Bread & Butter Chardonnay 2021, Napa Valley
Winery notes: This memorable Chardonnay opens with rich notes of vanilla bean and almond, balanced by a soft minerality and a hint of tropical fruit. Those creamy notes linger and join with savory oak, then lead to a long, smooth …
Cade Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, Howell Mountain
96 points Jeb Dunnuck: Coming from estate fruit on Howell Mountain and made from 88% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% each of Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Merlot, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate offers a darker, more mineral-driven style compared to the …
Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, Napa Valley
Winery notes: Caymus has a signature style that is dark in color, with rich fruit and ripe, velvety tannins – as approachable in youth as in maturity. We farm Cabernet grapes in eight of Napa’s 16 sub-appellations, with diversification enabling …
Caymus Special Selection Cabernet 2016, Napa Valley
Winery notes: A blackberry hue, with scents of rich leather, cooked caramel, berries and forest floor. Youthfully forward on the palate, supple and appealing with rich concentration. Tannins are abundant, yet fine, and persist throughout a layering of textural sensation. …
Chateau Montelena Chardonnay 2021, Napa Valley
Winery notes: The aromatic diversity here is breathtaking. The wine cleanly and discreetly checks off all of the boxes of a great vintage. Orange blossom? Yes. Green apple? Plentiful. White peach? Absolutely. In warm years, the wines can occasionally lean …
Frank Family Cabernet 2021, Napa Valley
93 points James Suckling: The most widely available Frank Family cab is firm and structured in this drought vintage, wrapping moderate to full tannins around a mix of bright red cherries, black cherries, mint and cassis accents.
Frank Family Chardonnay 2022, Carneros
Winery notes: A bright and balanced wine with vibrant aromatics of baked apple, white nectarine, and toasted oak. A lively entry of tropical fruit and citrus expands with notes of rich lemon curd and brioche bread pudding. Ample yet refined, …
Frank Family Zinfandel 2019, Napa Valley
Winery notes: This beautifully balanced and deeply concentrated Zinfandel boasts elegant, complex layers of crushed clove, fresh blackberry, and creamy mocha on the nose. A velvety texture of fine- grained tannins provides structural weight to the ripe fruit flavors of …
Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2016, Oakville
96 points Wine Spectator, #4 in 2019 Top 100: This delivers a very tightly focused, almost piercing beam of cassis, raspberry coulis and bitter cherry fruit, scored with singed alder and iron notes. Incense and tobacco details chime in on …
Hill Family Estate N.O.T.G. Late Harvest White Wine, Napa Valley 2012
Winemaker Alison Doran’s Tasting notes:bottled 6/14/13Zesty botrytis aromas leap out immediately with sweet candied orange and ginger, followed by cloverhoney, musky old-fashioned roses and mango. Concentrated and rich, the zingy caramelized grapefruit flavors keep it interesting and focused, with almost …
Orin Swift Papillon 2019, Napa Valley
Winery notes: The 2019 Papillon pours a neon crimson and settles into a dark core with a ruby rim—crimson through and through. Aromatically, the wine opens with powerful notes of blackberry, kirsch, coastal sagebrush and evolves into ripe pluot and …