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Pey-Marin 2009 The Shell Mound Riesling (Marin County)

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Price $26

Pey-Marin’s Rieslings have been among the greatest in California, and their 2009 is one of their best yet. The wine is entirely unoaked, and did not undergo the malolactic fermentation, but it was aged on its lees. That allows the acidity to star, and what brilliant acidity it is. Rich and bone dry in steel, mineral, slate, citrus, white peach and Champagne yeast… — S.H. (2/1/2011)

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Pey-Marin 2007 The Shell Mound Riesling (Marin County)

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Price $24

This was one of the best Rieslings of the year last vintage, and the ’07 is even better. It’s absolutely dry and superbly racy. Acidity, at .82, is one of the highest I’ve seen in years. Balancing that is a broad, complex array of citrus, peach, apple, flower, petrol, mineral and spice flavors. If California Riesling is making a comeback, it’s because of wines like this. — S.H. (12/1/2008)

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Pey-Marin 2006 The Shell Mound Riesling (Marin County)

Price $22

The grapes barely got ripe in this vineyard in chilly Marin, just north of the Golden Gate. The numbers tell the story. Acidity is .082 grams, alcohol is 11.8%, there’s no oak, and the wine was stirred on the lees for five months. The result is an impressive Riesling, one of the driest on the market, a wine of great delicacy and subtlety. Fruit isn’t the star here;… — S.H. (9/1/2007)

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Pey-Marin 2005 Trois Filles Pinot Noir (Marin County)

Price $39

You’re going to be hearing a lot more about Pinots from Marin County, which is between Sonoma and San Francisco. It’s cool-climate, as witnessed by the crunchy acidity that accompanies the cola, cherry and blackberry flavors of this three-vineyard wine. There’s a lot of oak, but it works well. Shows the leaner, more elegant side of Pinot. — S.H. (10/1/2007)

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Pey-Marin 2008 The Shell Mound Riesling (Marin County)

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Price $24

Strikes a welcome note in California white wines with its extreme dryness and crisp, minerally freshness. With tart flavors of citrus, apricot and Asian pear, it’s a great restaurant wine. — S.H. (12/1/2009)

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Pey-Marin 2006 Trois Filles Pinot Noir (Marin County)

Price $42

Not as ripe and lush as the great ’05, Pey-Marin’s 2006 Pinot Noir is nonetheless a fine wine. It’s dry and very crisp in acidity, with flashy cherry, black raspberry, cola and mint flavors that have a silky, satisfying texture. Could well develop over the next few years. — S.H. (12/1/2008)

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The Shell Mound Trois Filles

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Pinot Noir Riesling

2009 Russian River Vineyards Estate Grown

Rich flavors of cherries, persimmons, cola, anise and oak flood the…

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