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93 points Wine Advocate: "The 2008 Pinot Noir Mills Vineyard takes shape beautifully in the glass, with layers of bright red fruits, flowers, spices and tobacco. It is an impeccable, polished wine from start to finish. This is one of the wines that shows more stem character than some of the others. A textured, multi-dimensional finish of considerable elegance sets the Mills Vineyard apart. (AG)" (08/2011) 92 points Vinous: "Vivid red. Deep strawberry and raspberry aromas are complicated by of rose, cinnamon and musky herbs. Sappy and precise on the pal...
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93 points Burghound: "Here too the cool and restrained nose is wonderfully perfumed with its array of spice and floral elements adding excellent breadth to the essence of red currant, pomegranate and sandalwood scents. The gorgeously textured, intense and detailed medium weight plus flavors possess evident muscle, punch and power where the latter really comes up on the firm and tightly wound finish that once again delivers sneaky good length. This is not as refined as either of the two Alpine entries but it's bigger, indeed to the point of being robust. ...
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94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Moving south toward the Santa Cruz Mountains, the 2016 Pinot Noir Family Farm Vineyard offers a more elegant, medium-bodied, supple style as well as perfumed red fruit, dried flowers, and spice, with just a hint of minerality. This site has slightly more clay in the soils and the wine is always one of the more rounded and charming in the lineup." (02/2019) 94 points Vinous: "The 2016 Pinot Noir Family Farm Vineyard is beautifully lifted and precise. Bright red berry fruit and floral notes are nicely layered in a Pinot that speak...
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96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2016 Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard is another head-turner and offers complex red fruits, white flowers, pepper, and floral notes as well as incredible balance and purity on the palate. About as seamless as they come, it’s medium to full-bodied, has a layered texture, and a great finish. As with most of these 2016s, it has some accessibility today, yet it’s going to age gracefully on its balance and overall harmony." (02/2019) 95 points John Gilman: "The 2016 Alpine Vineyard from Rhys is a gorgeous Pinot Noir in the making. The ...
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95 points Vinous: "The 2018 Pinot Noir Mt. Pajaro Vineyard is a dark, dense beauty. Black cherry, plum, mocha, licorice, spice, leather and menthol all flesh out in a somber, potent wine built on serious concentration. This decidedly virile Pinot needs time to come around. Today, it is somewhat of a brute, but it is nevertheless a remarkable wine from young vines that were only planted in 2011. (AG)" (09/2020) 94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Also upfront and already expressive, the 2018 Pinot Noir Mt. Pajaro Vineyard comes from a slightly higher elevation site...
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95 points Vinous: "The 2017 Pinot Noir Swan Terrace is one of the most intriguing wines in this range. Intensely aromatic overtones, with touches of blood orange and racy red berry fruit infuse the 2017 with an exotic quality that is hard to fully describe with words. The 100% whole clusters work so well in bringing out the wine's myriad layers. A few years in bottle will help the tannins soften. This is such a beguiling, alluring wine. (AG) 95+" (10/2019) 94 points Burghound: "A strikingly floral red Pinot fruit nose is expressive, elegant, high-toned...
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95 points Wine Advocate: "More lean and racy than the Apline Vineyard, the 2012 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard has thrilling Chablis-like minerality and green citrus to go with lots of lemon curd, mint and hints of sappy flowers. Not quite as broad shouldered as the Alpine Vineyard, yet just as pure, precise and layered, this is another thrilling Chardonnay from this team that will have 10-15 years (or more) of longevity. (JD)" (04/2015) 95 points Vinous: "Rich, oily and viscous on the palate, the 2014 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is all about texture....
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Composed of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc — all organically grown. Grapes were de-stemmed and underwent 100% whole berry fermentation with native yeasts and natural malolactic. Aged 20 months in 100% new oak barrels — 95% American and 5% French.
