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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 Clos Pegase Cabernet Sauvignon

Top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1996 B.R. Cohn Olive Hill Estate Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   

1997 Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1997 Beringer Alluvium Red

Signs of past seepage

ST  89-90   

1997 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot

Etched bottle

ST  90   

1997 Flora Springs Trilogy

WE  93   
RP  92   
2 available
Bid *

1997 G. Corino L'Insieme

RP  92   
ST  91   

1997 Yalumba Octavius Shiraz

Light label condition issue

RP  91   

1997 Yalumba Octavius Shiraz

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  91   

1997 Yalumba Octavius Shiraz

Lightly elevated cork

RP  91   

1997 Harrison Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
ST  90   
4 available
Bid *

1997 Harrison Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
ST  90   
3 available
Bid *

1997 Ramos-Pinto

ST  90+    

1997 Fox Creek Reserve Shiraz

RP  92   
ST  92   
JH  90   
3 available
Bid *

1997 Fox Creek Reserve Shiraz

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

RP  92   
ST  92   
JH  90   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

Elevated cork; 4 cm ullage; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1997 Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

Heavily elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1997 Vignavecchia Raddese

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Pasanau Germans Finca La Planeta

WS  94   
ST  91   
WS  #58 of 2000   

1997 Paradiso Paterno II

Label condition issue

RP  91   

1997 Alessandria L'Insieme

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
ST  92+    

1998 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura

WS  93   

1998 Il Marroneto Brunello di Montalcino

WS  90   
2 available
Bid *

1998 d'Arenberg The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

RP  95   

1998 d'Arenberg The Custodian Grenache

RP  91   
3 available
Bid *