91+ Points
2021 El Lugar Pinot Noir SLO Coast San Francisco Wine Panel Score 91+ Points Bright and focused, this pretty bottling brings forth expansive aromas of sweet red cherry, raspberry and lingonberry fruits which achieve a genteel harmony with pink peppercorn, mace and coriander seed counterpoints. Read moreShop
El Lugar 2023 Pinot Noir Trestle
92 Points
2023 El Lugar Pinot Noir Trestle Vineyard SLO Coast San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92 Points This Pinot Noir, if clearly youthful, offers distinctive, focused fruit that is balanced for food service and age-worthy. Read more
El Molino 2020 Pinot Noir Rutherford
97 Points
2020 El Molino Pinot Noir Rutherford Napa Valley San Francisco Wine Panel 97 Points El Molino's wife is one of the few celebrated Napa Pinot Noirs made from fruit located north of Carneros. Read more
Fess Parker 2022 Pinot Noir Pommard
96 Points
2022 Fess Parker Pinot Noir Pommard Clone, Santa Rita Hills San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96+ Points Generous, yet elegant and refined from start to finish, this lovely Pinot offers a sweet-natured harmony of cranberry, lingonberry, red plum jelly, star anise, canela, and hazelnut nougat scents. Read more
Fog Crest 2019 Pinot Noir Estate
96 Points
2019 Fog Crest Pinot Noir Estate Russian River Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96 Points This is a brightly focused Pinot Noir centered on aromas of raspberry, black cherry, boysenberry and hints of peppercorn, these elegantly supported by notes of crushed rock minerality, baking spice and suggestions of sweet tobacco and black tea leaf. Read more
Freeman 2019 Pinot Noir Yuki Estate
93 Points
2021 Freeman Pinot Noir West Sonoma Coast Yu-Ki Estate Wine Spectator 93 Points Sapid from start to finish, with mulberry and loganberry coulis notes enlivened by crackling hints of bramble, savory and red tea, plus ocean breeze minerality. Read more
Fulcrum 2023 Pinot Noir Ferrington
95+ Points
2023 Fulcrum Pinot Noir Ferrington Vineyard, Anderson Valley SF Wine Panel Score 95+ Points Big, youthful and already intense, this brilliant Pinot Noir opens with a focused mix of dark cherry, dried Michigan cherry, black cherry, whortleberry, cranberry, sweet tobacco, mace, Campari and cherry pit scents. Read more
Fulcrum 2023 Pinot Noir Wildcat
95+ Points
2023 Fulcrum Pinot Noir Wildcat Mountain Vineyard, Carneros, Sonoma Coast SF Wine Panel Score 95+ Points Clearly a Wildcat Vineyard Pinot Noir in character, this expressive beauty opens with focused aromas of cranberry, red raspberry, whortleberry, pomegranate, grenadine and cherry pit, these scents poised above spicy-zesty-minerally background notes suggestive of mace, crushed rocks, blood orange zest and saline breezes. Read more
Hundred Suns 2021 Pinot Noir Sequiter
92 Points
2021 Hundred Suns Pinot Noir Sequitur Vineyards, Ribbon Ridge, Willamette Valley San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92 Points This is a ripe, rich, focused and rather creamy Pinot Noir with good depth and some cellaring potential despite its notable early appeal. Read more
Kistler 2022 Pinot Noir Laguna Ridge
95 Points
2022 Kistler Pinot Noir Laguna Ridge Vineyard Russian River Valley Wine Advocate 95 Points The 2022 Pinot Noir Laguna Ridge Vineyard is pure and complex. Read more
Kistler 2022 Pinot Noir Silver Belt Cuvee Natalie
Winemaker's Notes
Medium Ruby-Purple. Read more
Kosta Browne 2021 Pinot Noir RRV HALF BOTTLE
94 Points
2021 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Russian River Valley Wine Advocate 94 Points The 2021 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley was matured for 15 months in 34% new oak. Read more
Lucia 2021 Pinot Noir Garys'
TASTING NOTES
Yet another sublime chapter in the long and increasingly fabled history of this renowned vineyard, the 2021 Lucia by Pisoni Garys’ Vineyard Pinot Noir wastes no time as its deep ruby hue paints the edges of the glass. Read more
Lucia 2022 Pinot Noir HALF BOTTLE
90 Points
2022 Lucia by Pisoni Pinot Noir Estate Cuvée Wine Advocate 90 Points The 2022 Pinot Noir Estate Cuvée combines the Pisoni, Garys' and Sobranes Vineyards. Read more
Luli 2021 Pinot Noir
93 Points
2021 Luli Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands Wine Enthusiast 93 Points Cranberry and currant aromas are elevated with sagebrush in a charmingly rustic style on the nose of this bottling. Read more
