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Quickfire 2009 Top Chef Selection Pinot Noir
- Editors' Choice
- $22
One of the best Pinot Noirs at this price you can buy. It’s silky, light in body and enormously pleasurable to drink, showing brisk flavors of raspberries, cola, spices and toast.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Quickfire 2009 Top Chef Selection Pinot Gris (Russian River Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $22
A nice white wine, crisp and minerally, with lots of rich fruit. Feels elegant, like you’re sipping something well made. The pineapple, green apple, honey and vanilla flavors finish just a little sweet.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Quickfire 2009 Top Chef Selection Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley)
- $22
A lovely Sauvignon Blanc to drink as a cocktail sipper or almost anything from Vietnamese fare through chicken dishes to salsa verde. It’s dry and zesty in acidity, with powerful pineapple, lemon and lime flavors.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Quickfire 2008 Top Chef Selection Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)
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- $22
Rich and spicy, a Zinfandel for drinking with this summer’s barbecue. It shows polished flavors of wild berries, currants, mocha, licorice and Canadian bacon.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Quickfire 2007 Top Chef Selection Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $22
A full-bodied, spicy Cabernet, with lots of jammy blackberry and cherry fruit. Drink this robust young wine now.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Quickfire 2010 Top Chef Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley)
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- $18
A clean, lively Sauvignon Blanc, whose tart acidity gives a brisk mouthfeel. The fruit is very ripe and sugary sweet in green apples, pears and tangerines. Make it drier, and the score would improve considerably.
— S.H.
(7/1/2012)
Quickfire 2010 Top Chef Pinot Gris (Russian River Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $18
This tastes soft and sweet, with citrus, green apple and apricot flavors. It’s an easy wine to drink with slightly-sweet southeast Asian fare.
— S.H.
(7/1/2012)
Quickfire 2009 Top Chef Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
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- $18
An o.k. everyday Cabernet. It’s a little scoury in the mouth, with some green flavors alongside the sweet blackberries.
— S.H.
(6/1/2012)
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