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Nonno Zito 2001 Giovanna-Jeanette Bien Nacido Vineyards Nebbiolo (Santa Maria Valley)

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Price $80

Held back an extra year and co-released with the ’02, this is the best California Nebbiolo I’ve ever had. There haven’t been many serious competitors, but here is a producer that takes the variety seriously. It’s made in the style of a Napa Cab, soft and ripe, with intricately layered cherry, plum, minty chocolate and new oak flavors that finish dry and spicy. You… — S.H. (6/1/2007)

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Nonno Zito 2002 Carmela-Katie Bien Nacidio Vineyards Merlot (Santa Maria Valley)

Price $30

Shows rich, ripe, Cabernet-style cassis and chocolate fruit and softly ripe, sweet tannins. The fresh acidity gives it an extra boost. Give it time. Best 2007–2012. — S.H. (5/1/2007)

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Nonno Zito 2002 Giovanna-Jeanette Bien Nacido Vineyards Nebbiolo (Santa Maria Valley)

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Price $80

Fresh in primary fruit, jammy blackberry and cherry flavors, with a keen streak of acidity, and an overall sense of balance and complexity. Although this wine has no history of aging, it seems to have everything it needs to develop. Try from 2008–2014. — S.H. (5/1/2007)

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Nonno Zito 2001 Carmela-Katie Bien Nacidio Vineyards Barbera (Santa Maria Valley)

Price $30

This is the most New World, California Cabernet-inspired Barbera I’ve ever had. You might almost think it was a Bordeaux variety, with its blackberry jam and chocolate flavors. Soft and unctuous, it’s deliciously forward now. From Ambullneo. — S.H. (5/1/2007)

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Carmela-Katie Bien Nacidio Vineyards Giovanna-Jeanette Bien Nacido Vineyards

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Barbera Merlot Nebbiolo

2009 Russian River Vineyards Estate Grown

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

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