N/V Moët & Chandon, Rose Imperial, FR
N/V Laurent-Perrier, Brut Rose, FR
N/V Laurent-Perrier, Blanc de Blancs, FR
N/V Billecart-Salmon, Brut Rose, FR
2006 Dom Perignon, FR
NV Krug Champagne, Grande Cuvee, FR
2000 Louis Roederer, Cristal, Reims, FR
1998 Dom Pérignon, P2, Brut, FR
2017 Cape Mentelle. Margaret River, AU
2018 Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, NZ
2017 Matanzas Creek Winery, Sonoma County, CA
2018 Rombauer Vineyards, Sauvignon Blanc, CA
2017 Cade, Napa Valley, CA
2017 Merry Edwards, Russian River Valley, CA
2017 Peter Michael, ‘L’ Apres-Midi, Sonoma County, CA
2014 Cloudy Bay, TE KOKO, NZ
2016 Louis Jadot, Bourgogne Blanc, FR
2015 Calera, Fortieth Anniversary Vintage, Central Coast, CA
2016 Dry Creek Vineyard, Estate Block 10, RRV, CA
2016 Chalk Hill, Estate Bottled, Russian River Valley, CA
2018 Far Niente, Napa Valley, CA
2015 Hartford Court, Stone Cote Vineyard, Sonoma Coast, CA
2017 Amapola Creek, Russian River Valley, CA
2013 HDV, The Hyde & de Villaine Families, Napa Valley, Carneros, CA
2015 Sea Smoke, Sta. Rita Hills, CA
2015 Wayfarer Vineyard, Wayfarer, Sonoma County, CA
2014 Kistler, Mc Crea Vineyard, Athearn Estate, Sonoma Mountain, CA
2014 Kistler, Kistler Vineyard, Sonoma Valley, CA
2017 Peter Michael, “Belle--Cote”, Sonoma County, CA
2017 Domaine de Menard, Colombar- Ugni Blanc
2016 Château La Mothe du Barry, Cuvée French Kiss
2017 Dominique et Janine Crochet, Sancerre
2016 Vincent Girardin, Mersault, Les Narvaux
2016 Francois Carillon 1611, Puligny-Montrachet
2015 Domaine Didier Dagueneau, Blanc Fume de Pouilly
2018 Marques de Caceres, Rueda, Verdejo, SP
2017 Emotria, Moscato, Mendocino County, CA
2009 White Blend, Sine Qua Non, On The Lam, CA
2016 Smoke Tree, Sonoma County, CA
2015 Maison Shaps, Mercurey, Meaursault, Cote-d’or, FR
2014 Maggy Hawk, Jolie, Anderson Valley, CA
2015 Hartford Court, Land’s Edge Vineyards, Sonoma Coast, CA
2013 Aston Estate, Sonoma Coast, CA
2013 Zena Crown Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills, OR
2014 Hartford Court, Hailey’s Block, Green Valley of RRV, Sonoma, CA
2015 Sean Thackrey, Andromeda, Devil’s Gulch Ranch, Marin County, CA
2017 Roar, Rosella’s Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands, San Francisco, CA
2015 Raen, Sonoma Coast, Royal St Robert, Sonoma, CA
2014 Hartford Court, Velvet Sisters, Anderson Valley, CA
2014 Sea Smoke, Southing Sta. Rita Hills, CA
2016 Kosta Browne, Sonoma Coast, CA
2015 Sea Smoke, Ten, Sta. Rita Hills, CA
2016 Kosta Browne, Russian River Valley, CA
2014 Occidental, SWK, Sonoma Coast, CA
2017 Colonia Las Liebres, Bonarda, Mendoza, AR
2015 Tapiz, Malbec, Alta Collection, AR
2013 Carmenere Andes, Colchagua Valley, CL
2015 Bramare, Malbec, Vina Cobos, Lujan de Cuyo, AR
2007 Achaval Ferrer, Malbec, Finca Mirador, Medrano, AR
2011 Catena, Malbec, Nicolas Zapata, AR
2013 Matanzas Creek Vineyard, Sonoma County, CA
2015 Trefethen, Family Vineyard, Napa Valley, CA
2012 Emmolo, Napa Valley, CA
2010 Trinchero, Vista Montone Vineyard, Daybreak Block, Napa Valley, CA
2015 Duckhorn, Duckhorn Vineyard, Napa Valley, CA
2014 Shafer, Napa Valley, CA
2015 Dry Creek, Old Vine, Sonoma, CA
2014 H. Mynors, Old Wine Cuvee, CA
2010 Schrader Cellars, Tofanelli Vineyard, Old Vine, Vieux-OS, Napa Valley, CA
2016 Santa Carolina, Reserva de Familia, Valle del Maipo, CL
2013 Marques de Grinon, Dominio de Valdepusa, SP
2014 Januik, Columbia Valley, WA
2016 Duckhorn, Duckhorn Vineyard, Napa Valley, CA
2012 Rodney Strong, Reserve, Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, CA
2013 Dry Creek Vineyard ,Endeavour, Sonoma CA/ 688 cs produced
2016 Prisoner Wine Co, Cuttings ,Oakville, CA
2012 Brothers, Rodney Strong, Alexander Valley, CA
2012 Beringer, Private Reserve, Napa Valley, CA
2010 Dunn Vineyards, Howell Montain, Napa Valley, CA
2014 Orin Swift Cellars, Mercury Head, Napa, CA
2012 Quilceda Creek, Columbia Valley, WA
2009 Scarecrow, M-Etain, Napa Valley, CA
2007 Shafer, Hillside Select, CA
2005 Araujo, Eisele Vineyard, Napa Valley, CA
2009 Scarecrow, Estate, Napa Valley, CA
2016 Tensley, Colson Canyon Vineyard, Santa Barbara County, CA
2013 Rock, Hommage Allan, Napa, CA (Twelve Barrels Produced)
2010 Alban Vineyards, Patrina, Edna Valley, CA
2008 Lillian, White Hawk Vineyard, CA (WM Maggie Harrison Formerly of SQN)
2014 Shafer, Relentless Napa Valley, CA
2015 Château de Marsan, Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux
