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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   

2013 Hundred Acre Cherry Pie Stanly Ranch Pinot Noir

RP  92   

2002 Shafer Vineyards Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay

RP  94   
WE  92   
ST  90   

2005 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  93   
ST  90   

2009 Quilceda Creek Red

WA  92   
ST  91   

2007 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountain Estate Chardonnay

Light label condition issue

WS  93   

2014 Ridge York Creek Petite Sirah ATP

VN  94   

2019 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

WA  94+    
JR  17.5   

1997 Robert Mondavi Reserve Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
ST  90   

1997 Robert Mondavi Reserve Pinot Noir

RP  92   
ST  90   

1994 Beringer Alluvium Red

Light capsule condition issue

WS  90   

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   

2017 Cayuse No Girls Double Lucky #8

Light label condition issue

OB  94   

2017 Cayuse No Girls Double Lucky #8

OB  94   

2018 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

JS  94   
WA  91   
VN  91   
WS  90   

2004 Paul Hobbs Hyde Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

ST  91   

2002 Paul Hobbs Michael Black Vineyard Merlot

Lightly depressed cork

RP  93   
WS  93   

2002 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Chardonnay

WS  95   
RP  89-91   
WS  #17 of 2004   

2002 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Lightly elevated cork

RP  91   

2006 Paul Hobbs Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

WS  91   

2007 Paul Hobbs Ulises Valdez Vineyard Chardonnay

RP  92-94   
WS  92   
VN  92   

2014 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

WS  91   
VN  91   

2017 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

JD  94   
WA  93   
WS  90