| Winery | Special Designation | Vintage | Varietal | Rating | DateTasted | Notes | Buy Again? |
| Duckhorn | Napa Valley | 2018 | Merlot | 92 | 4/16/2024 | Cooked blackberries, raspberries, stewed black plum, baking spice, toasty oak, biscuit
Med- tannins, full acidity, full body, long finish, concentrated.
Starts off with baked blackberry and stewed plums in a warm, sweet package on the nose. It reminded us of the scent of a great blackberry cobbler. But the wine is completely dry and nicely balanced with silky tannins. This wine is just starting to develop some great tertiary notes on the nose and palate. It appears to have the bones to just keep ageing. | y |
| Angel Hawk | Alexander Valley Sonoma County Lot# 117 | 2022 | Chardonnay | 94 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Angel Hawk | Alexander Valley Sonoma County Lot# 117 | 2020 | Merlot | 89 | 4/13/2024 | | n |
| Angel Hawk | Alexander Valley Sonoma County Lot# 117 | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 92 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Angel Hawk | Stone Vineyard Alexander Valley Sonoma County Lot# 117 | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 90 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Angel Hawk | Red Winery Vineyard Alexander Valley Sonoma County Lot# 117 | 2019 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 92 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Green Acres Vineyard | 2022 | Chardonnay | 93 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Durrell Vineyard | 2022 | Chardonnay | 94 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Hyde Vineyard | 2022 | Chardonnay | 92 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Labyrinth | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 94 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Attune Vineyard | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 92 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Gaps Crown | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 90 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Gaps Crown Bolt Block | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 91 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Balinard Vineyard Russian River Valley | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 89 | 4/13/2024 | | n |
| Auteur | Pali Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 90 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Sta. Rita Hills | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 92 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Auteur | Sonoma Coast | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 92 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Sojourn Cellars | Wohler Vineyard Russian River Valley | 2022 | Pinot Noir | 95 | 4/13/2024 | Wadenswil clones | y |
| Sojourn Cellars | Monte Rosso Vineyard, Moon Mountain District | 2021 | Cabernet Sauvignon | 94 | 4/13/2024 | | y |
| Melville | Donnas Block, Santa Rita Hills | 2019 | Syrah | 96 | 4/12/2024 | Blackberry, lots of black pepper, rhubarb, short cake, cocoa, bay leaf and balsamic.
Med+ acid, med- tannins, full body, long finish and concentration.
We did a Melville tasting and had two Donnas Block syrahs. Both were similar but had different aspects. They were both brilliantly flavored and blew us away with their intensity. | y |
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