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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   

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 Paul Hobbs Crossbarn Napa Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

JS  94   
WA  91   
VN  91   
WS  90   

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   

2015 Jean-Louis Chave Saint Joseph Offerus

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
VN  92   
JS  92   

2012 Beaulieu Vineyard Atlas Peak Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  91   

1995 Beaulieu Vineyard Clone 4 Signet Collection Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   

2011 Inglenook Cask Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  90   
WA  89-91   

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   

2015 Rhys Bearwallow Vineyard Pinot Noir

VN  94   
JD  93   
WA  92+    
BH  90   

2017 Rhys Home Vineyard Pinot Noir

JD  94   
VN  92   
WA  91   
BH  90   

2015 Rhys Horseshoe Vineyard Syrah

VN  96+    
JD  96   
WA  93-95+    

2019 Rhys Mt. Pajaro Vineyard Chardonnay

VN  95   
JD  94