2020 Peachy Canyon Petite Sirah Paso Robles
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92 Points
Youthfully reserved yet deep in fruit and spice, the nose of this fine bottling offers purple plum, blueberry, pomegranate syrup, bouillon, black pepper and forest floor scents. A complex medley of pomegranate syrup, boysenberry, blueberry, black pepper, mace, iron, slate and Oolong tea leaf flavors holds focus on the palate.
2020 Peake Ranch Grenache Peake Ranch Vineyard, Santa Rita Hills
Wine Enthusiast
95 Points
Clean and ripe aromas of cherry, rose petal and loamy earth make for an attention-grabbing nose on this bottling, another show of the Rhône promise of the Sta.
2020 Peake Ranch Pinot Noir Peake Ranch Vineyard, Santa Rita Hills
Wine Enthusiast
94 Points
A range of cherry aromas—from luxardo to maraschino—kick off the nose of this bottling, with grenadine and Red Hot cinnamon candy elements also arising.
2020 Peake Ranch Syrah Peake Ranch Vineyard, Santa Rita Hills
Wine Advocate
96 Points
Medium to deep ruby-purple, the 2020 Syrah Peake Ranch Vineyard features blackcurrant, blueberry, bitter chocolate and coffee bean aromas.
2022 Peay Pinot Noir Scallop Shelf Vineyard, West Sonoma Coast
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96+ Points
This is a wine of many seeming contradictions but of classy harmony.
2020 Pedroncelli Family Petite Sirah Dry Creek Valley
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92+ Points
This rather dramatic bottling is built for service with grilled steaks, barbecued meats and darkly caramelized roasts.
2020 Peirson Meyer Cabernet Sauvignon, Calistoga, Napa Valley
San Francisco Wine Panel
94+ Points
Fruit-forward and already a charmer, this Cabernet opens with a complex perfume of sweet dark plum, fresh red and black berries, dark cherry galette, clove, dry red rose, dry sage, star anise and baking spice scents.
2020 Pence Pinot Noir “Estate” Santa Rita Hills
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 91+ Points
Youthfully subtle yet expansive as it airs, this pretty Pinot opens to reveal the pedigree of its fine fruit source.
2014 Shiraz South Australia Grange
Wine Spectator
98 Points
At first glance, this is a purely indulgent wine, with gobs of creamy, milk chocolate–laden maraschino cherry, raspberry framboise and Earl Grey tea aromas.
2016 Promontory Penultimate Proprietary Red Wine
Vinous
94 Points
The 2016 Penultimate is fascinating to taste next to its sibling, as it has all of the qualities of this great vintage - namely complexity, dimension and stature - just with less intensity.
2019 Pestoni Zinfandel 1892 Field Blend, Lake County
SF Wine Panel Score 93 Points
Rich, notably harmonious and more so as it airs, this very satisfying and dinner worthy old vine Zinfandel is a complex melding of dark cherry, red plum, mulling spice, star anise, peppery broth and toffee scents.
2023 Peter Michael Pinot Noir Le Caprice, Fort Ross-Seaview
Wine Advocate 93-95 Points
I tasted the 2023 Pinot Noir Le Caprice as a sample just before it was bottled.
2022 Domaine Jonathan Pey Morgon, Beaujolais, “Belleville”
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94 Points
This fine Beaujolais impresses with old vine richness, regional focus and a dinner worthy style.
2021 Picayune Cabernet Sauvignon Starry Sky Vineyard, Knights Valley
San Francisco Wine Panel 96+ Points
This is a deeply concentrated, tightly focused and altogether classically styled Knights Valley Cabernet.
2022 Pilcrow Cabernet Sauvignon Granite Lake, Howell Mountain, Napa Valley
SF Wine Panel Score 97+ Points
Young, gutsy, boldly Howell Mountain in fruit and minerality, with a nose of dark cherry, red cherry pie, red licorice, iron ore, crushed rock, caramel, baking spice and vague suggestions of dried herbs.
2022 Pisoni Pinot Noir Pisoni Vinetyard Santa Lucia Highlands
Wine Advocate 92 Points
The 2022 Pinot Noir Pisoni opens with a characteristically black-fruited nose supplemented by amaro and toasty oak aromas, introducing a dense, fleshy palate brimming with an extremely ripe core of compacted fruits.
2021 Poggi Cabernet Sauvignon Two Palms Vineyard, Calistoga, Napa Valley
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 97+ Points
Gorgeously ripe and in chiseled focus, the aromas of this beautifully rendered Cabernet center on black cherry, red currant, cassis, black raspberry, cranberry sauce, mace, cedar, toffee and vanilla.
2019 Prima Materia Sangiovese Kelsey Bench, Mendocino
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 92+ Points
Complex and varietal, the nose of this tasty and graciously balanced bottling melds scents of strawberry galette, dark cherry, dry dark rose, star anise, baking spice and a hint of dry golden fig into an immediately appealing harmony.
2019 The Prisoner Wine Company Prisoner Red HALF BOTTLE
Wine Spectator
88 Points
Jammy, a touch sweet and loaded with toasty oak, offering easy accents of cinnamon and spice.
Promontory Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley 2015
Wine Advocate
98+ Points
Composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon displays a deep garnet-purple color and is a little sluggish to reveal its fragrant core of plum preserves, crème de cassis, blueberry compote and Morello cherries with accents of stewed Darjeeling tea, underbrush, cloves and tobacco leaf plus a waft of pencil shavings.
2022 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 96 Points
This is a young Cabernet, with impressive character, but a hint of youthful reticence.
2015 Quintarelli Cabernet Alzero
Vinous
95 Points
The 2015 Cabernet Alzero is loaded with varietal character, bursting from the glass with a dark blend of black fruits, savory herbs, pencil lead and crushed stone.
2015 Quintarelli Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Vinous
94+ Points
Dark ruby with purple hues, the 2015 Ricioto della Valpolicella Classico is youthfully coy, requiring coaxing to evolve in the glass.
2021 Racines Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills Cuvee
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 94 Points
This notably youthful Pinot, a blend of 4 well-regarded vineyards: La Riconada; Rancho La Vina; Wenzlau: & Sanford and Benedict, is destined to be elegant, refined and focused.
2023 Raen Pinot Noir Royal St Robert, Sonoma Coast
San Francisco Wine Panel Score 97+ Points
Complex, energetic, wonderfully elegant and well-focused at opening, this terrific Pinot Noir offers sharp piquancy, grip, minerality and impressive tension as well.
