USA

Our Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir has been specially made for us by Jim Clendenen, the highly regarded winemaker of Au Bon Climat, with whom we have been working for 20 years. The 2019 vintage is ripe, with rich aromas of red cherries, damsons and wild berries. The palate has a generous and silky texture, its tannins supple and beautifully integrated. Subtle notes of spice and wild herbs provide complexity and intrigue. Drink now until 2025.nins.

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{color} Red{color}                                                               {maturity}ready-keep{maturity} {maturity-text}Ready, but will keep{maturity-text}
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We’re proud to be working with winemaker David Ramey on our first own-label Sonoma County Chardonnay. From the 2018 vintage, this wine has an attractive, ripe stone-fruit nose, with aromas of orange blossom, ginger and citrus zest adding complexity. Time in French oak has contributed layers of toast and spice, and is generously supported by lively, crisp acidity and a subtle hint of struck match.

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For this, the second vintage of our Californian Zinfandel, Ridge Vineyards has carefully sourced the highest-quality grapes from the Sonoma County AVA. The resulting wine displays luscious, wild, red-berry fruit with strawberry jam and chocolate notes. The concentration and spice of the 2018 vintage is wonderfully balanced by the wine’s crunchy acidity and rich tannins.

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This is the first vintage that the iconic Inglenook name is re-united with the vineyards, and the wine does not disappoint. Classic ripe Napa Cabernet Sauvignon character, skillful winemaking and use of French oak yield a wine of great concentration and surprising elegance. Patient cellaring will be rewarded with great complexity

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[]The Wine Advocate::92/100

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Deep ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir Hirsch Vineyard is intensely scented of crushed raspberries and blackberries with a pretty perfume of violets, wild thyme and mossy bark. Light to medium-bodied, the intensity of flavors is nicely juxtaposed by the ethereal elegance, with soft, fine grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with lingering earthy notes. - Wine Advocate

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{color}Red{color}
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{vintage}2015{vintage}

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   [] Vinous:: 95/100

[] Wine Advocate:: 94/100

[] James Suckling:: 94/100

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The perfect 2005 Syrah Atlantis Fe 203-1a,b,c is a blend of 93% Syrah, 5% Grenache, and 2% Viognier, with 25% whole clusters... An extraordinarily flowery nose interwoven with scents of blueberries, blackberries, incense, and graphite soars from the glass. Although not the biggest or most concentrated Syrah Krankl has made, it is one of the most nuanced, elegant, and complex. It remains full-bodied, but builds incrementally on the palate, and comes across as elegant and delicate, especially when compared to many California Syrahs. Nevertheless, the intensity is mind-boggling, and the finish lasts for nearly a minute.  - Robert Parker

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{color}Red{color}
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{vintage}2005{vintage}
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[]The Wine Advocate::100/100

[]Vinous::94-95/100

[]Wine Spectator::92/100

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The style of Knox Alexander, named after Jim Clendenen’s son, is to express a selection of the best vineyard parcels from the 58 acres of estate Pinot Noir fruit that Jim has planted since 1994. The 2017 is a savoury wine with mixed red and black berry fruit mingling with notes of cured meat, toast and bacon. The palate exudes concentrated, dark cherry fruit and a smoky intensity which combine to make this a bold expression of Pinot Noir yet one that is toned and supple. The signature ABC freshness is here and lifts the whole wine yet it is the intensity of the savoury, meaty character that defines it. The leafy tannins are still firm on the palate suggesting that more time should be allowed for these to resolve. The wine is concentrated and powerful with so much complexity all culminating in an intriguing herbal note on the generous and rewarding finish. Drink 2024-2032.

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{color}Red{color}
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[]Antonia Galloni::91/100
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An iconic wine from one of the most legendary producers in California. Meticulous detail goes into the farming and winemaking. Fruit is from some of the most highly regarded vineyards in the region, many of which are farmed entirely by Kistler themselves. Current winemaker Jason Kesner apprenticed with Steve Kistler for 8 years before being handed the reins fully in 2017.

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{color}Red{color}                                          

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The 2018 Pinot Noir Isabelle is a powerful, deep wine with equally big tannins that need time to soften. There's terrific density here just waiting to emerge. Copious red fruit, leather, cedar, tobacco and dried herbs occasionally come forward. Readers should plan on cellaring the 2018 for at least a few years.

