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Weekday Wine

Weekday Wine

You don’t need a sommelier to tell you that any of these well-rated bottles, all priced under $50, are excellent weekday wines. Cab? Chardonnay? Pinot Noir? They’re all here, and perfect with whatever you’re rustling up in the kitchen.

2009 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WE  92   
WS  91   

2005 Hundred Acre Gold

Light label condition issue

ST  90   

2005 Quilceda Creek Red

Lightly elevated cork

WA  93   
ST  90   

2007 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  93   

2008 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   

2007 Ridge Geyserville

Lightly elevated cork

WS  91   

2020 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

WS  94   

2018 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage

WE  96   
VN  93   
WA  91   

2019 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

2019 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

2019 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

2006 Marchesi Antinori Muffato della Sala

500ml

Light label condition issue

WA  90   

2015 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva

Lightly elevated cork

WS  94   
WE  93   
WA  91   
VN  91   

2019 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

JD  92   

2021 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JD  91   
JR  16.5   

1995 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Lightly depressed cork

WS  92   
ST  92   
RP  91   

1994 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Label condition issue

WS  91   

1994 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

2014 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  90   

1996 Beringer Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

ST  90   
JR  16   

1995 Beringer Nightingale Private Reserve

375ml

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  92   

1997 Chateau de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

375ml

Light label condition issue

ST  90   
RP  89-91   

1997 Paul Hobbs Michael Black Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  91   

2007 Paul Hobbs Walker Station Chardonnay

RP  94-96   
WS  93   
VN  90   

2018 E. Guigal Château de Nalys Châteauneuf-du-Pape Saintes Pierres de Nalys

WE  94   
JS  93   
JD  92