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Sumptuous aromatics of pomegranate, black raspberry, clove, orange zest, toasted vanilla, and dried florals arise on the nose of this wine. The palate oers concentrated black currant, black strawberry, coriander, mocha, candied orange zest, and tannins on the finish. *Cellar Selection* (TP)

Aromas of blood plums, violets, licorice, spices and dried herbs. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with a generous mouthfeel framed by finely extracted tannins and bright acidity. There’s tension to the wine and persistent purity of fruit in the finish. California's nod to the northern Rhone at the highest level. 100% whole-cluster fermentation. Drink or hold.

A depth of brambly black and blue fruit dazzles on the well-structured palate of the 2024 Pinot Noir, layered in light bolts of baking spice, forest, and black tea. Balanced acidity keeps it fresh and lively and inviting in its youth. Drink now through 2032.

A linear and focused, medium-bodied wine with lovely aromas of basil, mint, honeysuckle, citrus blossoms and chalk. A minerally core is surrounded by sumptuous flavors of pears, lemons and limes and tense energy. A delicate white floral note in the finish.

Bid on this 2-bottle lot of 2020 Kosta Browne "Cerise Vineyard" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir (95JD, 95WE, 94DC, 94JS, 92WS). Wine Enthusiast: "This wine is opulent and complex, with aromas of cassis, dried black cherry, cardamom spice and violet. The midpalate has flavors of red plum, red currant and strawberry-rhubarb interwoven with acacia honey, dried herbs and a dry, long finish. (TP)" (07/2024)

Always a solid wine from Anderson Valley, this NV is built of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir and offers pretty lemony and lemon oil notes atop a bed of fragrant white flowers. Very round and complete with an assertive mousse, just-baked bread, and bruised yellow apple fruit. This bubbly has excellent depth and a terrific mineral finish. Aged a minimum of two years on the yeast, clocking in at 10 g/L. 85,000 9-litre cases produced. (JC)

If you're in a hurry and need to grab a bottle of sparkling wine- this is an excellent choice. It's fruity and fresh, with balanced acidity that adds brightness without taking over the whole experience. The value for money is incredible- for $20 you get a traditional method sparkling wine that spent 26 months on the lees. You really don't have to think twice about picking this one up. It's an easy crowd pleaser for a casual get-together or just a relaxed day.

The 2023 Pinot Noir Comptche Ridge is quite a distinctive wine, just as the other wines in this range are. Salty, irony and intensely structured, it has the characteristic fruit clarity that runs through all of these wines. Tingly acids lift the pomegranate-tinged finish, leaving the palate reeling with a really attractive dustiness.

Husch has been rooted in Anderson Valley since 1971, when the winery was established on a former pony farm near Philo. Now operated by the Oswald family, the estate brings more than five decades of Mendocino County winemaking history to this 2024 Sauvignon Blanc.

Pacific air reaches Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley through the Navarro River corridor, helping shape this coastal winegrowing region. Bravium’s 2024 “Wiley Vineyard” bottling offers a rosé expression of Pinot Noir, a grape closely associated with the valley’s cool-climate vineyards.

This wine is concentrated, with aromas of Boysenberry, Black plum, baking spices, brown sugar, and dried potpourri on the nose. The flavors on the palate are baked plum, black strawberry, cardamom, sliding into orange zest, dried herbs, and a dry finish. Pair with your weekday meal.

The 2017 Syrah High Rock Ranch is an intriguing wine from Copain. This site in the Yorkville Highlands yields an especially savory, tightly wound style. Dark fruit, game, licorice, smoke and tobacco all develop. The tannins remain forbidding though, and need time to soften. Readers should expect a brooding, inward Syrah.

Cherry pie and raspberry jam with a bit of chalkiness on the nose. Medium-bodied. The palate is fresh, juicy and mouthwatering with an interplay of rose petals and tangerine zest in the finish. Drink now.

Founded by Dan and Margaret Duckhorn in 1996, Goldeneye is dedicated to Pinot Noir in Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley. This 2023 release carries the Anderson Valley appellation, a coastal California growing area whose vineyards extend along the Navarro River corridor toward the Pacific Ocean.

