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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.

2005 Quilceda Creek Red

Lightly elevated cork

WA  93   
ST  90   

2007 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  93   

2008 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   

2007 Ridge Geyserville

Lightly elevated cork

WS  91   

2016 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

JD  95   
JS  94   
VN  93   
WS  92   
WA  91+    

2020 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

WS  94   

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

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

2019 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

2017 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  91   
WA  90   

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   

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   

2014 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  90   

2022 Far Niente Post & Beam Carneros Chardonnay

WE  94   

2019 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  94   
VN  92   
JD  92   
WA  91   

1997 Paul Hobbs Michael Black Vineyard Merlot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  91   

2021 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

VN  95   
WE  95   
JS  93   
WA  92   
JR  16+    

2021 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork

VN  95   
WE  95   
JS  93   
WA  92   
JR  16+    

2020 Kosta Browne Giusti Ranch Pinot Noir

WA  90   

2013 Kosta Browne Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

WA  93   
WS  93   
VN  90   

2008 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WS  90   
VN  90   

2008 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  90   
VN  90