| 2024 |
Foris |
Pinot Noir Rogue Valley |
Pinot Noir fans should do everything possible to find this incredible value. It all starts with ripe red-cherry and tart blackberry aromas playing off one another in fine sweet-tart fashion. Additional aromas of black tea and loamy soil linger in the background. Then comes a delightful blackcap-raspberry-jam flavor that is balanced by lemony acidity and fine-grained tannins. There is also this baked good flavor that, appropriately enough given the raspberry jam, comes across like a warm sourdough biscuit. The wine's texture is extraordinarily silky, like sliding into a bed made with 600 thread-count sheets. Editor's Choice |
Wine Enthusiast |
93 |
 |
2026-05-20 |
| 2023 |
Pozzan |
Chardonnay Sonoma Coast Valley |
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2026: Silver Medal |
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition |
Silver |
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2026-05-20 |
| 2022 |
Trentadue |
Merlot 'La Storia' Alexander Valley |
2025 Sunset International Wine Competition: Gold - Nice oak with lush fruit |
Sunset |
90 |
|
2026-05-20 |
| 2023 |
Trentadue |
Zinfandel 'La Storia' Alexander Valley |
2025 Sunset International Wine Competition: Gold - Big fruit, jammy, cocoa; integrated tannins |
Sunset |
94 |
|
2026-05-20 |
| 2022 |
Cape Mentelle |
Cabernet Sauvignon 'Marri' |
Quite delightful aromas of sweet cherry-cassis fruit and heady spice and herbs are hard to stop smelling. There's lovely freshness amidst the sappy tannins, and a satiny quality to the fruit that make this a modern, approachable style now, and also capable of cellaring for several more years. |
Wine Enthusiast |
94 |
|
2026-05-20 |
| 2024 |
Domaine de Fondrèche |
Rouge |
Beautiful salmon in color, the wine has a fragrant nose of freshly picked red cherry, strawberry, and rosehip. The palate begins with a twist of blood orange peel and quickly moves into stony, chalk-dusted minerality on the finish. Pair with a crispy chicken sandwich, charcuterie, and onion rings. |
Wine Enthusiast |
92 |
|
2026-05-20 |
| 2022 |
Meadowcroft |
Cabernet Sauvignon Mt Veeder |
Blue and black fruits join cracked pine, cedar, and fresh earth for an aromatic and structured wine. Fruit forward with textural tannins, it has the wild forest and mountain character of Mount Veeder peeking through, and a lengthy finish. |
Wine Enthusiast |
90 |
|
2026-05-20 |
| 2023 |
Pozzan |
Pinot Noir Russian River Valley |
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2026: Double Gold Medal |
San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition |
Double Gold |
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2026-05-20 |
| 2022 |
Carol Shelton |
Zinfandel 'Wild Thing' Mendocino County |
2025 Sunset International Wine Competition: Best of Class, Double Gold - Red currant, pomegranate; spice and earth; creamy; cherry pie; balanced |
Sunset |
96 |
|
2026-05-20 |
| 2023 |
Castellroig Sabate i Coca |
Brut Nature Reserva |
The 2023 Reserva Brut Nature was produced with a blend of Xarel.lo, Macabeu, Parellada and Chardonnay from around 30 different plots that matured in bottle, where it refermented with lees for 21 months. It comes in at 11% alcohol with a pH of 2.78, meaning lots of freshness and also notable acidity, but it only has 0.5 grams of sugar, so now it's a brut nature. It has a bright yellow color and a serious nose, nuanced and complex. It has a bone-dry but tasty palate, with abundant bubbles. 70,875 bottles produced. It was disgorged in October 2025. |
Wine Advocate |
91+ |
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2026-05-18 |
