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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.

1996 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  93   
ST  92   

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   

2021 Beringer Private Reserve Chardonnay

JS  98   
JD  95   
WE  94   
WA  93   
WS  92   
VN  92   

2012 Beringer Quantum Red

VN  92   

2019 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  94   
VN  92   
JD  92   
WA  91   

1997 Paul Hobbs Michael Black Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  91   

2002 Paul Hobbs Michael Black Vineyard Merlot

Lightly depressed cork

RP  93   
WS  93   

2002 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Lightly elevated cork

RP  91   

2021 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork

VN  95   
WE  95   
JS  93   
WA  92   
JR  16+    

2007 Paul Hobbs Ulises Valdez Vineyard Chardonnay

RP  92-94   
WS  92   
VN  92   

2000 E. Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape

RP  92   
ST  92   

2021 Kosta Browne Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

WA  93   
WS  91   

2020 Kosta Browne One Sixteen Chardonnay

WS  91   

2012 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

WS  92   
VN  91   

2019 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

JD  94+    

2013 Kosta Browne Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

WA  93   
WS  93   
VN  90   

2014 Kosta Browne Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   

2014 Kosta Browne Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   

2008 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WS  90   
VN  90   

2008 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  90   
VN  90   

2012 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
VN  91   

2012 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WS  92   
VN  91   

2014 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  90   

2016 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WA  91   
WS  91