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Marcassin

Helen Turley and her husband John Wetlaufer are one of Napa Valley’s most famous couples. Both are winemakers and entrepreneurs who between them have consulted or worked for a significant number of the valley’s most prestigious wineries. They founded their own winery, Marcassin, in 1990 in the Russian River Valley where they cultivate fewer than 20 acres planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Marcassin Chardonnays are consistently among the finest produced in California – or anywhere in the world, according to Robert M. Parker J. – and the couple is also now producing highly-rated Pinot Noir. Parker has written that Turley and Wetlaufer “continue to rank at the top of the short list of producers making the world’s most prodigious, complex wines.” The total annual production at Marcassin is fewer than 2,000 cases and the wines are distributed only through the winery’s mailing list.

2013 Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
JD  100   
CT  95.8   
3 available
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2013 Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay

RP  100   
JD  100   
CT  95.8   
2 available
Bid

1997 Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay

Lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  94   
ST  93+    

2002 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  95+    

2007 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

RP  98+    
WS  96   
WS  #70 of 2013   
15 available
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2007 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WS  96   
WS  #70 of 2013   
3 available
Bid *

2004 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

RP  100   
ST  95+    
WS  93   

2009 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

RP  97+    
WS  97   
WS  #36 of 2014   
2 available
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2000 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage

RP  99   
WS  95   
ST  95   

2003 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

RP  99   
ST  97   
WS  95   
2 available
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2003 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  99   
ST  97   
WS  95   

2012 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  97   

2012 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  97   

2012 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork

RP  97   

2006 Marcassin Blue Slide Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  95   

1999 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  94   
RP  92   

2002 Marcassin Three Sisters Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  92   

2002 Marcassin Three Sisters Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  92   

1997 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  95   
ST  95   
WS  91   

1998 Marcassin Blue Slide Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork

RP  98   
WS  93   
ST  91   

2006 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

RP  96   
WS  96   
WS  #50 of 2012   

2010 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

RP  95   
CT  95.1   
WS  94   
VN  91   
30 available
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2010 Marcassin Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  95   
CT  95.1   
WS  94   
VN  91   

2008 Marcassin Three Sisters Vineyard Chardonnay

RP  97   
WS  93   

1997 Marcassin Gauer Vineyard Upper Barn Chardonnay

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; 3.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  94   
WS  93