Tom Casagrande

8.9

Biodynamic Southern Rhone blend from a favorite producer. Smells, tastes, and feels like a mature CDP. Earthy nose, slight pruney-tinged fruit. Full-framed and still lots of tannin in the mouth, but it’s soft. Acids on the low side. 14.5% alcohol. Nice. — a month ago

Mike Dinter

9.5

mit Mary Birgit und Norbert im Herzog von Burgund — 4 years ago

Chris

9.0

Big with smoke, raisin, and berry. Needed almost 2 hours to open and breathe. — 4 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Very French label. Crest thing and lots of classy writing fonts. Color is ruby with some deeper hues. Smells like fruits. Ripe berry frutas. Flavors are classic Grenache of Côtes de Rhône. Cherry cordial and herbal tonics. Fresh herbs from a euro province. Smoke. Good smoke. It’s a classy classic. — 3 months ago

Michael Younkins

9.2

Full body, plum, dark fruits. Strong nose. — 4 years ago

Abe Glass

8.9

I will separate myself from the last ratings. Find it, buy it, enjoy it! — 4 years ago

Tim Adams

9.2

Perfect New Years Eve Wine - it’s juicy, fun and full bodied. And I hate saying full bodied. — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

One of the few CA Chardonnay I enjoy. You can spend more on one, but for under $40, this works really well.

Arnot-Robert’s rides the fence of CA Chardonnay & White Burgundy nicely. Has a bit of Ca Chardonnay backbone with the creamy body of White Burgundy.

Nose does not show much at first. Green apple, pear, lemon, lime. White peach, caramel notes, cardamom, paraffin, cream, yellow & spring flowers.

The body is creamy with nice viscosity. Green apple, pear, lemon, lime. White peach, caramel notes, cardamom, paraffin, cream, very light honey notes, sea spray, light chalkiness, yellow & spring flowers. Excellent round acidity, beautiful, soft structure, well balanced and a pleasant finish.

A couple more years in bottle add a point or two & more complexity. .

A little history from their website. Watson Ranch Vineyard is perched on a steep hillside overlooking the San Pablo Bay at the southernmost end of the Napa Valley. The ranch was named after early Napa attorney, Augustus Watson, who owned the property in the early 1900s. The adjacent property is an abandoned limestone quarry which historically employed over 300 people, mining material to make portland cement used to rebuild San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. — a year ago

Karyn Fricke

9.0

Smooth, plum fruity flavors. Aged well. — 4 years ago

Colin Ebdon

9.1

Opened up after about 10 minutes. Would drink again. $13.99 — 5 years ago