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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.

2018 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

JD  95   
WS  93   
WA  91   

2018 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

JD  95   
WS  93   
WA  91   

2003 Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra

WA  93   
WS  91   
ST  91+    

2015 Château Lafon-Rochet

Light label condition issue

WE  95   
JD  94   
JS  93   
VN  92   
WA  91+    
JR  16.5   

2013 Albert Boxler Muscat Brand

WA  92   
VN  91   

2008 Penner-Ash Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir

WA  94   
WS  94   
VN  93   

2016 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Les Souteyrades

JD  97   
WA  95   
VN  93-95   

2019 Laird Family Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  92   
JS  92   
JD  90   

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   

2020 Kosta Browne Giusti Ranch Pinot Noir

WA  90   

2012 Kosta Browne Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir

VN  93   
WA  92   
WS  91   

2018 Kosta Browne Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir

JD  95   
WE  93   
WA  92   
WS  91   

2020 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WS  93   
WA  92   

2019 Williams Selyem Lewis MacGregor Estate Vineyard Chardonnay

Light label condition issue

JS  95   
WA  94   

2017 Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Label condition issue

WE  94   
JD  92   
WA  91+    

2013 Rhys Bearwallow Vineyard Pinot Noir

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

WA  93   
VN  93   
JR  17   

2004 Paolo Scavino Barolo

WA  91   
WS  91   

2004 Paolo Scavino Barolo

Light label condition issue

WA  91   
WS  91   

2016 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese #3

JS  95   
WA  94   
WS  93   
JD  92   
JR  16.5   

2011 Booker Vineyard Vertigo

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WA  94   

2003 Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra

Light label condition issue

WA  93   
WS  91   
ST  91+    

2012 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Lightly elevated cork

WA  92   
WS  92   
JD  92   
VN  89-91   
JR  16   

2016 G.D. Vajra Barolo Albe

Elevated cork

WA  94   
WS  94   
VN  91   

2013 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino

Light label condition issue

JS  95   
WA  92+    
WS  91