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Ever since Luna Vineyards opened their doors with a young John Kongsgaard as their winemaker, they’ve made some of the best Chardonnay in Napa. Before he was famous for his own 100-point Chardonnay bottlings, he developed Luna’s style into the envy of their neighbors, with bold, brassy bottlings that flaunt big fruit and rich textures,…
Vintage Champagne: We’ve always considered it one of life’s true luxuries—and therefore about the furthest thing from common. But if any bottle proves it can be both, it’s the 2018 M. Brugnon Blanc de Blancs. This is the long-awaited follow-up to the 2015 and 2017 vintages, two sell-outs that together earned a staggering 4.5 stars…
“Find it.” James Suckling didn’t mince words in his 95-point review of the 2018 Marcelo Pelleriti Signature Malbec—he wanted to make sure everyone who read it ended up with a bottle, which he called “one of the great values in South American wines.” Pelleriti’s Malbec challenges the best big reds of France and California, which…
The Torres family have always been visionaries. In 1979, when Rioja was the only Spanish wine of note, their Cabernet-based Gran Coronas triumphed in a blind tasting over major Grand Cru Classé Bordeaux. They also saw the potential of the Russian River Valley long before most in California, establishing Marimar Estate in 1986. And then…
Bold and voluminous, the 2018 Martin Ray Cabernet Sauvignon is a no-brainer Napa Cab to buy by the case. We simply don’t know of another bottle from the blue-chip region with this level of winemaking pedigree and critical acclaim for the price. In his 93-point review, James Suckling praised the 2018 as “deep and manicured,”…
97 pts: Golden State’s Defining White There are a million reasons why I am absolutely thrilled to introduce our first allocation of Dan Petroski’s 2018 Massican Annia. It’s not just because it earned a stunning 97 points from Wine Enthusiast, or that the last vintage of Annia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100, or that Massican…
There are a million reasons why we are absolutely thrilled to share Dan Petroski’s 2018 Massican Annia in magnum. It’s not just because it earned a stunning 97 points from Wine Enthusiast, or that the last vintage of Annia made Wine Spectator’s Top 100, or that Massican is on the wine lists at The French Laundry,…
When he first tasted Michel Chapoutier’s Roussillon wines more than 15 years ago, Robert Parker called the winemaker “a young genius” who wouldn’t compromise. “Everything Chapoutier is doing,” noted Parker, before listing Chapoutier’s obsessive methods, “is done to produce the essence of a vineyard and a vintage.” Chapoutier’s Roussillon outpost is now the source of…
It never fails. For Napa Valley wine lovers who adore icons like Phelps and Continuum but don’t necessarily want to spend those sums, Miner’s Oracle is our go-to. Made from prime hillside sites primarily on the east side of the Napa Valley, The Oracle always delivers richness and breed in spades, for less than half…
Monthélie-Douhairet-Porcheret’s 2018 Les Serpens is an elegant and complex treasure, unearthed from a tiny vineyard bordering some of Volnay’s best terroir. It’s the kind of painstakingly crafted, micro-production discovery that tends to disappear into the cellars of collectors and Michelin-starred restaurants, never to appear at retail… Today, we got a share. Only 75 cases of…
The 2018 Morlet Family Vineyards Chardonnay Ma Douce is as good as California Chardonnay gets, and that is not just our opinion. Jeb Dunnuck rated it 99 points, calling it “riveting,” and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate gave it 97, putting it alongside California’s biggest cult Chardonnay names—not to mention Domaine des Comtes Lafon’s 2018 Montrachet Grand…
For years, we’ve had our eye on a Cabernet parcel located along a particular private St. Helena driveway—a site that produces what Robert Parker has called “over-delivering” and “world-class” wines. Since we never know where our next great vineyard lead will come from, we haven’t hesitated to mention this case of Cabernet envy to our…
A Bumper Crop’s $5,000 Per Ton “Special” One common thread we’ve noticed among Napa’s best-known, cult-producing, 100-point scoring legends, is their obsession with walking the vineyards—even on days off. “I have to be there and see the vines all season long,” Helen Keplinger once told us. “It’s the reason limited production, high-quality wines are often…
In June of 1996, Wine Spectator blasted out “Australia Hits the Big Time,” on a cover featuring three towering bottles of Shiraz. Two were marquee bottlings, Henschke Mount Edelstone and Penfolds Grange, which retail for $180 and $600+. The third was from Mount Langi Ghiran. Demand skyrocketed, especially domestically. That’s why 80% of Mount Langi’s…
Terroir and talent: That’s what any estate needs to reach the pinnacle, and that’s exactly what Larcis Ducasse has. The château is led by the superstar team of Nicolas Thienpont—his family owns Pomerol’s Château Le Pin and Vieux Château Certan—and Stéphane Derenoncourt, the renowned consultant and author of 100-point La Mondotte. Together they preside over…
Everybody in the Valley knows Bruce Neyers. He’s a Napa legend: At Joseph Phelps, he stayed for nearly two decades and built an icon as their general manager. He moved on to become the first national sales director for legendary importer Kermit Lynch, where he visited the cellars of some of the greatest producers in…
“Sicily is going through a Golden Age,” wrote Vinous. “Everyone wants a piece of Etna’s wild terroir.” This might just be the wine they had in mind when they wrote those lines. A bottle-aged Sicilian standout, the 2018 Nicosia Lenza di Munti seized 95 points at the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards. Organically grown on…
Tasting any Italian wine alongside heavyweights like Gaja, Sassicaia, and Masseto is usually putting it at an unfair disadvantage, especially a value red from a (relatively) newly recognized DOC. But at a blind tasting with an impressive group of Bay Area sommeliers, this 2018 Noelia Ricci Il Sangiovese Predappio more than held its own. This floral,…
To Napa Cab insiders who have counted O’Shaughnessy as an under-the-radar superstar: Don’t blame us. Blame the 97-point Editors’ Choice designation from Wine Enthusiast. There’s no way O’Shaughnessy’s insider status can survive honors like this. The 97-point score from Enthusiast puts this 2018 Cabernet in the magazine’s top echelon, right there with The Debate, which…
A lot of wines claim cult status, few have actually earned it. The Occidental Pinot Noirs of Steve Kistler are amongst the few that make the cut, no questions asked. They are trend-setting, impeccably crafted, and almost impossible to get a hold of. Case in point: the Freestone-Occidental Pinot Noir, an immaculate coastal Pinot of…
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