestreet
1990 Merlot Alexander Valley
Michael Lonsford, Houston Chronicle, TX 4 Stars.

A quantum leap. An intense, tasty merlot.

Stonestreet
1990 Merlot Alexander Valley
Editor, Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine

Its ripe, dried cherry and dark chocolate character combines well with its lavish oak.

Stonestreet
2007 Lost Pine Merlot
Editor, The Tasting Panel Class of 2011 - The Most Outstanding Wines and Spirits of the Year
Stonestreet
2001 Merlot Sonoma County
Editor, San Francisco Chronicle, CA

Spicy oak nose with a touch of barnyard; rich and dense on the palate with lots of raspberry, cassis, currant and mocha, and black pepper notes; coating tannins.

Stonestreet
2001 Merlot Sonoma County
Editor, Press Democrat, CA

Bordeaux-like. Blackberry and raspberry flavors. Tobacco and green pepper notes. Smoky. Grippy tannins. Velvety finish.

Stonestreet
2015 Farrier Mountain Blend
Lyle W. Norton, San Francisco Examiner, CA

In addition to estate cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc that combine grapes from multiple vineyards, they produce five quality single-vineyard cabernet sauvignon and six chardonnay releases, all expressing distinct terroir within the Alexander Valley. Of note, Stonestreet’s two red blends mix different degrees of the same Bordeaux varietals and each delivers different nuances. The 2015 Farrier Mountain Blend combines 54 percent cabernet sauvignon with cabernet franc, merlot, malbec and petit verdot that is aged 20 months in 35% new French oak. In contrast, the 2014 Ridge Walk Mountain Blend consists of 74 percent cabernet sauvignon mixed with the other varietals and aged in 48 percent new oak.

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2014 Ridge Walk Mountain Blend
Lyle W. Norton, San Francisco Examiner, CA

In addition to estate cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc that combine grapes from multiple vineyards, they produce five quality single-vineyard cabernet sauvignon and six chardonnay releases, all expressing distinct terroir within the Alexander Valley. Of note, Stonestreet’s two red blends mix different degrees of the same Bordeaux varietals and each delivers different nuances. The 2015 Farrier Mountain Blend combines 54 percent cabernet sauvignon with cabernet franc, merlot, malbec and petit verdot that is aged 20 months in 35% new French oak. In contrast, the 2014 Ridge Walk Mountain Blend consists of 74 percent cabernet sauvignon mixed with the other varietals and aged in 48 percent new oak.

Stonestreet
2006 Fifth Ridge Red Blend
Editor, Decanter Three Stars

Stonestreet Fifth Ridge Alexander Mountain Estate

Stonestreet
1995 Legacy Red Wine
Tom Stockley, Seattle Times, WA

A voluptuous red, brimming with sweet fruit flavors and earthy character. It's got all five varieties blended but is mostly cabernet sauvignon.

Stonestreet
1995 Legacy Red Wine
Editor, Food & Wine

One of the Top-10 list of California's best red wines.

Stonestreet
1995 Legacy Red Wine
Nicholas Ponomareff, Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine 2 Puffs

It is big, ripe, dense and acceptably varietal in its amalgam of ripe black cherries, roasted wood notes, suggestions of loam and hints of raspberry jam. In the mouth, it is lush and full-bodied, counterparts while being that much more in weight again than the wines from France. Along with weight and intensity comes a certain extra bit of heat in the latter palate and finish that marks this one as out of the ordinary and directs it towards service with savory meats.

Stonestreet
1995 Legacy Red Wine
Tom Marquardt and Patrick Darr, Capital Gazette, MD

This is serious stuff. Huge, concentrated blackberry fruit characterizes this meritage blend. Made in a Bordeaux style, the wine is round and silky with surprisingly ripe tannins. The best juice from the cellar and the best barrels are used for this showcase wine.

Stonestreet
1994 Legacy Red Wine
Editor, Wine Spectator Wine of the Day

...Smooth and supple, deeply concentrated, with a rich, detailed core of mineral, coffee, currant, cherry and sage flavors and a long, complex aftertaste where the flavors keep pumping. Drinks well now, but should be a beauty in another year or two. Best after 1999. A blend of 51 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 39 percent Merlot, 9 percent Cabernet Franc, 1 percent Petit Verdot. Highly Recommended.

Stonestreet
1994 Legacy Red Wine
Editor, Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Bright reddish purple. Medium-bodied. Highly extracted. Moderately tannic. Tobacco, vanilla, cedar, black fruits. Plush elegant aromas are strikingly attractive, leading a rounded velvety palate with textured tannins and a lingerin cedary finish. A charmer, drinking nicely now.

Stonestreet
1994 Legacy Red Wine
Tim Fish, Press Democrat, CA 3 Stars. Good.

Harvest Fair gold. Has heavily extracted, earthy aromas and flavors, with hints of prune, violets. Muscular, tannic. Balance could be better.