A Zin with pizzaz and an easygoing personality, this serves up lively cherry, cranberry, grilled sage and black pepper flavors that end on a perky note. Drink now through 2031. *Smart Buys* (TF)

Lovely aromas of crunchy red apples, a burst of minerality followed by buttery brioche. Full-flavoured with a lively and creamy mousse, layers of red berry fruit, dried apricots, wild herbs, white truffle and sea spray on the long finish, which is tinged with crushed almonds. A 56% Pinot Noir blend and 44% Chardonnay with 8 g/L of residual sugar. Aged a minimum of two years on the lees. (JC)

A bright and fresh sparkling wine with a more compact palate and brighter acidity than the 2018. Medium-bodied. Refined bubbles and a linear and crisp finish. A slightly salty undertone. Dry at the end. 36 months on the lees and a dosage of 5 g/l. Drink or hold.

The 2021 Pinot Noir (Anderson Valley) is a gorgeous wine that immediately announces the pedigree of the vintage. Crushed flowers, bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, cinnamon and rose petal open first, framed by silky tannins that lead into the persistent, nuanced finish. This is seriously impressive, especially with aeration. Exotic spiced overtones linger. (AG)

The 2023 Pinot Noir Blue Jay hails from the Anderson Valley. It delivers a dusty, floral, blue-fruited profile with enticing richness and a deep well of minerality. Black-tea-like tannins grab hold of the tongue on the lengthy finish as the Blue Jay leaves behind a mouthwatering touch of citrusy bite. I like the character and distinctiveness here. (BN)

The 2019 Anderson Valley bottling of pinot noir from Alesia is gorgeous and one of the best wines I have yet tasted sold under the Alesia label from Rhys Vineyards. The bouquet is pure, youthful and beautifully precise, offering up scents of black cherries, pomegranate, a hint of beetroot, gamebird, woodsmoke, a superb base of soil tones, fresh herbs, espresso and a nice touch of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused, tangy and displays outstanding mid-palate depth, with a nice sense of imminent sappiness, lovely soil undertow, ripe, suave tannins and a long, vibrant and nascently complex finish. A very serious bottle of pinot in the making! 2028-2060.

If sunshine could be bottled it would be this. Aromas of fresh succulent stone fruit, a hint of yeast, citrus blossoms and notes of quince on the nose. The mousse is creamy and light with baked red apples, blood orange zest, white grapefruit, sticky caramel and layered salinity with a mouthwatering finish. It will bring a smile to your lips. *Cellar Selection* (TP)

Extremely fresh and floral with sliced apples, stones and some white peach. Bread dough, too. Fine bead. Medium to full body with crisp acidity and a steely finish. Hints of phenolics provide a fine texture. Vibrant acidity. About 15% reserve wine (mostly chardonnay) in this, from five vintages. 2.5 years on the lees. 60% chardonnay and 40% pinot noir.

This wine is a classic expression of Pinot Noir from a consumer favorite. Although the vintage was cool, with some heat spikes and rain, they still managed to produce a dynamic supple, red-berried, crushed herb dynamo, with remnants of oolong black tea on the nose and flavors of strawberry, blood orange zest, and maple with a silky finish.

Sourced from a 5th generation ranch in Redwood Valley near Ukiah. These vines were planted in the 1950's. Produced in a bright, medium-bodied style, rasied in entirely neutral French oak barrels.

The 2024 Pinot Noir (Mendocino County) presses out layers of dark cherry, incense, graphite and chalk in a slightly somber, brooding frame. It pulls tight on the powdery finish, leaving behind an echo of herbs and a chewy sensation. This young wine needs some time to reveal its charms, but the elements are in place. (BN)

A cool coastal bottling of the Bravium Anderson Valley, showing wonderful aromas of fir tips and blood orange, and a bassline of ripe red strawberries. The palate is taut and bright, with dusty minerality that coats fresh red fruits, a squeeze of blood orange and a finish of dried wild herbs. (CP)

The 2022 Pinot Noir Wendling Vineyard is a classy, translucent wine. Blood orange, cinnamon, star anise and rose petal lend an exotic flair to this mid-weight Pinot. In 2022, the Wendling is racy and extroverted, but it all works so well. Everything here speaks to balance. This is very rich but not as exuberant as some of the other wines. (AG)

From Cole Ranch in Mendocino. This old school Cabernet comes from vines planted in 1972. The modest 13% alcohol give this wine a very Bordeaux like flavor and feel. Fantastic value at our deeply discounted Insider's Advantage price!

