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Verité 2006 La Joie Red (Sonoma County)

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Price $300

Score Chasers: USA 2011

Massive essence of Cabernet Sauvignon, a triumph. Shows huge waves of blackberries, black currants and cassis, dark chocolate, earthy minerals and considerable oak, which is tasteful and unobtrusive, With its dryness and perfect balance, it will easily negotiate the years. Should be fine well past the year 2020. — S.H. (5/1/2011)

Chateau St. Jean 2005 Reserve Merlot (Sonoma County)

Editors' Choice

Price $90

Easily one of the greatest California Merlots ever. Notable for its complete balance. Nothing sticks out; all the parts work together. The black cherry, plum, black currant, dark chocolate and licorice fruit is big, but perfectly balanced with smoky, sweet oak, while a subtle touch of violets brings a smack of the earth. The tannin-acid structure is just beautiful… — S.H. (12/1/2010)

Chateau St. Jean 2003 Reserve Chardonnay (Sonoma County)

Editors' Choice

Price $45

What a roll St. Jean has been on with Chardonnay. This wine was made from a majority of Robert Young and Belle Terre vineyard fruit, and is two-thirds new French oak. The combination is mind-blowing. The vineyards contribute concentrated spicy, tropical fruit flavors and perfect acid balance, while the oak provides elaborate seasoning. Absolutely delicious. One of… — S.H. (12/1/2006)

Seven Lions Winery 2000 Three Amigos Vineyards Zinfandel (Sonoma County)

Price $38

A complex, amazing wine that is one of the best Zins of the vintage. The perfume is extraordinarily detailed, suggesting black raspberry preserves, white chocolate, black pepper, tobacco, vanilla and smoke. All these flavors commingle in the mouth. Drinks dry, with dusty tannins. This is a brilliant wine, with a sensationally rich, vital finish. —S.H. — S.H. (9/1/2002)

Arrowood 2005 Reserve Speciale Chardonnay (Sonoma County)

Editors' Choice

Price $35

Rich and satisfying, this opulent Chardonnay dazzles with sheer deliciousness. Master winemaker Richard Arrowood has pulled out all the stops on this Burgundian-style wine. The flavors, of pineapple custard, lemon meringue, green apple butter, crème brûlée and gingersnap cookie, are balanced by perfect acidity. This is by far Arrowood’s greatest Chardonnay in… — S.H. (5/1/2008)

Verité 2006 Le Desir Red (Sonoma County)

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Price $300

Extremely tannic at the age of five years, and that astringency accentuates the dryness, making the wine austere and distant. It has a dense, complex core of blackberries, coated with immaculately fine, sweet oak. Feels important and dramatic, but too young. Begs to be housed in a good cellar for a good eight years. — S.H. (5/1/2011)

Chateau St. Jean 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma County)

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Price $90

Texture is the name of the game here. We’re talking pure velvet, the way the wine glides over the palate with hardly a wrinkle. Beyond the mouthfeel are flavors so complex, they’re hard to describe. The blend consists of Cabernet Sauvignon, with contributions from Cab Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, and each grape brings its own distinction, as does 100% new oak… — S.H. (12/1/2010)

Chateau St. Jean 2004 Reserve Chardonnay (Sonoma County)

Price $45

Chateau St. Jean continues to teach Chard wannabes how the game is played. This is a huge wine, but one of extraordinary finesse and interest. One reason is winemaker Margo van Staaveren’s instinct for controlled tension. Another is the winery’s access to fruit from throughout the county. Rich and opulent and powerful, this Chardonnay is, in a word, great. — S.H. (11/1/2007)

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