96 points
2019 Boncristiani Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96 Points Although this bottling is clearly the equal in fruit and intensity of the winery’s much lauded previous efforts, it easily surpasses them in polished focus and textural suppleness. MoreShop
Buoncristiani 2019 Malbec Napa Valley
93 points
2019 Buoncristiani Malbec Napa Valley Vinous 93 Points The 2019 is one of my favorite wines in this range, as it so often is. Buoncristiani does a tremendous job in coaxing superb textural richness out of their Malbec while avoiding the jamming heaviness that is sometimes an issue with the Cabernets. MoreCarruades 2000 De Lafite
93 points
2000 Chateau Carraudes de Lafite, Pauillac, Bordeaux Wine Spectator 93 Points Wonderfully ripe and decadent, with tobacco, meat and ripe berry aromas, with hints of currants. MoreCarter 2020 Cabernet The Grand Daddy
98+ points
2020 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Grand Daddy Oakville, Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard San Francisco Wine Panel Score 98+ Points Plump and juicy, focused and forthcoming, this is an extremely impressive Cabernet from a vineyard block famous for producing wines of grandeur. MoreCarter 2020 Cabernet The Haze
94+ points
2020 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon “The Haze” Oakville, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94+ Points Bright and forthcoming, the nose of this already satisfying Cabernet is centered on red currant, sour red cherry, red plum and blueberry, enhanced by suggestions of violet, rose and hazelnut above a mineral background. MoreCarter 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon GD
97+ points
2022 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon “The Grand Daddy”, Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, Oakville, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel 97+ Points The “Grand Daddy” block is typically the plumpest and juiciest of Carter’s grand-scale Cabs and is often their most immediately impressive Cab at release, yet that weight is tempered in 2022 by an extra note of zest. MoreCarter 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon H
96+ points
2022 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvigon “The Haze”, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel 96+ Points From new fruit sources in 2022, this “Haze” bottling is both a much fruitier and more immediately forthcoming Cabernet than in the past. MoreCarter 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon LB
96 points
2022 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon “La Bam”, Las Piedras Vineyard, St Helena, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel 96 Points If neither as powerful nor as weighty as Carter’s other Las Piedras Cab, this “La Bam” bottling is more forthcoming, focused, elegant and satisfying. MoreCarter 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon OG
98+ points
2022 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon “The O.G”, Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, Oakville, Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel 98+ Points The OG Block (planted to clone 337) made Carter’s reputation, both for its intrinsic quality and age-ability, and that impending greatness is fully expressed in the marvelous 2022. MoreCastellare 2020 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggiale
93 points
2020 Castellare di Castellina Chianti Classico Il Poggiale Riserva Wine Spectator 93 Points Rich and evoking cherry, raspberry, iron and spice flavors, this red is backed by vibrant acidity and dense tannins. MoreCastello Di Volpaia 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva
93 points
2019 Castello di Volpaia, Riserva, Chianti, Classico, Tuscany Decanter 93 Points Selected from eight vineyards with yields between 35 and 45hL/ha, Castello di Volpaia’s 2019 Riserva is aged in a combination of French and Slavonian oak barrels. MoreCastello Di Volpaia 2019 Red Blend
94 points
2019 Castello di Volpaia Balifico, Tuscany Wine Advocate 94 Points The organic 2019 Balifico is a blend of 65% Sangiovese and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in French oak for a standard 18 months. MoreCatena Zapata 2020 Malbec Nicasia
96 points
2020 Catena Zapata Malbec Catena Zapata Nicasia Vineyard Wine Advocate 96 Points The juicy and peachy 2020 Malbec Catena Zapata Nicasia Vineyard in Paraje Altamira is the result of a warm year in a warmish place, but the wine shows no excess and comes through as balanced, slightly riper and rounder than the 2019 I tasted next to it but keeping the poise and elegance. MoreCattleya 2021 Pinot Noir Cuvee # One
95+ points
2021 Cattleya Pinot Noir Cuvee # 1, Russian River Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 95+ Points Ripe, fresh and forthcoming, with fine focus, the nose of this forthcoming Pinot Noir wine offers aromas of ripe boysenberry, Bing cherry galette, black raspberry, licorice root, cherry pit, dried red rose, baking spice, hazelnut and a trace of cardamom. MoreCattleya 2022 Pinot Noir The Goddess
95 points
Cattleya Pinot Noir West Sonoma Coast The Goddess 2022 Wine Spectator 95 Points Beautifully ripe and showy, this is a "wow" wine, with a range of mulberry, boysenberry and raspberry coulis notes framed by licorice, apple wood and bramble accents. MoreCayuse 2019 Impulsivo
94 points
Cayuse 2019 Impulsivo En Chamberlain Vineyard Tempranillo (Walla Walla Valley (OR)) Wine Enthusiast 94 Points Editors' Choice This is always a singular wine, and this vintage does not disappoint. MoreCesari 2015 Amarone
90 points
2015 Cesari Amarone della Valpolicella Classico HALF BOTTLE Wine Spectator 90 Points An elegant red, opening nicely in the glass to reveal flavors of fig cake, woodsy spice and Earl Grey tea leaf underscored by iron and smoke accents. MoreCesari Justo 2019 Rosso
The name Justo comes from a combination of the English word Just and the Italian word Giusto – meaning Right.
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Ch Belair Monage 2010 St Emillion
95 points
2010 Château Bélair-Monange St.-Emilion Grand Cru Wine Spectator 95 Points Solidly built, with the chalky spine running from start to finish, while the core of red currant, raspberry and black cherry fruit is held in reserve. MoreCh Dutruch 2015
90 points
2015 was a classic vintage in Bordeaux – Jane Anson rated the Left Bank reds 4.5 out of 5. MoreCh Pre Lalande 2015
90 points
Château Pré La Lande 2015 Cuvée Diane (Sainte-Foy Bordeaux) Wine Enthusiast 90 Points A blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this wine has attractive perfumes and layers of spice from wood aging as well as plenty of red-berry fruits. MoreChalone 2021 Pinot Noir
92 points
2021 Chalone Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir (Chalone) Wine Enthusiast 92 Points Rose petal, pomegranate and an herbal blast of oregano and marjoram show on the nose of this bottling from an historic producer in the mountains east of Salinas. MoreChanrion 2022 Cote de Brouilly Beaujolais
92+ points
2022 Chanrion Cote de Brouilly Beaujolais Domaine de la Voute des Crozes San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92+ Points Brightly focused, vividly spicy and fresh, the aromas of this classically styled Beajoilais are dominated by core notes of cranberry liqueur and sour dark cherry, with suggestions of blueberry, hibiscus, rattan, hazelnut husk and peppercorn in support. MoreChapoutier 2017 Hermitage Sizeranne
94 points
2017 M Chapoutier, Monier de la Sizeranne, Hermitage, Rhône Valley Decanter 94 Points This has the dark fruited, savoury character of the vintage, and it has the robust, quite square tannins too – they will take some time to settle down. MoreChappellet 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Signature
94 points
2019 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon “Signature” Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94 Points This Cab is both focused and distinctive as 2019 has proven an outstanding vintage for this always reliable bottling. More