Winery | Special Designation | Vintage | Varietal | Rating | DateTasted | Notes | Buy Again? |
Auteur | Durrell Vineyard | 2023 | Chardonnay | 92 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Hyde Vineyard | 2023 | Chardonnay | 91 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Green Acres Vineyard | 2023 | Chardonnay | 93 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Russian River Valley | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 94 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Santa Rita Hills | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 92 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Ferrington Vineyard Anderson Valley | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 91 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Labyrinth Vineyard Russian River Valley | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 92 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Pali Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 90 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Gaps Crown Sonoma Coast | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 93 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Auteur | Gaps Crown Bolt Block | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 95 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Bacigalupi | Rose of Pinot | 2024 | Pinot Noir | 93 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Bacigalupi | Russian River Valley | 2023 | Chardonnay | 94 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Bacigalupi | | 2022 | Zinfandel | 92 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Bacigalupi | Fondare | 2022 | Zinfandel/Petite Sirah | 93 | 3/29/2025 | | y |
Rutherford Hill | Rutherford, Napa Valley | 2015 | Merlot | 94 | 3/28/2025 | A lovely 10 year old wine with great amounts of depth, concentration and intensity of flavors. | y |
Testarossa | Rosemarys Arroyo Grande Valley | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 89 | 3/28/2025 | A tart experience. | n |
Testarossa | La Rinconada Santa Rita Hills | 2023 | Pinot Noir | 90 | 3/28/2025 | | n |
Trader Joes | Reserve Napa Valley, Lot# 267 | 2024 | Sauvignon Blanc | 91 | 3/27/2025 | A really lovely Sauv Blanc with lively peach notes, diesel, Casaba Melon, lemon peel, tropical fruit and kiwi.
It has a medium body, high acid, medium finish, concentrated flavor and med+ intensity.
Sipped nice and cold, this will be a great wine for spring and summer porch chilling out. The flavors are robust and balanced with the acidity. All in all, a great release from Tjs. | y |
Trader Joes | Platinum Reserve, Yountville, Napa Valley, Lot# 121 | 2023 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 90 | 3/27/2025 | If you want notes of cocoa and coffee and floral, blackberry, leather this is your wine. The concentration on the nose is pretty good, but only medium.
So, lets talk about the intensity on the palate. Its much higher than the nose. The high acid, med+ body, med+ finish, high tannins, long finish and med+ concentration.
This is Yountville! This has good fruit, good secondary notes like cocoa and coffee and leather. This is a good effort. Just a little more concentration on the nose and palate and this would be rocking our world. | y |
Trader Joes | Platinum Reserve, Yountville, Napa Valley, Lot# 122 | 2023 | Merlot | 91 | 3/27/2025 | Yah, blackberry, melted chocolate, lilac, stone fruit pits, black currants and potting soil. Delicious.
Mighty, grippy, cocoa tannins, high acid, tart chocolate, med+ finish, good concentration of flavors and intensity.
Heres the thing though -- we just made a pan of chicken enchiladas with guacamole and really spicy jalapenos! And holy heck did this wine match perfectly with that. It was just an accident, mind you. The berries and cocoa showed though beautifully. What a match! By itself, the wine is lovely. This is edging on some of the really nice Rutherford Hill Merlots we had from Oakville and Stags Leap District. | y |
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