Macauley 2020 Pinot Noir Fort Ross
94 Points
2020 Macauley Pinot Noir Fort Ross-Seaview San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94 Points Macauley’s Pinots are almost as exciting as his Cabernets and this classy, complex and structured bottling is assured a bright future. Read more
Marnet 2021 Pinot Noir McDougal
97 Points
2021 Marnet Pinot Noir McDougal Vineyard, West Sonoma Coast San Francisco Wine Panel Score 97 Points This classy and clearly age-worthy Pinot Noir offers focused red and dark cherry fruit aromas, counterpointed by notable minerality and savory suggestions of mocha, toasted oak and leather. Read more
Melville 2022 Pinot Noir Terraces
96 Points
2022 Melville Pinot Noir Terraces Vineyard, Santa Rita Hills San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96+ Points This is a textbook Terraces Pinot. Read more
Miura 2022 Pinot Noir Monterey County
94 Points
2022 Miura Pinot Noir Monterey County Wine Enthusiast 94 Points This county cuvée is stunningly delicious, starting with aromas of black cherry, cola, hibiscus and delicate herb on the nose. Read more
Mount Eden 2021 Pinot Noir Estate
96+ Points
2021 Mount Eden Pinot Noir Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains SF Wine Panel Score 96+ Points This beautifully evolved Pinot Noir is very already delicious. Read more
Nicolas Jay 2021 Pinot Noir L'Ensemble
94 Points
2021 Nicolas & Jay Pinot Noir “L’Ensemble”, Willamette Valley, Oregon San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94 Points Sweet-natured, attractively spicy and forthcoming in fruit, this is a delicious Pinot with a fine future. Read more
Occidental 2022 Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge
97 Points
2022 Occidental Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge Vineyard Wine Advocate 97 Points The 2022 Pinot Noir Bodega Ridge Vineyard has layered aromas of cranberry sauce, Earl Grey tea leaves, bitters and foresty undertones, and it becomes more floral as it airs in the glass. Read moreOccidental 2022 Pinot Noir Running Fence
98 Points
2021 Occidental Pinot Noir Running Fence Vineyard Cuvée Catherine Wine Advocate 98 Points The 2021 Pinot Noir Running Fence Vineyard Cuvée Catherine offers tremendous energy and purity and will be long lived in the cellar. Read more
Occidental 2023 Pinot Noir Freestone
95 Points
2023 Occidental Pinot Noir “Freestone-Occidental”, Sonoma Coast Wine Spectator 95 Points A tightly focused beam of bitter cherry, damson plum and raspberry coulis streams through, with mouthwatering cut in the form of ocean breeze minerality that runs from start to finish. Read more
Patine 2021 Pinot Noir Sonma Coast Cuvee
93+ Points
2021 Patine Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast Cuvee San Francisco Wine Panel Score 93+ Points Notably rich and forthcoming yet fresh, the nose of this youthful bottling offers peppercorn and coriander seed. Read morePatine 2022 Pinot Noir Soberanes
97 Points
2022 Patiné Pinot Noir Soberanes Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands San Francisco Wine Panel Score 97 Points If still a hint youthfully reserved in it’s fruit expression, this is nevertheless an immediately attractive and sophisticated Pinot Noir. Read more
Paul Lato 2023 Pinot Noir "Lancelot"
2023 Paul Lato Pinot Noir “Lancelot”, Pisoni Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 98+ Points
Pisoni is among the most powerful and age worthy of California’s Pinot Noir vineyards yet 2023 has brought forth a rarely seen elegance. The nose betrays the wine’s structure and obvious youth, yet its focused aromas of boysenberry, black cherry, cranberry sauce, peppercorn, chalky minerality and toasted rosemary seem at once heady rich and, surprisingly, texturally delicate. Read more
Paul Lato 2023 Pinot Noir "Seabiscuit"
2023 Paul Lato Pinot Noir “Seabiscuit”, Zotovich Vineyard, Santa Rita Hills
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 97 Points
Zotovich is a fine and popular source for Pinot producers yet Lato is invariably its best purveyor. Read more
Peake Ranch 2020 Pinot Noir Peake Vineyard
94 Points
2020 Peake Ranch Pinot Noir Peake Ranch Vineyard, Santa Rita Hills Wine Enthusiast 94 Points A range of cherry aromas—from luxardo to maraschino—kick off the nose of this bottling, with grenadine and Red Hot cinnamon candy elements also arising. Read more