Drink 2023 - 2035

Antonio Galloni, vinous.com (Jun 2021)

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[]Antonia Galloni::93/100
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Since 1978 Steve Kistler and Mark Bixler have been making some of California's longest-lived, elegant and most sought-after Chardonnays and Pinots. If you're a fan of Kistler's wines, you won't want to miss this rare opportunity to get your hands on a bottle of the Les Noisetiers. Made in the same style as the winery's single-vineyard Chardonnays, this blends fruit from a number of top-notch vineyards. 

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From a great site in the Russian River Valley and just about all destemmed and aged 16 months in 55% new French oak, the 2017 Pinot Noir Treehouse Vineyard reveals a slightly deeper ruby/purple hue as well as more black cherry and slightly darker fruits that give way to more spice, violet, bouquet garni, and white flower notes with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied and balanced, with ripe tannins and a classic Burgundian style, it's another stunning Pinot Noir from this estate that can be drunk today or cellared for over a decade. Drink 2020-2032

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[]James Suckling::97/100

[]Wine Advocate::92/100

[]Wine Spectator::95/100

[]Jeb Dunnuck::96/100 {ratings} {***}

The 2017 Rochioli is full of white fruit, pear and lovely florality / hint of honey on the nose.  It has a medium bodied palate and is energetic and yet has a smooth depth of yellow plum fruit, butter.  This is deep and layered – a delicious Chardonnay.  Powerful and a touch closed at the moment and so id give it another 3-5 years in bottle at least. 2022 – 2025+.

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{ratings} [] Wine Advocate:: 93/100

[] Jeb Dunnuck:: 96/100

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Brought up in 45% new French oak, the 2017 Pinot Noir Bootlegger's Hill Vineyard reveals a medium ruby/translucent color as well as a complex bouquet of redcurrants, leafy herbs, damp earth, iodine, and spice. Medium to full-bodied, with an elegant texture, lots of classic Russian River spice, and outstanding length. it shows the more elegant streamlined style of the vintage, yet I suspect it's going to age gracefully. Give bottles 2-3 years and it should keep for a decade. Another estate that has changed their style (for the better, I think), Kosta Browne’s latest 2018s have beautiful purity and elegance as well as richness. They’re certainly in the top handful of wines in this report. Drink 2022-2032.
Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com (May 2020)

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[]James Suckling::96/100

[]Wine Advocate::91/100

[]Wine Spectator::91/100

[]Jeb Dunnuck::94/100 {ratings} {***}

More gamy, bloody and meaty than the Sur Echalas Vineyard Syrah, the 2012 Syrah The Tribe Vineyard is a full-bodied, elegant, concentrated and structured effort that gives up complex notes of savory dark fruits, beef blood, dried herbs, pepper and olives. It's another incredible Syrah that needs short-term cellaring, but will have two decades of evolution.
Jeb Dunnuck - 29/06/2015

{***}{region}Washington, USA{region}
{color}Red{color}
{vintage}2014{vintage}
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[]The Wine Advocate::97/100

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Brought up in a scant 15% new puncheons, the 2013 Syrah en Cerise is a beautifully layered, elegant, yet focused and concentrated Syrah that really needs 2-3 years of bottle age to strut its stuff. Black cherries, raw steak, violets and pepper all emerge from this full-bodied, balanced, classic Syrah from one the top winemakers in the US.
Jeb Dunnuck - 30/06/2016

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{color}Red{color}
{vintage}2013{vintage}
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[]The Wine Advocate::95+/100

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The 2005 Red Rock Terrace has a slightly more saturated, ruby/purple color, with a little more backward and introspective personality, more noticeable tannin, and a blacker, more primordial personality. Fuller-bodied and denser, it is rich, young and seems years behind the more precocious and evolved Gravelly Meadow. There is great acid buttressing a youthful, promising, budding superstar of the vintage. Forget it for another 5-6 years, and drink it over the following two decades plus. (RP) 95+ 

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{color} Red{color}                                                             

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 [] The Wine Advocate:: 95+/100

[] Robert Parker:: 95+/100

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