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96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "As always, the 2016 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is the most masculine and mineral-driven, with an exotic bouquet of white flowers, iodine, crushed rocks, and stone fruits. Reductive, concentrated, and powerful on the palate, with medium to full-bodied richness, it’s a brilliant vintage from this vineyard and is a world-class Chardonnay in every way." (02/2019) 95 points Wine Advocate: "The 2016 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard offers up aromas of pear, grapefruit pith, iodine and fresh nutmeg. On the palate, it's full-bodied, lay...
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96 points Vinous: "The 2014 Syrah Horseshoe Vineyard is a magical wine. Interestingly, the Syrah shares much with the Pinot off this site in its structural feel and dark flavor profile. Inky blue/purplish fruit, herbs, crème de cassis, spice, lavender and mint are all beautifully delineated. Beams of supporting tannin give the wine its shape and overall intensity, yet the 2014 retains a super-classic, Santa Cruz Mountains feel of almost deceptively mid-weight structure. The 2014 was done with 100% whole clusters. Malolactic fermentation was done in steel...
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95 points John Gilman: "The 2018 Alpine Vineyard bottling is perhaps the lowest octane Pinot Noir in the Rhys lineup this year, tipping the scales at a svelte 12.6 percent. The bouquet is extremely precise and flat out gorgeous, wafting from the glass in a mix of sweet dark berries, black cherries, raw cocoa, beautiful minerality, woodsmoke, a touch of incipient cola notes, sweet stem notes of fresh nutmeg and Ceylon cinnamon and a discreet foundation of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, pure, full-bodied and pulled taut across its structural s...
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94 points Vinous: "The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is the wine to focus on in this range in 2018. Dark and brooding, the 2018 is such a classic Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet. It offers up copious black fruit, dried herbs, chocolate, lavender and underbrush, all in a super-classic, mid-weight style that is hugely appealing. This might very well be the best value in artisan, high-end California Cabernet. (AG)" (03/2022) 94 points Wine Enthusiast: "Subtle aromas of dark cherry, toasted mahogany and roasted nut are very balanced on the nose of this bottling. T...
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95 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2015 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is also world class. Slightly more aromatic and exuberant than the Alpine Vineyard, yet with slightly less density on the palate, it gives up a masculine, mineral-laced style in its orchard fruits, fennel, wet stone, campsite and citrus aromas and flavors." (08/2017) 94 points Wine Advocate: "The 2015 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is more aromatically shy than its Alpine counterpart, unfurling with aeration to reveal a complex nose of crisp green orchard fruit, white flowers, subtle beeswax...
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97 points Vinous: "Even better than it was from barrel, the 2016 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard is a flat-out stunner. Crazy, beautiful, deeply spiced aromatics literally explode from the glass. Broad and ample on the palate, with tremendous intensity, the Horseshoe has a lot to offer. Orange peel, mint and spice overtones add an exotic flair. This is an utterly captivating Pinot Noir from Rhys. (AG)" (08/2018) 96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2016 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard offers a more savory, mineral style as well as terrific depth of fruit. Lots of c...
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The Assiduous wines are a perfect example of how non-interventionist, or so-called “hands-off” winemaking is actually very much hands-on! With a guiding principle of less is more when it comes to manipulative winemaking, Keegan Mayo is essentially making natural wines, but is not dogmatic about the process and not entirely comfortable with the label. His assiduous work in the vineyard and cellar means the wines are remarkably clean, pure and precise, traits not always found in this genre of wine.
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95 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Northern Rhône-like notes of white pepper, smoked game, cedar, iron, and assorted darker fruits all emerge from the 2018 Syrah Horseshoe Vineyard, a rich, medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced Syrah. This Cornas look-alike will shine for 10-15 years, if not longer. " (07/2021) 95 points Vinous: "The 2017 Syrah Horseshoe Vineyard is remarkably elegant. The red fruit character almost recalls Pinot Noir, but a backbone of firm tannins brings the mind immediately back to Syrah. Flowers, black pepper, game and leathery notes a...
