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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.

1993 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Light label condition issue

RP  93   

1994 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  91   

1997 Paul Hobbs Michael Black Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  91   

1997 Pahlmeyer Jayson

WS  91   

1999 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot

JR  17   

1996 Leonetti Cellar American Cabernet Sauvignon

ST  90   

1998 Turley Pringle Family Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  90+    
ST  89-91   

1999 Turley Pringle Family Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  92-94   

1998 Cakebread Syrah

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3 cm ullage

WS  90   

1997 Lewis Cellars Sonoma Merlot

WS  90   

1993 Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages

Lightly depressed cork

WS  91   

1993 Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill

WS  91   

1996 Pine Ridge Stag's Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  92   

1995 Flora Springs Windfall Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1991 Elyse Howell Mountain Zinfandel

RP  91   

1996 Whitehall Lane Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   

1996 Whitehall Lane Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   

1996 Whitehall Lane Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

WS  93   

1997 Whitehall Lane Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  91   
WE  90   

1994 Chateau Ste. Michelle Reserve Merlot

Light label condition issue

WS  92   

1999 Behrens & Hitchcock Ink Grade Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  92-95   
ST  89-91   

1996 Behrens & Hitchcock Kenefick Ranch Cuvee Unfiltered Reserve Red Table Wine

Lightly depressed cork

RP  93   

1999 Arrowood Saralees's Vineyard Syrah

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1995 Hess Collection Estate Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   
RP  87-90   
WS  #44 of 1999   

1998 Archery Summit Premier Cuvee Pinot Noir

WS  93   
WS  #33 of 2000