Case of Wine
All scores and tasting notes from Wine Spectator, except as noted
White
Peter Michael: Sauvignon Blanc Knights Valley L'Après-Midi 2013
This succulent white offers nectarine, apricot and ripe melon flavors, with clear, crisp acidity. Shows lemon, tobacco and celery leaf details, accented by a whiff of lanolin. Elegant and supple in texture, with a powerful finish.
• Score: 94
• Release Price: $60
• Region: Sonoma
Evening Land: Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills Seven Springs Vineyard Summum 2010
Light, racy and aromatic, with depth, offering mineral notes of crushed wet stone before delivering beautifully restrained apple, pineapple and citrus flavors that play against a lean, sinewy frame. The finish doesn't quit.
• Score: 96
• Release Price: $90
• Region: Willamette Valley
Realm: Sauvignon Blanc Fidelio 2016
Citrus flowers on the nose. The palate was citrus dominated by grapefruit, fresh cut grass, and river rocks. [description and score from Cellar Tracker]
• Score: 93
• Release Price: $70
• Region: Napa Valley
Ancillary: Chardonnay Sonoma Coast Sangiacomo Vineyard 2016
The core tangerine, nectarine and peach flavors are rich, potent, deep and persistent in this white, which ends simpler on the finish.
• Score: 88
• Release Price: $70
• Region: Sonoma
Chasseur: Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2011
Ripe and dark-hued, with exotic, honey-laced fig and butterscotch flavors. Rich and fleshy.
• Score: 87
• Release Price: $40
• Region: Sonoma
Tor: Chardonnay Sonoma Coast Durell Vineyard Wente Clone 2014
Pure and rich, centered on honeyed fig and apricot flavors, with a buttery, smoky oak edge and a deep, persistent finish. Young and assertive, this is starting to mellow.
• Score: 91
• Release Price: $60
• Region: Sonoma
Red
The Mascot: Bordeaux Blend 2011
Blackberry, cassis, chocolate. Very rounded wine in the front and the middle. Full bodied, almost chewy, in your face. Finishes with a load of sweet oak tannin. [description and score from Cellar Tracker]
• Score: 93
• Current Price: $125
• Region: Napa Valley
Myriad: Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Round Pond Vineyard 2016
Not shy on ripeness, as waves of creamed plum and boysenberry cruise through. Energetic, with subtle ripples of acidity adding length. Licorice and apple wood notes impart range through the finish.
• Score: 92
• Release Price: $80
• Region: Napa
Aperture: Red Blend (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet Franc) Alexander Valley 2015
Offers complex flavors of currant, blueberry, blackberry, herb, cedar, gravel and underbrush, yet for all the fruit intensity this has a measure of tenderness and charm. The tannins are ripe, giving this structure.
• Score: 91
• Release Price: $48
• Region: Sonoma
Kobalt: Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2007
Tightly wound, firm and complex, offering a mix of cedar, loamy earth, dried currant and blackberry flavors, with touches of black licorice, mineral and sage. Full-bodied, ending with ripe, chewy tannins that reverberate on the finish.
• Score: 95
• Release Price: $90
• Region: Napa
Cavus: Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District 2006
Rustic, and pleasantly so, with earthy herb, dried berry, plum and black licorice flavors that are pure and full-bodied. Fleshy and structured at points, ending with a mix of black licorice and berry flavors.
• Score: 91
• Release Price: $90
• Region: Napa
Robert Craig: Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder 2014
Structured, full bodied with firm tannins. Fruit and acidity in balance. [description and score from Cellar Tracker]
• Score: 92
• Current Price: $85
• Region: Napa