Promontory Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley 2015
Wine Advocate
98+ Points
Composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon displays a deep garnet-purple color and is a little sluggish to reveal its fragrant core of plum preserves, crème de cassis, blueberry compote and Morello cherries with accents of stewed Darjeeling tea, underbrush, cloves and tobacco leaf plus a waft of pencil shavings.
2015 Quintarelli Cabernet Alzero
Vinous
95 Points
The 2015 Cabernet Alzero is loaded with varietal character, bursting from the glass with a dark blend of black fruits, savory herbs, pencil lead and crushed stone.
2015 Quintarelli Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Vinous
94+ Points
Dark ruby with purple hues, the 2015 Ricioto della Valpolicella Classico is youthfully coy, requiring coaxing to evolve in the glass.
2021 Racines Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Cuvee
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94 Points
This notably youthful Pinot, a blend of 4 well-regarded vineyards: La Riconada; Rancho La Vina; Wenzlau: & Sanford and Benedict, is destined to be elegant, refined and focused.
2023 Red Stitch Pinot Noir Rosella’s Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 95+ Points
Full, rich, zesty and concentrated, the nose of this classy Pinot Noir offers scents of raspberry, pomegranate, sour red cherry, pink peppercorn, baking spice, pink rose and a hint of cardamom.
2012 Revenant Proprietary Red Napa Valley
NVWE Notes: Darkly aromatic, this complex 2012 Bordeaux blend offers scents of rich forest earth, dark pipe tobacco, mahogany and dry red rose in support of tart red cherry, dark plum and cherry brandy fruit notes.
2020 Ridge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains
90 points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate comes all from the estate Monte Bello Vineyard on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, which is much warmer than the western side of the region.
90 points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate comes all from the estate Monte Bello Vineyard on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains, which is much warmer than the western side of the region.
2021 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello Santa Cruz Mountains MAGNUM
Wine Advocate 96 Points
2021 marks the start of a new era at Ridge, now under the stewardship of Trester Goetting and longtime Ridge veteran John Olney following the departure of veteran winemaker Eric Baugher.
2021 Ridge Geyserville Zinfandel Blend Alexander Valley HALF BOTTLE
Vinous
94+ points
The 2021 Geyserville hits the palate with a burst of dark red/purplish fruit, sweet spice, lavender, chocolate, dried herbs and American oak.
2021 Ridge Vineyards Petite Sirah Lytton Estate
San Francisco Wine Panel 93 Points
This fine, gutsy bottling is aromatically redolent of dark cherry, blackberry and black currant, with rich undercurrents of graphite, dark earth and dried herbs: everything focused and varietally on target.
97 points Zinfandel Chronocles
Winemaker's Notes
Deep ruby in color with aromas of black cherry, dark plum, sarsaparilla, baking spices, toasted oak, and lavender.
2022 Ridge Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley
Wine Spectator 95 points
Like a beast that's been tamed, this red is genteel and polished on the outside but dark and fervent deep down, with expressive flavors of blackberry, briar patch, savory anise and pepper.
2022 Ridge Zinfandel Sonoma Valley Pagani Ranch
Wine Spectator
93 points
Elegance meets a deep core of concentrated fruit, offering blackberry and blueberry notes, plus details of green olive, licorice and Asian dark spices that build richness toward fine-grained tannins.
2022 Roar Pinot Noir Sierra Mar Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96+ Points
2022 is a vintage where this well regarded mountain Pinot has lots of energy and enough engaging fruit to gracefully dominate its mineral and savory underpinnings.
2022 Rochioli Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Little Hill
Wine Spectator
94 Points
Ripe and seductive in feel, with creamy raspberry and mulberry fruit puree notes gliding through atop a silky structure, while black tea, incense, singed anise and warm earth accents fill in on the long finish.
2022 Rochioli Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Sweetwater
Wine Spectator
92 Points
This friendly version offers a plump and rounded feel, with a core of strawberry and cherry notes backed by an unobtrusive sandalwood spine.
2021 Rombauer Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley HALF BOTTLE
Wine Spectator 92 Points
This delivers a plumpish core of gently warmed cassis and plum sauce flavors laced with cocoa powder and mesquite hints.
2022 Domaine Rostaing, La Viallière, Côte-Rôtie
Decanter Magazine 95 Points
Soft impression on the palate, though does have the Viallière elegance and violet aroma.
2022 Domaing Rostaing Cote-Rotie Ampodium, Rhone
Vinous 92 Points
The taut 2022 Cote-Rotie Ampodium revel black cherry, red plum, crushed violets and a touch of cedar on the nose.