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Winemaker Keegan Mayo was born in Hawai'i, but grew up in Santa Cruz, where he started learning about local wine culture. He says his goal with Assiduous is "to create savory wines that have a sense of place. Wine grapes truly are a product of their environment so why not let that be what it in each glass? When picking a wine growing site I usually look to some sort of outlier soil or climate factor to achieve a uniqueness in the wine. At Assiduous, whether in the vineyard or in the cellar, 'less is more' is the approach that has always been taken."
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94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Even better, the 2018 Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains Alesia offers a similar vivid color as well as classy citrus and orchard fruits, honeyed minerality, white flowers, and toasted bread. This medium-bodied, elegant, beautifully balanced Chardonnay has nicely integrated acidity, a great mid-palate, and a crisp, layered finish. I don't expect it to have the same longevity as the top Rhys Chardonnay, but wow, what a classy, elegant Chardonnay to enjoy over the coming 3-5 years. (JD)" (09/2020) 92 points John Gilman: " The 2018 Sa...
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94 points Vinous: "The 2018 Pinot Noir Lester Family Vineyard is fabulous. The best elements of the Big Basin style come together in a Pinot that has it all: soaring aromatics, deep fruit and plenty of backing structure. Some of the 2018 Pinots are quite giving today, but not the Lester. It needs at least a few years in bottle to fully come together. Dark, brooding and mysterious, the 2018 will have much to say when the time comes. (AG)" (09/2020) 93 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Mulberries, dried flowers, forest floor, spice, and herbes de Provence-like notes ...
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96 points Decanter: "True to the vineyard’s mountain site, up to 814m (2,670ft} in altitude, exposed to the cold Pacific, the wine has vivid cassis purity and a touch of green sage. 16 months in 58% new American oak may have rounded the edges of the wine, but none of that oak shows up in the wine’s flavour—exquisite structure and balance. Ridge’s Estate Cabernets come from old blocks in the Monte Bello Vineyard, but blocks that Paul Draper and John Olney feel tend to produce a wine that’s more accessible young than the blocks used for Ridge’s top wine, M...
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92 points Wine Enthusiast: "Crystalline raspberry and hibiscus aromas are dusted in light earth and herb tones on the nose of this delicate bottling. The palate is candied with subdued strawberry flavors, as hints of mace and cardmom play with hints of herb (MK)" (11/2022)
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94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "From the northern part of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the 2017 Pinot Noir Home Vineyard reveals a translucent ruby hue to go with complex notes of raspberries, sassafras, forest floor, spice, and exotic flowers. This round, medium to full-bodied, seamless effort has building tannins, a terrific sense of balance, and a great finish. Drink it over the coming 8-10 years." (10/2019) 92 points John Gilman: "The 2017 Home Vineyard bottling of Pinot Noir from Rhys is very refined on both the nose and palate. The wine offers up a very pur...
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94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2017 Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard comes from a mostly southwest-facing vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains (planted to a heritage selection of clones) and was brought up in a mix of new and used French oak. It offers a complex, nuanced style that carries lots of spiced red fruits, forest floor, smoked earth, potpourri, and a touch of sassafras and sagebrush. Complex, medium-bodied, silky, and beautifully balanced on the palate, it checks in behind the 2015 and 2016 but is nevertheless a beautiful, elegant, seamless Pinot Noir t...
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93 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2017 Pinot Noir Mt Pajaro Vineyard is more upfront and expressive, with lots of bright cherry and raspberry fruit interwoven with notions of scorched earth, chocolate, earth, and dried herbs. It's another medium-bodied, nicely textured, balanced, savory Pinot Noir from this team that's going to benefit from short-term bottle age." (10/2019) 93 points Wine Advocate: "This is the first vintage of a Mt. Pajaro vineyard designate Pinot Noir—previously this fruit was blended into the Alesia bottling. This vintage the fruit was pi...
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95 points Wine Enthusiast: "Slightly hazy in
the glass, this bottling from a historic vineyard in
Corralitos enlivens the nose with aromas of freshly
smashed melons and raspberry alongside elegant
floral elements and a peppery spice. The sharp
raspberry compote flavors of the palate are lifted
by mace, sumac and rose petals, making for a very
engaging sip. (MK)" (04/2023) K&L Notes: The Assiduous wines are a perfect example of how non-interventionist, or so-called “hands-off” winemaking is actually very much hands-on! With a guiding principle of l...
