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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.

2016 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

JD  95   
JS  94   
VN  93   
WS  92   
WA  91+    

2019 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
VN  93   
JS  93   
WA  90   
JR  17.5   

2018 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage

WE  96   
VN  93   
WA  91   

2015 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva

Lightly elevated cork

WS  94   
WE  93   
WA  91   
VN  91   

2019 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  94   
VN  92   
JD  92   
WA  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+    

2019 E. Guigal Château de Nalys Châteauneuf-du-Pape Saintes Pierres de Nalys

WS  93   
VN  93   
JD  93   
JR  17+    

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   

2008 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

WS  90   
VN  90   

2006 Pride Mountain Vintner Select Cuvee Merlot

Lightly elevated cork

VN  93   
RP  92   
ST  91   

2006 Williams Selyem Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

VN  91   

2011 Williams Selyem Sonoma County Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

VN  91   

2013 Rhys Bearwallow Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WA  93   
VN  93   
JR  17   

2022 Bevan Cellars Dry Stack Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

VN  93   

2019 Plumpjack Merlot

VN  94   
WA  90   

2009 Belle Glos Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir

WS  92   
VN  90   

2009 Belle Glos Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
VN  90   

2019 Turley Cobb Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

WA  95   
VN  94   

2012 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

VN  93   
RP  92-94   
ST  91   

2014 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

RP  95   
VN  91-94   
WS  90   

2017 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

WA  95+    
VN  93   
WS  90   

2017 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

WA  95+    
VN  93   
WS  90