| 2022 |
Frey |
Pinot Grigio Mendocino |
Offering lemon meringue, kaffir lime, apple and cinnamon, this light-bodied wine is crisp and refreshing, with good acidity and minerality. It makes a great pairing with papaya salad, shrimp tacos and grilled white fish. Best Buy. |
Wine Enthusiast |
Best Buy |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2021 |
Frey |
Zinfandel Mendocino |
This wine is concentrated with expressive fruit, black currant jam, blueberry, cinnamon and fresh caramel. Super bright and juicy, it offers balanced acidity that lifts the midpalate. |
Wine Enthusiast |
90 |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2020 |
Frey |
Petite Sirah Mendocino |
Concentrated and opaque, this bottling offers boysenberry, black-cherry cream soda, blood-orange bitters and black licorice interwoven with violets, allspice, crystalized ginger, green chartreuse and dark chocolate. It is a complex offering from a leader in organic and biodynamic winemaking in California. |
Wine Enthusiast |
90 |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2022 |
Frey |
Pinot Noir Mendocino |
This light-bodied organic wine offers supple fruit, with black raspberry, red plum and strawberry-rhubarb compote along with fresh tobacco leaf and dried herbs. It has a dry finish. A classic cool-climate bottling with good acidity. Best Buy. |
Wine Enthusiast |
90 |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2022 |
Dunham |
Shirley Mays Chardonnay |
Surely it would be difficult to find a better bang for the Chardonnay buck than the Mays. Tropical papaya, macadamia nut and grass skirt aromas sway in the air, followed by flavors of ripe mango, butter, coriander and honey. The wine’s rich, almost creamy texture is balanced by zippy acidity. |
Wine Enthusiast |
92 |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2019 |
Ramírez de la Piscina |
Crianza |
Aromas of black currant and sautéed portobello mushroom lead the way for cassis, blackberry, charcuterie, black-olive paste, smoke, dried thyme and caramel flavors. While the flavor profile leans towards savory rather than fruit-dominant, sturdy tannins and well-balanced acidity make for a nice pour. Best Buy. #75 of Wine Enthusiast’s Top-Rated Wines Under $20 for 2024 |
Wine Enthusiast |
91 |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2020 |
Susie Bynum |
Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon |
This opulent, full-bodied wine is bold in dark plums and dark chocolate aromas. These lead to a weighty palate of dried plums and dried cherries laced with cedar, toast and cinnamon from oak aging. Drink now–2028. |
Wine Enthusiast |
91 |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2022 |
Lobster Reef |
Pinot Noir |
A cool, minty note opens and, after some swirling in glass, makes way for a cocktail bitters-like combo of dried red and orange fruit, spices and herbs. The palate is lightweight with tongue-tingling acidity and a chalky tannic backbone. Best Buy. |
Wine Enthusiast |
Best Buy |
 |
2024-02-20 |
| 2023 |
Ocean Road |
Chardonnay |
This is an ultra-fruity Chardonnay that, while crowd-pleasing, drinks more like a Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Gris than a Chard. There’s punchy candied peach and green apple Jolly Rancher. The vibrant palate shows perhaps a touch of residual sugar with plenty of tangy, green apple and lime acidity to counter it. Best Buy. |
Wine Enthusiast |
Best Buy |
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2024-02-20 |
| 2021 |
Gota |
Dão Tinto 'Prunus Private Selection' |
An intense jammy bedrock of blueberry and damson offset with a lively herbaceous and white pepper lift; succulent and juicy with a long, refreshing finish. Stunning! |
Decanter |
95 |
 |
2024-02-16 |