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Dutton-Goldfield

Dutton-Goldfield Winery was founded in 1998 when longtime colleagues and friends Steve Dutton and Dan Goldfield decided to join forces. A fifth-generation farmer, Steve’s father Warren Dutton had begun growing grapes in the western reaches of Russian River Valley in the mid-1960s. Steve began working with his father when he was five years old and joined Dutton Ranch full-time in 1987. Dan graduated from UC Davis with an M.S. in Enology in 1986 and gained winemaking experience with stints at Robert Mondavi Winery and Schramsberg according to our Dutton-Goldfield reviews. Today, Dutton-Goldfield wines are produced using exclusively Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Zinfandel and Syrah grapes and are some of the most revered in the Russian River Valley according to our Dutton-Goldfield ratings. Their plantings span over 15 different Dutton-Goldfield vineyards in the cool climate growing area of the Russian River AVA. For a detailed list of ratings and reviews be sure to check our Dutton-Goldfield Online Buying Guide.

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Dutton-Goldfield 2010 Dutton Ranch - Rued Vineyard Chardonnay (Green Valley)
  1. $50
The cold and fog actually helped this Chardonnay, which achieves a remarkable delicacy and tartness despite the power of its fruit. Really remarkable for the flood of golden mango, Asian pear and Key lime pie richness, which is grounded by a firm minerality. Oak influence and aging on the lees lend the perfect touches of smoky, buttered toast and zesty creaminess…  — S.H.  (9/1/2012)
96
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Dutton-Goldfield 2008 Dutton Ranch - Rued Vineyard Chardonnay (Green Valley)

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  1. $45
This vineyard has proved itself for so many years that it’s practically a guarantee of greatness. This 2008 is a real stunner. It’s so rich and exotic, so balanced and dry, so clean. Dazzles with pear, pineapple, lychee, roasted hazelnut, crème brûlée, buttered toast, honey and spice flavors, wrapped into a creamy smooth mouthfeel. Brilliant and compelling. Drink now.  — S.H.  (12/15/2010)
96
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Dutton-Goldfield 2005 Dutton Ranch - Freestone Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
  1. $58
This is ageable and enormously complex, and should do very interesting things over the next six years. Right now it is tight and fresh in primary fruits and acidity. It’s an enormously rich wine, vast in black cherries, pomegranates, cola, red plums, balsam and sautéed mushroom flavors, with a gamy, forest-floor earthiness. Time in the bottle can only improve it…  — S.H.  (12/1/2007)
95
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Dutton-Goldfield 2004 Dutton Ranch - Rued Vineyard Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)

  • Editors' Choice
  1. $45
Four things define this wine. Extraordinarily ripe fruit, high acidity, a terroir-driven minerality, and lots of new French oak. The flavors are of tropical fruits, the ripest white peaches and vanilla cream, baked into spicy pastry crust. The impression is of impossible richness, California Chardonnay at its most opulent, flamboyant limit.  — S.H.  (12/15/2006)
95
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Dutton-Goldfield 2004 McDougall Vineyard Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)

  • Editors' Choice
  1. $52
What a wonderful Pinot Noir, a joy to sip as it warms and changes in the glass. It’s a very young wine, dry, sappy and acidic, with a tremendous depth of cherry preserves, licorice, cocoa, oaky spice and something wild and mushroomy that comes from the earth. As good as it is now, it should improve for a decade.  — S.H.  (12/15/2006)
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Dutton-Goldfield 2005 Dutton Ranch - Rued Vineyard Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)

  • Editors' Choice
  1. $45
A very fine Chard, complex and layered, and quite dry. Acidity makes the tangerine, kumquat, ripe yellow pear, roasted pineapple and oaky, crème brûlée flavors really come alive. After you swallow, the wine leaves behind a delicious impression.  — S.H.  (12/1/2007)
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Dutton-Goldfield 2008 Dutton Ranch - Freestone Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)

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  1. $58
Extraordinary for how drinkable it is right now, and for how it will evolve. Shows the crisp acidity and minerality of this cool-climate vineyard, with rich flavors of raspberries, cherry liqueur, cola, exotic spices, vanilla, buttered cinnamon toast and smoky sandalwood. Yet the tannic integrity should help it change in fascinating ways over the next six years…  — S.H.  (12/15/2010)
95
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Dutton-Goldfield 2009 Dutton Ranch - Freestone Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
  1. $58
Mouthwatering acidity and berry freshness mark this muscular young Pinot Noir. It’s gritty in tannins and brilliant in acids, with subtle flavors of sour red cherries, persimmons and cola, as well as a mushroomy earthiness to which oak adds exotic sandalwood notes. Very dry and fine, complex and provocative, a wine to let warm in the glass as it changes by the…  — S.H.  (10/1/2011)
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