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100 points James Suckling: " Incredibly youthful for its age and also extremely expressive. Still some delicate, floral notes at 9 years of age, but also a spectacular array of fruit aromas from redcurrant to pomegranate. Enormous concentration is married to stunning silkiness and almost supernatural energy that drives the extremely long and precise finish. A cuvee of 80% cabernet sauvignon, 8% petit verdot, 7% cabernet franc and 5% merlot. Tasted at the Thomas Kammeier Monte Bello vertical. Decades of aging potential. Drink or hold." (12/2022) 100 poi...
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91 points Wine & Spirits: "Stemmy, green and fresh, like mist lifting off the ground, this wine raises delicate cherry fruit over clay-like tannins. Those tannins take over in the end, bringing the fruit back down to earth. (JG)" (02/2023) 91 points Wine Enthusiast: "Cranberry, crumpled thyme, dusty earth and a hint of fresh oregano show on the nose of this bottling. There's a sandalwood kick to the palate, which is loaded with dark plum and earthy herb flavors. (MK)" (11/2022) 90 points Wine Spectator: "Perfumed and engaging, with mulled blood orang...
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93 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2017 Chardonnay Mt Pajaro Vineyard is also more reticent aromatically yet has beautiful purity and precision in its citrus blossom, salty minerality, and white flower-driven aromas and flavors. It's another nicely textured, beautifully balanced Chardonnay with loads of potential, it just needs another year or two of bottle age. 93+" (10/2019) 92 points Wine Advocate: "The Mt. Pajaro vineyard was planted in 2010, and the 2017 Chardonnay Mt. Pajaro Vineyard marks the first time Rhys has bottled this as a single vineyard design...
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97 points Vinous: "Even better than it was from barrel, the 2016 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard is a flat-out stunner. Crazy, beautiful, deeply spiced aromatics literally explode from the glass. Broad and ample on the palate, with tremendous intensity, the Horseshoe has a lot to offer. Orange peel, mint and spice overtones add an exotic flair. This is an utterly captivating Pinot Noir from Rhys. (AG)" (06/2018) 96 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2016 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard offers a more savory, mineral style as well as terrific depth of fruit. Lots of c...
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99 points Jeb Dunnuck: "One of the highlights in this report is unquestionably the 2016 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard Hillside, which is in the running for one of the greatest Pinot Noirs I’ve ever tasted from California. A thrilling bouquet of blackcurrants, crushed rocks, chocolate, and Asian spices all flow to a rich, powerful wine that doesn’t pull any punches with regard to depth of fruit or structure. While most 2016s have some upfront charm and accessibility, that’s not the case here, and this needs a solid 4-5 years of bottle age. It’s a magical ...
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96 points Vinous: "The 2019 Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard is laced with the essence of crushed rocks, white pepper, orchard fruit, white flowers, chalk and mint. It is a bit less forthcoming than the Alpine Chardonnay. Saline notes build into the palate staining finish. This classically austere young Chardonnay just needs time in bottle. Tasted next to the Alpine, the Horseshoe has more mid-palate weight and feeling of phenolic intensity. The differences between the two are remarkable considering the sites are just 400 yards apart. The Horseshoe is plant...
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98 points Jeb Dunnuck: "There are three monumental wines in the lineup and the 2016 Pinot Noir Alpine Hillside is one of them. Slightly deeper colored, it tastes like the straight Alpine release, but with the intensity turned all the way up. Thrilling notes of white flowers, forest floor, crushed rocks, and both red and black fruits give way to a medium to full-bodied Pinot Noir that has perfect balance and a layered, powerful, yet incredibly elegant style on the palate. It’s one of the finest Pinot Noir to come from these magical terroirs just south of ...
