| YEAR | WINE/DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ||
| 2009 | Calera Central Coast Pinot "It may well be the single finest value in American Pinot Noir," The Wine Advocate. WA 92 pts. | $22.95 | ||
| 2009 | Evening Land Seven Springs Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir WS 92 pts. | $39.50 | ||
| 2009 | Kosta Browne Koplen Russian River Valley Pinot Noir WS 94 pts. | $159.00 | ||
| 2009 | Knez Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Peter Knez recently bought the Demuth and Cerise Vineyards and brought on Anthony Filiberti, of Ant Hill Farms, as the winemaker. Great vineyards combined with talented winemaking results in something very special in the bottle. This 2009 combines fruit from both Demuth and Cerise. Lovely floral and cranberry nose, medium-bodied, peaty, earthy, great fruit and intensity, very nice acid. If you are a Pinot lover on the lookout for that next hot Pinot producer, check out Knez. You could say you were ahead of the curve. Killer pricing on this as well. | $29.95 | ||
| 2009 | Rochioli Sweetwater Russian River Valley Pinot Noir WS 95 pts. | $155.00 | ||
| 2009 | Sea Smoke Botella Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir | $89.00 | ||
| 2009 | Sojourn Cellars Gap's Crown Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir WA 93 pts, Pinot Report 95 pts. | $47.95 | ||
| 2008 | Brewer-Clifton Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir RP 93 pts. | $35.90 | ||
| 2008 | Molnar Family Poseidon Vineyard Pinot Noir RP 90 pts. | $25.95 | ||
| 2008 | Samsara Melville Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir RP 94 pts. | $44.95 | ||
| 2008 | Sea Smoke Botella Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir | $95.00 | ||
| 2008 | Kosta Browne Koplen Russian River Valley Pinot Noir WS 95 pts. | $169.00 | ||
| 2008 | Waterstone Carneros Pinot Noir The 2008 Waterstone Carneros Pinot Noir lives up to the reputation of this fine brand, quality in the bottle at a tremendous price point. This wine has aromas of cherries and cocoa. There is a nice earthiness on the palate with a good attack. Red and black fruits abound, with hints of cola and nutmeg. The wine has good grip and will continue to improve in the bottle. |
$19.00 | ||
| 2007 | Harrington Gap's Crown Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Serendipity plays a large role in unearthing new wines. I dropped by a colleague's recently to find him in the middle of a wine tasting. He immediately whips out a glass and introduces me to Winemaker Bryan Harrington. I've been through this drill before and usually I have to make nice nice as I taste the wines and then slink out the door with a business card that I throw in the circular file. Not so on this day. Bryan Harrington has been producing Pinot Noir since the 2002 vintage, yet this was the first time I had run across these wines. He makes his wine right here in San Francisco. I was impressed by his vineyard selection, but wowed even more by what he poured in the glass.What a perfumed black cherry and cinnamon nose! I was seduced from the first swirl. Black cherries and sugar plums predominate with hints of allspice, cedar, and white flowers. This wine has terrific body with nice weight, complexity, and length. If Gap's Crown sounds familiar to you, it's because Kosta Browne makes a single-vineyard bottling from here. Pinot Report 92 pts, Connoisseurs' Guide 92 pts. | $34.95 | ||
| 2007 | Kosta Browne Koplen Russian River Valley Pinot Noir WS 96 pts. | $179.00 | ||
| 2006 | Aubert UV Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir RP 94-96 pts. | $289.95/magnum | ||
| 2006 | Marcassin Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir RP 96 pts. | $265.00 | ||
| 2006 | Williams-Selyem Westside Road Neighbors Pinot Noir IWC 93 pts. | $95.00 | ||
| 2005 | Kosta Browne Keefer Russian River Valley Pinot Noir WS 95 pts. | $180.00 | ||
| 2005 | Martinelli Blue Slide Ridge Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir RP 95 pts. |
$199.00 | ||
| 2005 | Rochioli Little Hill Pinot Noir RP 93-95 pts. | $139.00 | ||
| 2004 | Kistler Cuvee Catherine Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir RP 94-96 pts. |
$179.95 | ||
| 2004 | Kosta Browne Koplen Russian River Valley Pinot Noir WS 96 pts. | $194.95 | ||
| 2004 | Martinelli Blue Slide Ridge Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir ST 93 pts. | $199.00 | ||
| 2003 | Kosta Browne Cohn Russian River Valley Pinot Noir WS 92 pts. | $148.95 |