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Smith-Madrone 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Spring Mountain)
- $45
This is the opposite of those gooey, cult-style wines grown down on the valley benches and floor. It’s pure mountain in the tannins, acidity and dryness, with below 14% alcohol. It’s a food wine, with cassis, cedar and mineral flavors. Should age well for a decade.
— S.H.
(9/1/2009)
Smith-Madrone 2008 Chardonnay (Spring Mountain)
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- $30
Shows the bone-dry, crisply acidic minerality of the winery’s Chardonnays, a brisk, elegant wine whose complexities make it fascinating. The lemon and lime flavors are enriched with a touch of oak and lees. Try aging for six years to experience an aged California Chardonnay.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
Smith-Madrone 2006 Riesling (Spring Mountain)
- Editors' Choice
- $22
Doesn’t say “dry” on the label, like so many others do, but it really is basically dry, which allows the palate to savor the pure fruit of the grape and the beautifully crisp acids. This really is one of the most balanced Rieslings in California, with a slate and petrol edge to the green apple, pineapple, nectarine and wildflower flavors. If you like aging your…
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
Smith-Madrone 2007 Riesling (Spring Mountain)
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- $25
Smith-Madrone makes one of California’s best Alsatian-style Rieslings from their estate high up on this estate in the Mayacamas. It’s a dry, crisply acidic wine, brimming with citrus, pear, diesel, honeysuckle and mineral flavors, and it’s an ager, as vertical tastings prove. Beautiful now and through 2013.
— S.H.
(9/1/2009)
Smith-Madrone 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $35
From a tiny estate vineyard on Spring Mountain, this is a rich and tremendously concentrated Cabernet. Blackberry and cassis flavors are tightly wound around firm but pretty tannins, and the oak is modulated. Polished and elegant, it's ready to drink tonight, but will age for many years.
— S.H.
(12/1/2001)
Smith-Madrone 2006 Chardonnay (Spring Mountain)
- Editors' Choice
- $28
Dry, crisp and minerally, this Chard has intensely pure flavors of ripe white peach, pear, green apple and pineapple that have a stony scour of cold steel. It’s the opposite of the modern style of oaky fruit bomb Chards, with an elegant integrity that’s food-friendly and ageworthy. Fine now, and should do interesting things for a decade.
— S.H.
(5/1/2008)
Smith-Madrone 2000 Chardonnay (Napa Valley)
- $25
Ripe and fancy, and not your usual oak-drenched Chardonnay. Fat, lush flavors of apples, peaches and pears have smooth accents of smoke and spice from wood, and crisp acidity makes for a bright mouthfeel. Possesses great concentration and intensity. —S.H. .
— S.H.
(2/1/2003)
Smith-Madrone 2009 Riesling (Spring Mountain)
- $27
With 12.9% alcohol, this Riesling is absolutely dry and fascinatingly complex. High acidity frames citrus fruit, green apple and mineral flavors. Should develop in interesting ways over the next six years.
— S.H.
(5/1/2011)
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