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95 points Wine Advocate: "A wine I think is the best vintage to date, the sensational 2014 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard comes from one of the top sites in all of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Incredibly complex, with layers of sweet black cherries, black raspberries, barnyard, wild herbs and spice, it has medium to full-bodied richness, a pure, impeccably balanced texture and a great finish. Drink this gorgeous Pinot Noir anytime over the coming 10-15 years. (JD)" (10/2016) 95 points Vinous: "The 2014 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard is one of the most subtl...
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98 points Jeb Dunnuck: "I always find the Hillside releases to be similar to the base release yet always with more density and depth. Some years the differences are easy to spot, some years, not so much. In 2017, the differences between the base cuvée and the Hillside are easy to spot. The 2017 Pinot Noir Alpine Vineyard Hillside is a clear step up over the base cuvée and, I'd wager, one of the Pinot Noirs of the vintage. Sporting a deeper ruby color (it's deeper colored than the base release), it displays awesome notes of spiced black cherries, mulberri...
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93 points Decanter: "A delicious blend of Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Marsanne, Vermentino and a few other varieties comes together to deliver a wine of natural balance and bright fruit—perfumed floral aromatics of jasmine, honeysuckle and English hawthorn. The palate is a melange of stone and tree fruits. Bosc pears, cut nectarines and honeyed Fuji apple make way for a finish of petrichor and crushed chalk." 93 points Wine & Spirits: "This is half grenache blanc, blended with viognier, marsanne, vermentino, roussanne, picpoul and bourboulenc. It leads wi...
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93 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2017 Chardonnay Mt Pajaro Vineyard is also more reticent aromatically yet has beautiful purity and precision in its citrus blossom, salty minerality, and white flower-driven aromas and flavors. It's another nicely textured, beautifully balanced Chardonnay with loads of potential, it just needs another year or two of bottle age. 93+" (10/2019) 92 points Wine Advocate: "The Mt. Pajaro vineyard was planted in 2010, and the 2017 Chardonnay Mt. Pajaro Vineyard marks the first time Rhys has bottled this as a single vineyard design...
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James Jelks of Florèz Wines is making some of the best natural wines in California today. From a tiny vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The fruit is 100% whole cluster, foot-trodden, native ferment. Aged in neutral oak. A truly natural wine with no added sulfur. *Natural Wine*
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95 points Vinous: "The 2019 Chardonnay Mt. Pajaro Vineyard is magical. Slate, crushed rocks, white pepper and a very light touch of reduction give the 2019 its utterly captivating bouquet. Bright and vibrant, but with gorgeous mid-palate depth, the Mt. Pajaro Chardonnay is simply fabulous. This is Rhys’s first high-density Chardonnay planting, and probably won’t be the last. (AG)" (01/2021)
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92 points Wine Enthusiast: "A prevalent sense of chaparral and wild herb marks the nose of this appellation cuvée, which also shows dark cranberry and baked pastry. The palate picks up a gamy quality that gives savory edges to the dark plum and cranberry flavors. (MK)"
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Composed of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc — all organically grown. Grapes were de-stemmed and underwent 100% whole berry fermentation with native yeasts and natural malolactic. Aged 20 months in 100% new oak barrels — 95% American and 5% French.
Price: $259.00
91 points Wine Enthusiast: "Subdued aromas of earth, wool, wet stone and light citrus show on the nose of this appellation blend. The palate is all about texture, with earthy, rocky elements and flavors of citrus pith and crisp pear clinging to the tight frame. " K&L Notes: Winemaker Thomas Cole's "love for wine originates from his love for agriculture" and led him to the natural production, ecologically-minded wine philosophy at Madson, whose vineyards are farmed using 100% organic practices. Fewer than 130 cases of this Chardonnay from Madison were ma...
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The Assiduous wines are a perfect example of how non-interventionist, or so-called “hands-off” winemaking is actually very much hands-on! With a guiding principle of less is more when it comes to manipulative winemaking, Keegan Mayo is essentially making natural wines, but is not dogmatic about the process and not entirely comfortable with the label. His assiduous work in the vineyard and cellar means the wines are remarkably clean, pure and precise, traits not always found in this genre of wine.
Price: $19.95