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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.

1999 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot

JR  17   

1998 Turley Pringle Family Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  90+    
ST  89-91   

1996 Leonetti Cellar American Cabernet Sauvignon

ST  90   

1998 Cakebread Syrah

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3 cm ullage

WS  90   

1997 Lewis Cellars Sonoma Merlot

WS  90   

1995 Flora Springs Windfall Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1999 Arrowood Saralees's Vineyard Syrah

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1992 Newton Unfiltered Merlot

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WA  90   

1997 Saintsbury Reserve Pinot Noir

WS  90   

1995 Rabbit Ridge Sonoma County Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

1993 Peachy Canyon Westside Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1993 Fife Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   

1999 Andrew Will Ciel Du Cheval Merlot

Light label condition issue

ST  91   
WA  90   
JR  17   

1997 Whitehall Lane Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  91   
WE  90   

1997 Howell Mountain Vineyards Beatty Ranch Zinfandel

WS  91   
ST  91   
RP  90   

1994 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  91   

1997 Paul Hobbs Michael Black Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  91   

1997 Pahlmeyer Jayson

WS  91   

1993 Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages

Lightly depressed cork

WS  91   

1993 Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill

WS  91   

1991 Elyse Howell Mountain Zinfandel

RP  91   

1999 Flowers Camp Meeting Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir

WE  91   

1999 Flowers Camp Meeting Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WE  91   

1994 St. Clement Oroppas

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1999 Girard Napa Valley Red

Light label condition issue

WS  91