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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.

2014 Joseph Phelps Pastorale Vineyard Block 212 Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

VN  94   

2006 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   

2014 Ridge Estate Merlot

VN  92   
JD  91   

2016 Ridge Estate Merlot

Light label condition issue

WA  92   
VN  92   

2015 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

WA  92   

2014 Ridge York Creek Petite Sirah ATP

VN  94   

2012 Louis Jadot Nuits-St.-Georges Les Vaucrains

375ml

Light label condition issue

JG  93+    
VN  92-94   
JR  17   

2020 Louis Jadot Pommard

WS  90   
WA  89-91   

2015 Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Guado Al Tasso IL Bruciato

Light label condition issue

JS  93   
WS  92   
VN  92   

2015 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva

Lightly elevated cork

WS  94   
WE  93   
WA  91   
VN  91   

1994 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  91   

2018 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  93   
VN  91   

2020 Beringer Knights Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  93   
WE  90   

2018 Beringer Knights Valley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JS  95   
JD  94   
VN  92   
WE  92   

2018 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

JS  94   
WA  91   
VN  91   
WS  90   

2007 E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône

RP  88-90   

2019 E. Guigal Gigondas

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

VN  93   
WE  93   
WA  91-93   
WS  91   
JS  91   
JD  91   

2012 Kosta Browne Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir

WS  91   

2013 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

WS  92   
VN  92   

2016 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

WS  92   
JD  91   

2016 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
JD  91   

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   

2013 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
VN  90   

2021 Chappellet Vineyards Grower Collection Dutton Ranch Pinot Noir

Elevated cork

WS  93