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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.

2014 Joseph Phelps Larry Hyde & Sons Vineyard Syrah

Light label condition issue

RP  95   

2018 Joseph Phelps Larry Hyde & Sons Vineyard Syrah

WA  95   
JD  94   
VN  92   

2020 Echo De Lynch Bages

Light label condition issue

JS  95-96   
DE  93   
WS  91   
CT  90.3   
JR  16   

1996 Shafer Vineyards Firebreak

Light label condition issue

ST  90   

1996 Shafer Vineyards Firebreak

Very top shoulder fill

ST  90   

2015 Ridge Geyserville

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

2000 Ridge Lytton Estate Late Harvest Zinfandel

Base neck fill

ST  92   

2004 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   

2006 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   

N.V. Moet et Chandon Brut Imperial

Light label condition issue

WS  92   

2020 Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz

WS  94   
JS  93   
VN  92   
JR  16.5+    

2016 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
WA  92   
JS  92   
VN  90   

2009 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Toscana

Light label condition issue

WA  90   
WS  90   

2004 Cayuse Cailloux Vineyard Syrah

WA  93   

2013 Cayuse No Girls La Paciencia Vineyard Grenache

WA  95   
CT  92.6   

2011 Cayuse No Girls La Paciencia Vineyard Syrah

WA  95   

2013 Cayuse No Girls La Paciencia Vineyard Syrah

WA  93   
CT  93   

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Le Petit Ducru

JS  93   
JD  91   
WA  90   
VN  90-92   
CT  90.2   

2020 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Le Petit Ducru

Light label condition issue

JS  93   
JD  91   
WA  90   
VN  90-92   
CT  90.2   

2001 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

ST  91   

1997 Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1997 Beringer Alluvium Red

Signs of past seepage

ST  89-90   

2002 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

ST  92+    
RP  90   

2006 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Light label condition issue

ST  91   

2018 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

VN  94   
JS  94   
WS  93   
CT  91.4   
JD  90