Doug Powers

9.2

Dark purple color, very youthful, iodine, smoke, cool climate aroma and flavor profile, excellent acidity, long, lingering finish, very nice! — a month ago

with Jim

Bruce Dunbar

9.0

The ‘23 Lichau Hills is a showcase for the fruit, starting off lean, pure, and elegant. With a long decant, some softer edges, redder fruits, and the rocky soil of the vineyard started to show through. Mild acids and tannins. A bit one dimensional but it is very, very young. Food friendly. — 5 months ago

Ross Bathgate

9.1

On the way down but still lovely. Sweet tannins shining. — 7 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

8.9

Dark ruby opaque with nice red and blue berries, well balanced acidity minerality, some herbs in the nose — 9 months ago

Brent CW

9.6

Brought this to John and Anne’s and it’s very very tasty! — 2 years ago

with Lily

Helen Arvanitopoulos

9.2

Wow. I was lucky enough to return home to aus, go through my wine collection, and see that the 2000 Coonawarra Merlot needed to be drunk right now. The cork had broken before we were able to get it out, but it's still an amazing drop. Just wow. It's one of the best Cabernet Merlots I've had here in Australia. We make fucking great wine. Looking forward to getting my hands on a fre mire. We enjoyed this with Charcuterie and cheese from Australia.
Medium bodied red with a beautiful velvet finish in my mouth. Get your hands on this gem. — 3 years ago

Steve Gerths

9.0

Nice new Pinot blend — 4 years ago

Freddy R. Troya

9.4

Chappellet — Grower Collection “Five Blocks” Calesa Vineyard Chardonnay 2020
Petaluma Gap AVA, Sonoma County, California, USA 🇺🇸

Overview:
A very limited-production Chardonnay sourced from the Calesa Vineyard in the Petaluma Gap AVA. Built from cool-climate tension and precision, this 2020 vintage elevates the profile of the wine with greater depth, layered complexity, and remarkable balance while preserving the vibrant tropical-citrus core characteristic of the site.

Aromas & Flavors:
Intense yet refined aromas of lemon curd, tropical citrus, baked guava, white peach, and subtle lychee, intertwined with delicate white spices and hints of mandarin zest. The palate unfolds in layers with vibrant citrus energy, savory mineral nuances, and beautifully integrated oak.

Mouthfeel:
Exceptionally balanced and textured. Fresh acidity drives the wine from start to finish, while a striking tension on the back palate gives the wine precision and lift. Creamy without heaviness, polished without excess, finishing long, energetic, and remarkably composed.

Food Pairings:
Butter-poached lobster, scallops, roast chicken with herbs, creamy seafood pasta, miso-glazed cod, or aged Comté.

Verdict:
A serious and highly expressive Chardonnay that showcases how powerful and refined California Chardonnay can become in the right cool-climate hands. The 2020 clearly steps above the 2022 in complexity, texture, and overall precision while still maintaining the vibrant tropical freshness that defines the vineyard.

🍷 Did You Know?
The Petaluma Gap’s cold Pacific winds naturally slow ripening and thicken grape skins, helping Chardonnays develop both concentrated flavor intensity and the kind of acidity-driven tension more commonly associated with top cool-climate regions. Cheers! — 2 months ago

Ken Venezio

9.0

I'm a fan of this wine. Cherry opener with a red and black fruit mid. Earthy as you'd like a Pinot to be. Black tea, herbs and some smoke to finish. — 7 months ago

Michael Chelus

9.1

Cherry, raspberry, cranberry, currant, flint and oak. Light-bodied and good length. — 7 months ago

"Odedi"

9.0

This is a very tasty Pinot Noir from Sonoma County. Fruit forward and elegant.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Showing red fruits with light oak, chocolate notes and tobacco.

Showing nice complexity with a soft mouth feel. Easy drinking and good right out of the bottle.

Good by itself as a sipping wine, and good with food too.

14.4% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$50. — a year ago

Steve Gerths

9.1

Share with Friends. Nice light Pinot with strawberry/vanilla notes — 4 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.0

Good balance. Gingerbread. — 4 years ago

Turd Ferguson

9.2

This has that bitter cherry, Alpine herb thing going on that I really like from cooler Sonoma sites. — 3 months ago

Ross Bathgate

9.5

About the fifth bottle of this I have opened and it was amazing due to a brilliant cork. So rich and luscious with glorious long sweet Coonawarra tannin. — 4 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Dairyman Vineyard sits in the southern alluvial plains of the Russian River Valley near the ocean, a region where cooling fog comes in through the Petaluma Gap in the morning and once again in the evening. Medium Ruby color, with aromas of berries, tea and spices. On the palate flavors of raspberry and tart black cherry with herb, cedar and cinnamon. Fine tannins, medium+ finish with lively acidity, good structure, ending with fruit and cedar spice. — 6 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2023 vintage. 08.22.25. — 10 months ago

Becca Tilley

9.4

Mmmm delish — 2 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Pale to mid yellow in colour. The wine was a little cold to begin with. Aromas of talc and lime marmalade, dried flowers - a faint paraffin note - No Kerosene or petrol (TDN). A beautiful aged Riesling from the Clare Valley from Petaluma - a long time favourite producer of Riesling. With air and warming up, some yellow peach notes developing. I see HH said this benefits from decanting which I didn’t do. Drinking at its peak. Sadly my last 2012. — 3 years ago

Michael Malpiedi

9.3

Linear spicy blackberry smoky little barnyard - great acid and a decent backbone. Refreshing contrast to RRV — 4 years ago