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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.

1991 Elyse Howell Mountain Zinfandel

RP  91   

1992 Newton Unfiltered Merlot

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WA  90   

1993 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Light label condition issue

RP  93   

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   

1993 Bacio Divino

Light label condition issue

RP  93   

1993 Hedges Red Mountain Reserve

Light capsule condition issue; heavy label condition issue

WS  92   

1993 Peachy Canyon Westside Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1993 Fife Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   

1994 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  91   

1994 Chateau Ste. Michelle Reserve Merlot

Light label condition issue

WS  92   

1994 Stonestreet Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  91-93   
WS  91   

1994 St. Clement Oroppas

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1994 St. Francis Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Heavy label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  91   

1994 St. Francis Reserve Merlot

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   

1994 Cline Bridgehead Zinfandel

1.5ltr

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

RP  91   

1994 DiStefano Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  92   

1995 Flora Springs Windfall Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1995 Hess Collection Estate Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   
RP  87-90   
WS  #44 of 1999   

1995 Rosenblum Samsel Vineyard Maggie's Reserve Zinfandel

Heavy label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   

1995 Truchard Merlot

JL  91   

1995 Mueller Emily's Cuvee Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  91   

1995 Rabbit Ridge Sonoma County Reserve Zinfandel

Label condition issue

WS  92   
RP  90   

1995 Rabbit Ridge Sonoma County Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

1996 Leonetti Cellar American Cabernet Sauvignon

ST  90