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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.

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   

2018 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

JD  95   
WA  94   
VN  94   
WS  90   
JR  17.5   

2019 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
VN  93   
JS  93   
WA  90   
JR  17.5   

2018 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage

WE  96   
VN  93   
WA  91   

2019 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

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   

2012 Louis Jadot Beaune Premier Cru Celebration

VN  92   
JR  16   

2017 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  91   
WA  90   

2017 Cayuse Edith Armada Vineyard Grenache Rose

JS  92   
JD  92   
WA  91+    
ST  91   
WE  91   
WS  90   

1993 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

RP  93   

2022 Far Niente Post & Beam Carneros Chardonnay

WE  94   

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   

2021 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork

VN  95   
WE  95   
JS  93   
WA  92   
JR  16+    

2000 E. Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
ST  92   

2021 Kosta Browne Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

WA  93   
WS  91   

2020 Kosta Browne Giusti Ranch Pinot Noir

WA  90   

2013 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

WS  92   
VN  92   

2013 Kosta Browne Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

WA  93   
WS  93   
VN  90   

2017 Kosta Browne Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

WA  93   
WS  93   
WE  93   
JS  92   

2008 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WS  90   
VN  90