Stephen Fitzpatrick

8.9

2023 vintage. Bold aromas on the nose, heavy fruit, leather, and spice on the palette, but a surprisingly smooth finish with decent tannins. Not a bad Washington Cab. — a month ago

Daniel Diaz

9.5

Webers’ 11/14/2025- great taste smooth — 9 months ago

Joe Estrada

9.5

Spice, structure, fruit……it’s all there!!! — 4 years ago

Michelle Bohner

9.5

Tried in Park City. Fruity and balanced, full of flavor! — 6 years ago

Steve Gerths

9.0

Nice Chardonnay. Lemon/vanilla notes. Very smooth and satisfying white wine — 6 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.0

A BTG offering at Angèle and what a delight. Pleasant Hill - aka JENKINS RANCH - is a proven Pinot Noir site in the as yet unofficial “Sebastopol Hills” area of Russian River Valley AVA. 2014 with 3-4 years of bottle time is bridging youthful juiciness with a flicker of aged character. Nice work — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Family-owned and operated and founded in 200, the winery's vineyards hug the mountain rims along the south-east edge of High Valley AVA. Rich fruit aromas with nutty spice notes. On the palate ripe apple and pear flavors with honey notes and some citrus tones. Nice mouthfeel, medium finish giving way to big buttery vanilla oak ending. — 8 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

Test post. My platonic ideal of a weeknight, food-flexible Grenache. Soft, ripe but not too much. Alcohol in check. Good concentration and balance. Last bottle of this unfortunately. — 2 months ago

"Odedi"

9.2

Reddish in color with light intensity.

Fruity nose of cherries, raspberries, spices, light oak and chocolate notes.

Medium bodied with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with red bing cherries, currants, raspberries, sweet strawberries, spices, red candy, light wood, chocolates, sweet tobacco, light herbs and black pepper.

Nice length on the finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a delicious Pinot Noir from Santa Rita Hills in California. Easy drinking and engaging. Elegant and fruit forward.

Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel, and feels like a California Pinot with a touch of Burgundy.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after an hour of airtime.

Will continue to age nicely in the next 7 years.

Pinot Noir grapes were aged for 9 months in French oak barrels. A small production of only 8 barrels.

14.1% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$100. — a year ago

JFP

9.0

Excellent. Buy again — 5 years ago

Neil DeSouza

9.0

Wowowow farmy orangey and delicious — 6 years ago

Brendan Devine

9.1

Unfiltered, untuned, 12%. ✅✅✅ — 6 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

Fun. Domestic Gamay. Looking to buy more. SBC, Sierra Foothills, Oregon, Carneros...we are fortunate. — 7 years ago

Charles Powell

9.3

Foley, what can I say 😍 — 8 years ago

Alex Michael

8.9

Stone fruit aroma. Citrus up front with very long finish. Oak is present but not especially oaky. Minerality and salt — 2 months ago

Frank B

9.1

The age enhances it. Nice acid. Med-light body — 5 months ago

"Odedi"

9.2

ExPrimere Peak Ranch Vineyard Persey 2021, Santa Rita Hills, California

Ruby in color with light intensity and a wide reddish rim.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice balance and elegance.

Showing red currants, cherries, earth, light oak, spices, chocolates, coffee, licorice, tobacco leaf, herbs, peppercorn and black tea.

Long tangy finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a delicious Pinot Noir from Santa Rita Hills. Still young, but already enjoyable, with a touch of burgundy in style.

Good right out of the bottle, tangy and engaging.

This Single Vineyard will continue to age nicely in the next 5 to 10 years.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

Aged in neutral French oak barrels for 9 months. A small production of only 8 barrels.

14.1% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$120. — 2 years ago

Guangming Xia

9.2

Nice. From David. — 6 years ago

Phil Misiowiec

9.0

If you don’t regularly drink Chardonnay, I urge you to try a bottle from Santa Rita Hills, especially one from Pence, a relatively new winery. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.7

The nose reveals; dark currants, blackberries, heavy black plum, black raspberries, dark cherries and some blueberries. Black tea, expresso roast, anise, crushed dry rocks, big vanilla, clove, a little nutmeg, dry underbrush, sweet tarry notes, leather, woody notes with dark fresh & withering flower bouquet.

The body is big and lush. The tannins are big, meaty and tarry. Very dark currants. Blackberries, heavy black plum, black raspberries, dark cherries and some blueberries & strawberries as they open up. Black tea, expresso roast, steeped fruit tea, anise, crushed dry rocks, dry clay, big graphite, big vanilla, dark spice, clove, light dry herbs, a little nutmeg, dry underbrush, sweet tarry notes, leather, cedar with violets dark fresh & withering flower bouquet. The acidity is round, fresh and beautiful. The big, long, well balanced finish is excellent and look forward to having this in 15-20 years. This one will be a stunner!

Photos of, the barn where they make wine and hosts tastings, our private tasting area inside William’s old office. William desk and their outside terrace area.

Producer history & notes...Seavey Vineyard is located along Conn Valley Road in the eastern hills of Napa Valley, about 15 minutes from the valley floor.

This historical property was originally a cattle ranch. However, records indicate grapes were planted on some of the hillsides as early as the 1870’s. The stone dairy barn, still in existence, was built in 1881.

William & Mary Seavey purchased this property in 1979. The estate was originally founded by the Franco-Swiss Farming Company in 1881 which, closed down when Phylloxera destroyed their grape vines and the Volstead Act (Prohibition) went into effect. At the time of their purchase, they were a horse and cattle ranch. They quickly planted the slopes with grapes and initially sold their fruit to Raymond Vineyards. They have never purchased grapes, all their wine is made from estate grapes. Their vineyards are separated into 20 plus individual blocks.

Today, the property is about 200 total acres of which, 40 acres are planted to vine. Their hillside vineyards produce low yields of rich concentrated fruit. A small block of Chardonnay grows in a cooler lower part of their property. Besides grapes, they also raise cattle which are used to graze the hillsides. They feed the vineyard with the cattle cuttings. In 2003, they were one of the first Napa wineries to install solar.

Mary passed away in 2008 and William died in 2016. There daughter Dorie returned to the family business and now oversees the winery operations. Her brother Arthur also handles national and some small international sales, primarily to restaurants. However, most of their wine is sold direct to consumers.

Seavey’s first commercial vintage was released in 1990 a year after they renovated the stone dairy barn into a working winery. Today this stone building is the centerpiece of the property and is where tastings are hosted.

Since 2011, Jim Duane has been their day to day Winemaker. He’s worked at Robert Mondavi and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. It should also be noted that Philippe Melka Winemaker/Consultant has been with Seavey since 1995...one of Philippe’s two initial wine making jobs in the Napa Valley were with Seavey and Lail Vineyards.

Seavy makes about 3,200 cases annually depending on what mother nature brings. They make around two hundred cases of Chardonnay, slightly more Merlot and the rest is of the production is comprised of their Caravina and Estate Cabernets.
— 8 years ago