Already a remarkably seductive wine even at this early stage. Like so many of the 2021 wines, it is graced with a profound aromatic expression. Honeysuckle, lime curd and chamomile. Grapefruit peel and nutmeg. Strong notes of... Read More

Leading off the Cabernet Sauvignon releases, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Signature is a larger production release and is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon and nearly equal portions of Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Merlot. Smoky black fruits,... Read More

The 2021 Chardonnay Durell Vineyard is a brilliant, chiseled wine. Apricot, white flowers, marzipan and light tropical notes are finely sketched. Vibrant saline tones extend the finish eortlessly. I especially admire the translucent... Read More

The 2021 Chardonnay Mae Estate opens with hints of chalk that give way to white peach, red apple, almonds and floral perfume on the nose. The palate has a textural breadth that emphasizes its deep core of savory fruit, and a foil... Read More

Lush with notes of dusty earth, the deep ruby-colored 2021 Pinot Noir Jessie Vineyard is rosy and pure, with wild raspberry liqueur, anise, and orange. Medium-bodied with a focused feel, while retaining ripe red fruit, it offers... Read More

Dark ruby, the 2021 Pinot Noir Marjorie Vineyard takes on a darker mineral profile with forward aromas of wet stone, black raspberry preserve, and layers of baking spices and crushed purple flowers. Moving to the palate, the wine... Read More

A semi-opaque red, the 2021 Pinot Noir Estate offers lots of ripe mixed berry and blue fruits as well as notes of candied flowers, loads of graphite and dark stone, and well-balanced spice. Full-bodied on the palate, with ripe,... Read More

The 2021 Red Wine California is a new Bordeaux-based red wine that Duncan Arnot and Nathan Roberts made initially to take the place of the 2020 Cabernets that would have been released around this time but were compromised by smoke.... Read More

With its violet hue hints and the pungent floral notes that leap from the glass, this Pinot equals clone 777 and 943. The resulting wine is effusively floral and fresh red fruited—notes of red raspberries, chicory root and... Read More

A deep ruby, the 2021 Pinot Noir The Estate is ripe and layered with an attractive perfume of cardamom, pure wild raspberry, and fresh sage. Medium-bodied, it expands with good length and concentration, its pure fruit is seamless... Read More

A more brooding and dark profile emerges in the 2021 Pinot Noir Occidental Ridge, revealing notes of black cherry, resinous pine sap, and freshly toasted sage. Full-bodied, with ripe tannins, blackberry, violets, and crushed gravelly... Read More

La Tourtine sits just above Cabassaou. The soil here is more homogeneous, with rich clay. La Tourtine produces powerful, tannic wines with gorgeous fruit character. Since Cabassaou sits lower on this hillside, it is protected... Read More

We love Josephine for her unique personality, her southern temperament and her northern, dry humor. She always knows how to cheer us up. She is bright and playful yet warm and caring at the same time.

She wants to please, but... Read More

The fruit for The Plow 2021 comes from the three upper blocks with a special massal selection of PN777 on Gelderman-Jory soils, with a layer of large gravels that impart extra energy to the vines and create more complex flavors.... Read More

The 2021 Chardonnay Casteel is complex and alluring, offering dynamic aromas and flavors as it unfurls with oxygen over several days. The nose offers lemon peel and panna cotta, spicy, honeyed undertones and streaks of flint.... Read More

Les Romains is a cuvee typified by a combination of flint and limestone; its name refers to the remains of a Roman road crossing the plot. This 100% Sauvignon white wine has a nose opening to delicate notes of white flowers, walnut... Read More

La Demoiselle, a cuvee from a deep flinty clay terroir on the peak of Sancerre, in the heart of the appellation. This 100% Sauvignon white wine, with its saline flavours on a background of pink grapefruit, is a combination of... Read More

A cooler, more restrained and more elegant nose reflects notes of Granny Smith apples, lemon-lime, iodine and tidal pool wisps. The medium-weight flavors aren't quite as concentrated, but they are markedly finer with more... Read More

This has lovely freshness and minerality with bright lemon, white-grapefruit, oyster-shell and thyme notes. Medium-bodied with bright acidity. Precise and focused. 75% sauvignon blanc and 25% semillon, fermented in barrique.... Read More

This is my third Pinot produced from Weber Vineyard, a beautiful vineyard just down Worden Hill Road from Maresh Vineyard that I have prized for a very long time. The vines in this block were planted in 1983 on their own roots.... Read More