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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.

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   

2014 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  90   

2022 Far Niente Post & Beam Carneros Chardonnay

WE  94   

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+    

2018 E. Guigal Château de Nalys Châteauneuf-du-Pape Saintes Pierres de Nalys

WE  94   
JS  93   
JD  92   

2002 Pride Mountain Merlot

Lightly depressed cork

WS  93   
WE  93   
RP  90   
ST  90   

2002 Pride Mountain Merlot

WS  93   
WE  93   
RP  90   
ST  90   

N.V. Taylor-Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port

Light label condition issue

WE  93   
WS  92   
WS  #76 of 2023   

2015 Williams Selyem Unoaked Russian River Valley Chardonnay

Light label condition issue

WE  91   

2021 Duckhorn Vineyards Decoy Limited Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  94   
JS  93   

2000 Duckhorn Vineyards Estate Grown Merlot

WS  90   
WE  90   

2009 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot

WE  91   

2010 Leonetti Cellar Walla Walla Merlot

Lightly elevated cork

WE  95   
RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  91   

2010 Leonetti Cellar Walla Walla Merlot

WE  95   
RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  91   

2004 Domaine Serene Jerusalem Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

WE  90   

2004 Domaine Serene Jerusalem Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WE  90   

2019 Cliff Lede Sauvignon Blanc

WE  93   
WS  90   

2019 Cliff Lede Sauvignon Blanc

Light label condition issue

WE  93   
WS  90   

2012 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco

Lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage

WA  93   
WS  93   
VN  92   
WE  90   
JR  16.5+    

2017 Louis M. Martini Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

JS  92   
WS  91   
WE  90   

2004 Ramey Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay

WE  94   
RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  91   

2016 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino

Light label condition issue

JS  95   
WA  94   
WS  92   
WE  92   
JD  91   

2018 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino

WA  93   
WS  93   
JS  93   
WE  93   
VN  90   
JD  90   
JR  15.5