Alban Vineyards

Reva Alban Estate Vineyard Syrah 2003

Celebrating my baby girl’s 21st with an amazing bottle. A bit sweet to start but as it opened up it evolved through the night and was utterly amazing. The 10 is for my daughter but the wine is a solid 9.7. Decanted for an hour — a day ago

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Au Bon Climat

Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir 2014

Andrew

9.2

2014 drunk in 2024. I kept a bottle of this $14(!!) wine—2015 price—for 8 years on a hunch that it would hold up, and it did. I don’t know what it costs now, but back then it was head and shoulders the best American supermarket wine. — 19 days ago

Hirsch Vineyards

San Andreas Fault Pinot Noir 2012

Ely Cohn

9.1

Has some fight, bite, and spice. Dark persona, firmly structured with a core of sandy salinity, a little weight and tannic tension. Wild sour green strawberries, unripe raspberries, cedar lining.

Reserved, but punchy. — a month ago

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Jay Kline

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Pinotman /// Andreas

Buy this year in year out. A benchmark Pinot for CA.

Ely Cohn

@Pinotman /// Andreas agreed. I bought these on site a decade ago. Beautiful place too

Roederer Estate

L'Ermitage Brut Anderson Valley Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2015

Vanessa

9.2

Cheers to top quality bubbles from the Anderson Valley of the North Coast of California!

This wine is made with a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes.

It’s beautifully balanced with layers of autolytic characteristics like toasted almond, pie crust, brioche, biscuit, marzipan, nougat, thanks to 5 YEARS on the lees…

It has a creamy mouthfeel maintaining freshness with notes of white peach, apple, raspberry, lemon zest, white blossom…

Mousse is fine and persistent. — 15 days ago

with Deked1

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Severn Goodwin

Great wine, we've enjoyed a lot of them over the years, 2005 is still the most memorable vintage, just exceptional.

Vanessa

@Severn Goodwin Thank you for sharing! We’ll try to hunt down the ‘05, we imagine it was divine! 😍😍🥂🥂 Cheers to exceptional California bubbles!

Rivers-Marie

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2022

Scott E. Becker

9.1

[Tasted on November 9, 2024 at Home with Jay]

Pomegranate and black raspberry fruit, with black tea notes. — 15 days ago

Rombauer Vineyards

Carneros Chardonnay 2013

Mark Osmers

9.0

Flavorful and fruit forward, pair, honey, and a little hint of lemon — 22 days ago

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Marcassin

Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Good wine but not the style I personally enjoy. — 3 days ago

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Justin Vineyards & Winery

Isosceles Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2009

Jeffrey Paul

9.5

Made a big family dinner last Sunday night, not often we get everyone around the table with travel and sports, so kicked it up another notch with a lovely wine — 9 days ago

Austin Hope

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Samuel Tyndall

9.1

Don’t get the hype. Good wine. Very California, but nothing out of the ordinary. Not worth $80, worth $40 — 16 days ago

Flowers Vineyard & Winery

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2017

Marc Melser

9.0

We had the 2017 Vintage on 10/23-25/24. A real good PN that had classic Sonoma Coast flavors of cherry, strawberry, cola, sassafras and minerals. Well balanced, medium bodied with a velvety mouthfeel. — a month ago

West Coast Wine Cellar