The best yet from this California winery and one of the rare Merlots that is outstanding in quality. This is appealing now for its rich, earthy, toasty oak and tobacco scents and plush currant and mineral flavors. Turns complex and lingers on the finish.

Supple, rich and fruity with wild berry character, enhanced by cedar, spice, leather and tobacco notes. Turns smooth and complex on the finish.

Appealing supple cherry, currant, spice and cedary oak, in a full-bodied, elegant style.

Intense raspberry fruit.

Hints of cocoa, brush and dried orange add a bit of intrigue to a rich blend of sweet oak and ripe cherries in the neatly married aromas. While each of these elements peeks through in the flavors, they are subordinate to a simpler theme of emphatic ripeness here, and the wine is never quite so complex as it is generous.

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

Chewy, yet smooth. Crisp, aggressive fruit and roasted notes from oak aging.

Sweet oak and milder notes of cherries are joined by a bit of leafy, dried-brush spice in the direct, moderately ripe aromas. Immediately likable in the mouth, the wine offers a tasty mix of concentrated cherry and sweet oak flavors that is trimmed with the faintest touch of herbs. Long, lively and always rounded in feel, it provides plenty of near-term enjoyment but should improve slightly over the next three or four years.

It's sweet-cream and spice qualities are inviting.

Hints of cocoa, brush and dried orange add a bit of intrigue to a rich blend of sweet oak and ripe cherries in the neatly married aromas. While each of these elements peeks through in the flavors, they are subordinate to a simpler theme of emphatic ripeness here, and the wine is never quite so complex as it is generous.

A bold, ripe and harmonious California Chardonnay with rich, spicy pear, honey and butterscotch nuances. Picks up a smoky, somewhat leesy note and leaves a wonderful aftertaste.

Lavishly rich, honeyed, buttery, in-your-face. The wine is extremely full-bodied and concentrated, ideal for drinking over the next year. A sumptuous, decadently-styled Chardonnay for hedonists!

Exhibits good structure and well-integrated acidity, as well as copius amounts of tropical fruit nicely complemented by toasty French oak. It offers a spicy, vanilla, orange and honeyed apple-scented nose and good citrusy, medium-bodied flavors.

Bold, ostentatiously-styled, Meursault-like wine offering forceful, enticing aromas of smoke, honeyed peaches, apples and buttery notes. Rich, chewy, full-bodied, and admirably concentrated, this is a large-scaled, delicious Chardonnay.

An intense nose of mocha, herb, chocolate, and black-cherries. Full-bodied, with excellent concentration, and a long spicy finish, this is one of those rare, top-notch California Merlots that can be drunk now or cellared for 10-12 years.

Grown in Sonoma's Knights Valley and Alexander Valley. The wine displays a healthy dark ruby color, and an intriguing, classy nose of spices, menthol, and black fruits. Medium-bodied, with fine intensity, good underlying acidity, and a crisp, rich, berry fruitiness, this seductive and complex wine should drink well for 7-8 years.

Buttery, tropical fruit-scented and flavored. A ripe wine that will offer attractive drinking over the next year.

A firm, tight core of currant, cedar and tobacco notes that pick up a minty tone and chewy tannins.

Another remarkable Chardonnay from Stonestreet. This is a rich, toasty, complex wine with tiers of pear, spice, toast and smoky oak flavors, followed by a long finish. A real mouthful.

Soft and fragrant, offering pear, spice and herb character in a gentle package.

Earthy pear and apple notes.

One of the best chardonnay values on the market today, with its appley-toasty flavors and cool-breeze finish.

Lots of sweet and blossomy fruit is teamed with a bit of butter and a fair degree of creamy oak in the rich, moderately intense aromas, and the showy flavors deliver fully on the promise of the nose. Bright and bouncy, yet never the least bit stiff or brittle, the wine is very well balanced and hangs on to its fruit oak flavors in a long, snappy finish. Uncommon for its mix of richness and freshness, it should keep for a few years but makes delightful drinking now.

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