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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 389 Cabernet-Shiraz

JS  97   
WA  93   
JR  17.5   

2019 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
VN  93   
JS  93   
WA  90   
JR  17.5   

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 Penfolds Kalimna Bin 28 Shiraz

WS  92   
WA  91   
JS  91   
JD  90   
JR  17   

2021 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JD  91   
JR  16.5   

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 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   

2020 Darioush Signature Viognier (Blue Label)

Light label condition issue

JR  16+    

2021 Darioush Signature Viognier (Blue Label)

JR  16   

1999 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot

JR  17   

2019 Turley Ueberroth Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

WA  94   
VN  92-95   
JR  17   

2012 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco

Lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage

WA  93   
WS  93   
VN  92   
WE  90   
JR  16.5+    

2013 Wind Gap Gap's Crown Vineyard Chardonnay

VN  93+    
JR  16   

2012 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Lightly elevated cork

WA  92   
WS  92   
JD  92   
VN  89-91   
JR  16   

2008 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino

WS  91   
JR  15.5   

2018 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino

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

2011 Fattoria di Felsina Fontalloro

Light label condition issue

JS  95   
WS  94   
VN  94   
JR  18   

2020 Domaine Tempier Bandol Lulu & Lucien

Light label condition issue

JR  16.5+    

2000 Warre's

Light label condition issue

JR  18.5   
WS  91   
ST  91   
RP  90   

2005 Etude Deer Camp Pinot Noir

WE  96   
ST  92   
JR  16   

2015 Château Lafon-Rochet

WE  95   
JD  94   
JS  93   
VN  92   
WA  91+    
JR  16.5