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Fritz 2008 Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)

Price $25

Really delicious, a rich, opulent wine that beguiles from first sip to last. It’s sweetly caramelized and vanilla-oaky, with crisp acidity brightening ultraripe flavors of pineapples, golden mangoes and buttered toast. — S.H. (9/1/2010)

Fritz 2005 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Dry Creek Valley)

Price $50

Showing the rustic tannins and peppery spices that Dry Creek Cabs usually possess, this Cab wants a little time in the cellar. With black currant, chocolate, tobacco and herb flavors, it’s very close in quality to the winery’s regular ’05 Cab, with a little more concentration and a firmer tannin structure. — S.H. (9/1/2008)

Fritz 2006 Ruxton Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)

Price $35

A generous Chardonnay whose spicy taste leads to a crisp, dry finish. The wine is wonderfully ripe, showing pineapple, golden kiwi, Key lime pie and oaky vanilla flavors. — S.H. (2/1/2008)

Fritz 2007 Ruxton Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)

Price $35

The wine is from a vineyard in the Sonoma Coast. It’s quite beautiful, with a bracing acidity and minerality suggesting the tang of stones. But it’s enormously rich in fruit, brimming with pineapples, mangoes, green apple butter and pears. Just delicious. — S.H. (12/15/2009)

Fritz 1997 Dutton Ranch Chardonnay (Russian River Valley)

Price $20

From a justly famed vineyard source comes this fruit-forward wine, showing green apple, peach, and smoky-oaky aromas and flavors. A big, ripe mouthful of California-style fruit, with a buttery, creamy texture, and plenty of toasty oak. Very fine. — S.H. (11/1/1999)

Fritz 1997 Old Vine Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)

Price $20

Nice dusty, berry, spicy aromas. Textbook Dry Creek Zin, with rich, bright berry fruit. Jammy and delicious, with crisp acidity. For fans of kick-butt Zin. Note the high alcohol 14.8%. — S.H. (11/1/1999)

Fritz 2005 Barrel Select Estate Reserve Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)

Price $40

Fritz has a good track record with Dry Creek Valley Zin, one of the variety’s best natural homes in California. This is their most expensive bottling in years, and it’s quite good. Rich and savory, with fine, ripe tannins, it shows flavors of raspberries, cherries, cassis, licorice and Asian spices, with a meaty, leathery edge. Best now and for the next several years. — S.H. (2/1/2008)

Fritz 2009 Reserve Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)

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Price $50

A flamboyantly rich wine, elaborate in cherry, pomegranate, persimmon and cola flavors that are deep and impressive. Yet there’s good structure, with soft acidity and a gentle coating of tannins. Drink over the next four years. — S.H. (9/1/2011)

2008 John Tyler Bacigalupi Vineyard

A wonderful wine that’s rich and delicious. The raspberry and cherry…

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