2013 Domaine de Fontsainte, Corbieres
2015 Domain Spencer La Pujada
2017 Marc Bredif, Chinon
2016 Château Les Arromans, Bordeaux
2016 Château Saint-Andre Corbin, St-Georges-St-Emillion
2011 Château Mondesir-Gazin, Blaye
2015 Thibault Liger-Belair, Moulin à Vent, La Roche
2016 Dominique et Janine Crochet, Sancerre Rouge
2016 Domaine du Cayron, Gigondas
2008 Château Lalande, Saint-Julien, Cru Bourgeois
2017 Famille Perrin,Coudoulet de Beaucastel, Cote Du Rhone
2015 Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils, Châteauneuf du Pape
1013 Château de Sales, Pomerol, Heritiers de Lambert
2014 Château Sansonnet, Grand Cru Classée, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
2004 Château de Beauchastel, Châteauneuf du Pape Rouge
2006 Château Rauzan-Segla, Margaux
2011 Vina Bujanda, Rioja, SP
2012 Tempranillo, Museum, Reserva, SP
2016 Font de la Figuera, Priorat, Gratallops, SP
2016 Ridge, Geyserville, Monte Bello Road, Cupertino, CA
2012 Rioja, Imperial, Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana, SP
2012 Marques de Caceres, Gaudium, Rioja, SP
2013 Red Blend, Clio, Jumilla, SP
2013 Rock, Grenache, Cuvee Cooper, CA (Nine Barrels Produced)
2013 Maculan, Fratta, Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot, IT
2012 Beaulieu Vineyard, Tapestry, Napa Valley, CA
2005 Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards, Right Bank, Napa Valley, CA
2010 Numanthia, Tinta de Toro, Valdefinjas, SP
2013 Robert Mondavi,Maestro,50th Anniversary, Napa Valley, CA
2014 Cinq Cepages, Chateau St Jean, Kenwood, CA
2011 Palazzo, Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley, CA
2006 Marques de Griñón, Petit Verdot, SP
2015 Palazzo, Red Cuvée, Master Blend Series, Napa Valley, CA
2012 Larkin, Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley, CA
2014 Maxville, Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley, CA
2004 Columella, Liberatus in Castro Bonae Spei, SA
2012 Quilceda Creek, CVR, Columbia Valley, WA
2014 J. Lohr, 40th Aniversary Red Wine, Paso Robles, CA
2011 Cheval Blanc & Terrazas de los Andes, Cheval del Andes, Mendoza, AR
2006 L’Aventure, Cote a Cote, Paso Robles, CA
2012 Cogno, Barolo, Cascina Nuova, IT
2002 Harinson Hill, WA
2008 Tenuta Sette Ponti,Oreno,Toscana, IT
2010 Duckhorn, The Discussion, Napa Valley, CA
2004 Robert Foley, Claret, Napa Valey, CA
2006 Christian Moueix, Dominus, Estate Bottled, Napa Valley, CA
1999 Verite, La Muse, Sonoma County, CA
2006 Verite, La Joie, Sonoma County, CA
2005 Continuum, Oakville, CA (Tim Mondavi)
2010 Opus One, Napa Valley, CA
Sparkling
NV Krug, Brut Rose
NV Nicolas Feulliatte,Brut
White
2008 Dry Creek, Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma County, CA
2010 Laxaz, Albarino, Rias Baixas
2008 Saintsbury, Carneros, Chardonnay, CA
2010 Francois Crochet, Sancerre FR
2010 Araujo, Eisele Vineyard, Sauvignon Blanc, CA
Red
2009 Elk Cove, Willamette Valley, Pinot Noir, OR
2010 Ken Wright, Meridith Mitchell Vineyard, Pinot Noir, OR
2008 Ladera, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley , CA
2007 Dry Creek, Dry Creek Vineyard, Cabernet, CA
2007 Domaine La Roquete, Châteauneuf Du Pape FR
2007 Opus One, Napa Valley, CA
A clear step up in stature and quality from the Volnay village. Aromatic open sweet fruits, silky and sensual. There is a bit of depth and weight here too to go with the gorgeous, textured, delicate but persistent and sweetly-scented strawberry and red cherry fruit, alluring.
Nicely generous feel, silky smooth volume with a translucent quality, bright, linear, the impression of clarity and lift and mineral is carried all the way through.
This is beautifully fragrant, with an abundance of fruit jumping out of the glass. It is rich yet restrained and superbly structured – the tannins melt seamlessly into the fruit. While arguably more famous for his Chardonnays, Steve Kistler appears to have the Midas touch when it comes to Pinot Noir.
Golden Mean Pinot Noir celebrates a union between the Swan clone, with its elegance and enticing perfume, and the Pommard clone, with its earthy aromatics and powerful structure. This ruby-hued wine begins with delicate floral notes that lead into bright red fruit aromas with hints of powdered cocoa and the suggestion of an ocean breeze. On the palate, fresh strawberry and cherry characters are supported by soft tannins and well-structured slate minerality.