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Signorello 2005 Padrone Proprietary Red Wine (Napa Valley)

Price $110

Marks a welcome return to the magnificence of the 2002, although more recent vintages haven’t exactly been slouches. The ’05 is amazing, a densely structured, deeply flavored Bordeaux blend that’s mainly Cabernet Sauvignon. Shows classic notes of cassis, currants and black cherry liqueur, while 70% new oak adds enticingly rich layers of sweet toast and smoky… — S.H. (12/15/2008)

Signorello 2008 Hope's Cuvee Estate Grown and Bottled Chardonnay (Napa Valley)

Price $65

A small-production barrel selection from the estate vineyard, this fine wine is brilliantly rich and balanced, proving that Napa Valley can produce excellent Chardonnay. With pineapple, lemon, lime and buttered toast flavors, it’s ultraclean in acidity and vibrant in minerals. While it’s quite dry, it finishes with a rich flourish of honey. — S.H. (7/1/2010)

Signorello 2005 Estate Syrah (Napa Valley)

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Price $36

You don’t think of Signorello as a Syrah house, but for years, they’ve been putting out serious Syrahs, and with the ’05 vintage, they certify this tradition. This wine is, in a word, fabulous. It’s enormously attractive in well-oaked cassis, plum, leather, cocoa and white pepper aromas and flavors, but that only begins to describe the complexity. The 4% Viognier… — S.H. (11/1/2007)

Signorello 2007 Hope's Cuvee Chardonnay (Napa Valley)

Price $60

Outstanding. Easily the best Signorello Chardonnay in many years, and a dramatic sign of the quality of the 2007 vintage. Shows intense tropical fruit, mineral and new oak aromas and flavors, with a rich array of dusty Asian spices. Just 72 cases were produced, but it’s worth the search. — S.H. (4/1/2009)

Signorello 2002 Padrone Red (Napa Valley)

Cellar Selection

Price $95

Signorello’s proprietary Bordeaux blend is largely Cabernet Sauvignon, with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. If you’re laying down ’02s to cellar, this is a very good bet. It’s shut down right now, but offers tantalizing hints of black currants and cassis that quickly disappear into a dry, tannic underworld. But the wine has the balance and authoritative class to age… — S.H. (12/1/2005)

Signorello 2001 Syrah (Napa Valley)

Just beautiful, a wine that’s so rich and delicious, and yet so balanced. It oozes gorgeous flavors of cassis and blackberry pie, blueberry, white chocolate truffle, Kahlúa, and smoky spices, and the tannins are amazingly soft, sweet and complex. All this opulence drinks perfectly dry, with a good backbone of acidity. — S.H. (5/1/2004)

Signorello 2006 Padrone Red (Napa Valley)

Cellar Selection

Price $110

Lots of voluptuous softness in the mouth, like velvet gliding over the palate. But you’ll also experience serious tannins that hit midway, creating a lockdown astringency. Evidence of ageability lies in the massive core of blackberries and cassis, as well as the overall balance and tang of acidity on the finish. This Cabernet Sauvignon-based Bordeaux blend should… — S.H. (12/31/2009)

Signorello 2005 Hudson Vineyard Pinot Noir (Carneros)

Price $50

Fabulous Pinot, about as good as Carneros gets. Sourced from this famous vineyard, it’s silky and complex in cherries, sassafras, cola, black raspberry tea, vanilla and cinnamon spices that change and intensify as they roll across the palate. For all that, the finish is dry and balanced in crisp acidity. With just 70 cases produced, it’s worth a special search. — S.H. (11/1/2007)

2009 Venge Bone Ash Vineyard

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