Livermore Valley, San Francisco Bay
Wente Vineyards
Louis Mel Livermore Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Ridge Vineyards
Monte Bello Chardonnay 2014
Hmm. Lots of oak, buttery, lots of vanilla, moderate volume and a sweetness on the finish. Sub acid.
Starting to get going a week in… definitely gaining volume and complexity. — 8 days ago
Garre Vineyard and Winery
Primitivo 2015
2015 Primitivo At Garre Cafe — 23 days ago
McGrail Vineyards
McGrail Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Another outstanding Clone 8. Fruity nose, nearly opaque purple, significant but well balanced tannins with nice mouthfeel, red fruit flavors of raspberry. — 3 days ago
Dante Robere
Livermore Valley Petite Sirah 2018
Fruity nose, inky purple, mildly jammy dark fruits - blackberry, mild tannins. — 20 days ago
Sandlands
Contra Costa County Red Table Wine 2018
First bottle I’ve opened of this vintage. Ruby red, moderate pigment extraction, very good clarity. Strawberry and barrel notes in nose. Strawberry, cherry in mouth with good fruit length, good acid, delightfully light on the alcohol. Slight seed and skin tannins on finish, aftertaste. Light bodied. Worth reading up about online — 13 days ago
Lencioni Vineyards
Mia Nipote Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Quite blown away by this one. Bordeaux-like in style. On the nose graphite , cassis, honey and fig. Then you get baking spices , cedar, touch of oak and white pepper. Drinks extremely well. Lots of great tannin and acid still hanging on. This could age really well compared to most Livermore Cabs. Big lingering finish. 15.3% — 17 days ago
Mount Eden Vineyards
Estate Bottled Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2018
2018 vintage. Enveloping, deep French oak nose. Light-medium/medium body. Hammer drops of tangerine, lanolin, Persian lime and guava flavor wise. The 2017 vintage had a little more acidity and is/was showing fantastic but this vintage seems to have a little more “personality.” Obvs super-youthful and needs some space and time. If you can lay off it for a year or two, kudos. For the rest of us mere mortals, this is world-class Chardonnay at a seventh of the comparable French white burg pricing and half/a third of many of the high-end California Chard producers. QPR in spades. — 8 days ago
Bedrock Wine Co.
Areio e Vento e Amor Evangelho Vineyard Red Blend
What a great wine. This field blend from a single block of the Evangelho vineyard is made up of Mataro, Zinfandel, and Carignan among others. It’s a dusty,deep purple in the glass with dark, subtle fruit in the nose. Full of dark fruit, a bit of berry it’s incredibly smooth and full bodied with enough twinge of acidity and mild tannins to give it great structure. Excellent. — 3 days ago
Neil Valenzuela
Medium yellow color. Aromas of grapefruit, orange blossoms and green apples. Grapefruit flavors, naval orange and mineral finish. — 12 days ago