90+ Point Wines: Products between $50 and $75

Badia a Passignano 2019 is ruby red in color. Intense on the nose with notes of ripe red fruit, liqueur cherries, and sour cherries together with citrusy hints of red oranges and delicate floral sensations of lavender. Its complex... Read More

Arista Russian River Valley Pinot Noir is a fresh, vibrant example of wines from the appellation in a great vintage. With a beautiful dark, translucent, garnet color, the wine invites the taster in. One is greeted by a nose of... Read More

ON THE NOSE: Boysenberries, kirsch, dark chocolates, blueberries, granular rock
ON THE PALATE: Savory blackberry fruit, maraschino cherry, fennel, graphite
BLEND: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot

Deep purple garnet in color with lavish aromas of warm blackberry pie, raspberry, licorice, and white pepper. Bold and sophisticated on the palate with flavors of dry cherry, crushed lavender, and chocolate covered blueberries.... Read More

#11 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2020

The Chianti Classico Riserva has a ruby-red hue with a trace of garnet. The nose is elegant, displaying hints of spice and fruit. This a well-structured wine with smooth tannins and a long finish.... Read More

Varietal Composition:
65% Sangiovese, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasting Notes:
The Balifico is a vivid ruby color with a dark purple tinge. The nose is elegant, displaying aromas of blackberry and blueberry with hints of oak and... Read More

Caymus has a signature style that is dark in color, with rich fruit and ripe tannins – as approachable in youth as in maturity. Since its founding in 1972, Caymus has become renowned as a consistent leader in the production... Read More

The wine is a crimson-hued garnet red. Elegant and refined, the nose exudes floral aromas, going on with airing to develop notes of blackcurrant and licorice root. The full and smooth attack reveals an alluring and complex array... Read More

95+ PTS - #4 Wine of the Year 2022 Wine Spectator

Well-built and rather refined for the vintage, with a deep well of red and black currant paste and plum reduction flavors, supported by a deeply inlaid iron note, all of which... Read More

The finest Givry I have tasted from this vintage, the Domaine du Cellier aux Moines sports a dense plum and black cherry fruit, a suggestion of lavender and wild herbs, and a bit of liquorice and oak spice. The texture is rich... Read More

The 2018 Napanook is a wine with tension and compelling aromas of petrichor, iron, earth and dark tobacco punctuated with notes of marjoram and candied orange peel. The finish is firm, vibrant with finely grippy tannins.... Read More

Thomas Rivers Brown made this wine. This is an old-school 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Considered by many to be the best winemaker in North America, TRB has received more perfect100-point scores from critics than any other winemaker.... Read More

Bright and lively, the 2021 vintage opens with aromas of lemon zest, kumquat, toasted almonds, hint of wet stone and flint, light fresh cut herbs. This wine immediately enchants with a silky entry and vibrant flavors of grilled... Read More

Varietal Composition: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir (8% of PN is still red wine)

Vintage Composition: 80%-90% from the 2014 vintage
10%-20% from 2013 vintage

Tasting Notes

The Grand Brut Rosé is a soft hue of salmon pink... Read More

This wine opens with concentrated aromas expressing characteristics of the famed Rutherford Dust. Flavors of red fruit along with blackberry, black currant, and elderberry play into the foreground, with dense tannins enveloping... Read More

A lovely, lacy rosé Champagne, this offers a chalky underpinning married to flavors of peach, white cherry, biscuit and almond blossom. Fresh and finely knit, with a lasting, lightly spiced finish. Drink now through 2023.... Read More

Second label of Chateau Leoville Barton.

Beautiful purple color, the nose is fresh, elegant and complex with slightly minty notes and ripe red fruits. The mouth is fleshy, the tannins are charming. This wine features power and... Read More

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon offers an evocative bouquet of red plum, damp forest floor, and blackberry, together with notes of anise and baking bread. Flavors of raspberries and crème de cassis greet the pallet followed... Read More

Sporting some Senior-year swagger, our 2018 Mason’s Cabernet is front-loaded with black plum, cherry, chocolate and cedary spice. Sourced from several of the same vineyards as our Napa Cabernet this wine is boldly fruited... Read More

The wine shows layered aromas of rose petals, juniper berries and fine spices. On the palate the acidity is balanced and the tannins are silky, leading to a long finish.

This wine is a superlative pairing for fettuccine with porcini,... Read More

Saturated purple color with notes of black cherry, chai spice, chaparral, and toasted oak. Bramble fruit on the palate with round, supple tannins, herbal forest character, and a long finish.

Blend: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21%... Read More

BLEND: 79% Zinfandel, 11% Petite Sirah, 10% Carignane

Rich blackberry and plum on the nose with notes of aniseed. Full-bodied with dark bramble fruit and well-coated tannins on the palate. The long finish reveals layers of black... Read More