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Foley 2004 Rancho Santa Rosa Syrah (Sta. Rita Hills)

Editors' Choice

Price $30

Inky dark and saturated, with scads of glycerine, a serious young wine. Erupts with cascades of white pepper, violets, cassis, plum pudding, rum, molasses, sweet kid leather, root beer and more. In the mouth, the primary fruit is black cherries and kirsch, while the new oak and glycerine makes for a rich, honeyed, almost unguent mouthfeel. Decant if you open it… — S.H. (4/1/2007)

Foley 2003 Rancho Santa Rosa Block 5C Dijon Clone Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)

Editors' Choice

Price $45

This is really good wine, fabulously rewarding from first sniff to last sip. It defines coastal California Pinot, and it possesses that appellation’s brisk acids and balanced flavors. Cherries, cranberries and mulberries vie for position against mushrooms, fresh garden herbs and earth, with oak playing a supporting role. What’s hard to get across is the wine’s… — S.H. (12/15/2005)

Foley 2005 Rancho Santa Rosa Barrel Select Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)

Editors' Choice

Price $38

Beautiful and young, rewarding in every aspect. It shows bright, ripe Meyer lemon marmalade, apricot preserve, nectarine butter and guava flavors, with an exotic array of tropical spices and an elaborate coating of caramelized, vanilla-infused oak. It’s also clean in citrusy acids. A bit tight now, so decant, and don’t serve too cold. Best now–2010. Editors’ Choice. — S.H. (4/1/2007)

Foley 2005 Rancho Santa Rosa Clone 96 Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)

Editors' Choice

Price $35

Shows the intense, focused lemon drop and minerality of the estate and indeed of the appellation, with an additional high-toned floral honeysuckle quality and almost a honeyed touch of botrytis. Very rich, very pure in lemon candy, guava and pineapple, with firm acidity and a steely, stony feel in the finish. This is really an elegant, complex white wine. Editors’… — S.H. (4/1/2007)

Foley 2005 Rancho Santa Rosa Dijon Clone 667 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)

Cellar Selection

Price $45

Exotic, showing ripe, forward red cherry, raspberry and cola spice flavors, with hints of tangerine peel, white chocolate truffle, candied ginger and licorice. And that’s just for starters. Complex and rich, with a wonderfully silky texture, this wine has the rich tannins and zesty acids for midterm cellaring. Drink now—2011. — S.H. (4/1/2007)

Foley 2005 Rancho Santa Rosa Barrel Select Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)

Price $50

Foley’s Barrel Select is a kind of reserve bottling and is always worthy of the designation. This is a gorgeous wine that showcases the qualities of vineyard and vintage. Ripe and polished in cherry pie, pomegranate, cola and spice flavors, it has a perfect acid-tannin balance, all wrapped in a taffeta mouthfeel. It’s a big wine, but never loses sight of balance… — S.H. (4/1/2007)

Foley 2003 Rancho Santa Rosa Chardonnay (Sta. Rita Hills)

Editors' Choice

Price $30

Brilliant in acids, with tremendous, explosive fruit flavors, this Chard can easily handle its coating of toasty new oak. Pineapple custard, mango, nectarine, peach pie, lime zest, vanilla and Asian spice flavors come together in a deliciously creamy texture. This massive, magnificent wine showcases the proven terroir of its appellation for Chardonnay. — S.H. (12/15/2005)

Foley 2002 Rancho Santa Rosa Block 4D Pommard Clone Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills)

Price $45

Among the brilliant expressions of this terroir-based appellation is this old-clone Pinot. It’s complex and deep in earthy, mushroomy essence, with a dry grip, and needs time to express its sweet cherry-cocoa core. This compelling wine will improve through 2010. — S.H. (5/1/2005)

Most Reviewed Varietals

Chardonnay Pinot Noir Sauvignon Blanc Shiraz/Syrah

Most Reviewed Regions

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