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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.

2010 Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Syrah

WA  90   
WS  90   

2022 Shafer Vineyards Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay

WE  97   
JS  96   
JD  95   
WA  94   
VN  91   

2005 Quilceda Creek Red

Lightly elevated cork

WA  93   
ST  90   

2007 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  93   

2008 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   

2009 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   
ST  91   

2007 Ridge Geyserville

Lightly elevated cork

WS  91   

2011 Ridge Geyserville

WE  92   
VN  91   

2015 Ridge Geyserville

WS  90   

2013 Ridge Lytton Springs

VN  95   
WA  92+    

2017 Ridge Lytton Springs

VN  94   
JS  94   
WA  91   
JD  90   

2021 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

WS  94   

2020 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet-Shiraz

Light label condition issue

WA  96   
JS  96   
WS  94   
VN  94   
JR  17   

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

Light label condition issue

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

2005 Louis Jadot Pommard

Heavy label condition issue

WS  90   

2017 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  91   
WA  90   

2015 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva

Lightly elevated cork

WS  94   
WE  93   
WA  91   
VN  91   

2019 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

JD  92   

2021 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JD  91   
JR  16.5   

1997 Robert Mondavi Reserve Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
ST  90   

1997 Robert Mondavi Reserve Pinot Noir

RP  92   
ST  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