The 2024 Pinot Noir Savoy Vineyard is outstanding. Deep, fleshy and quite powerful, the Savoy really shines today. It's a wine of total pedigree and class. Sumptuous red-toned fruit, pomegranate, spice, menthol, mocha and espresso all build in the glass. This is an especially fine Savoy. (AG)

Extremely fresh and floral with sliced apples, stones and some white peach. Bread dough, too. Fine bead. Medium to full body with crisp acidity and a steely finish. Hints of phenolics provide a fine texture. Vibrant acidity. About 15% reserve wine (mostly chardonnay) in this, from five vintages. 2.5 years on the lees. 60% chardonnay and 40% pinot noir.

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Las Jaras was founded by winemaker Joel Burt and actor and comedian Eric Wareheim. Their 2024 Glou Glou is a California red blend carrying the Mendocino County appellation, linking the duo’s collaborative wine project to one of the North Coast’s major winegrowing areas.

Founded in 2009 by Samantha Sheehan, Poe Wines is dedicated to crafting small-production, vineyard-driven wines that highlight California's exceptional cool-climate sites through a minimalist, hands-off approach. Split Rock Ranch, in Mendocino County, is a certified organic, dry-farmed vineyard rooted in well-drained Pinole gravelly loam soils, where old vines and a moderate climate produce fruit of remarkable freshness, concentration, and balance. By allowing this distinctive site to take center stage, Poe's Dolcetto offers a vibrant expression of both the variety and the unique terroir of this family-owned vineyard

This wine comes from one of the first vineyards on the Mendocino Ridge, farmed using regenerative practices. Lively aromas of strawberry, pomegranate-raspberry, Bing cherry, nutmeg, and vanilla cream waft on the nose. The palate is mouthwatering, with youthful raspberry, cassis, huckleberry, savory herbs, sedimentary rock, and a lingering finish. *Editor’s Choice* (TP)

Pinot Blanc is a white-berried mutation of Pinot Noir, giving this white wine a direct connection to one of Burgundy’s best-known grapes. Skylark’s 2025 bottling comes from Orsi Vineyard in Mendocino County, part of California’s North Coast winegrowing region.

Jolie-Laide takes its name from a French expression meaning “pretty-ugly,” a reference to unconventional beauty. The producer’s 2023 “Death” Syrah hails from California’s North Coast, a broad appellation spanning six counties north of San Francisco and encompassing winegrowing areas including Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino.

Anderson Valley lies in Mendocino County, a coastal Northern California growing area recognized as an American Viticultural Area in 1983. Joseph-Jibril’s 2025 “Red” is a California red wine connected to this distinctive corner of Mendocino wine country.

A new year can hardly pass without another radiant offering from Lance Winters and Alameda-based St. George Spirits. Bruto Americano is an American aperitivo, bittered largely with gentian root, while California-grown Seville oranges and buckthorn bark provide orange and woodsy notes. The flavor may recall Campari (with a hint of Aperol citrus)—as does the color, a lush vermillion derived from cochineal, as Campari used to be—but the soothing texture and complexity puts it in a category of its own. BA’s gorgeous Italian futurist label shines brilliantly with a sense of novelty, as well as optimism that even crowded, old categories can be refreshed. *Year's Best Spirits 2016* (JM)

Founded by John Williams in 1981, Frog’s Leap built its reputation in Napa Valley while championing organic farming and dry-farmed vineyards. The 2025 “La Grenouille Rouganté” turns the producer’s attention northward to Mendocino County, presenting Carignane—a historic Mediterranean red grape—in a rosé format.

Champagne Louis Roederer established Roederer Estate in Anderson Valley in 1982, selecting the cool Mendocino County site for its California sparkling-wine venture. L’Ermitage is the estate’s prestige cuvée, produced only in selected vintages using the traditional method. This 2020 Brut continues that transatlantic connection between Champagne expertise and Anderson Valley vineyards.

The 2024 Pinot Noir is the producer’s first Mendocino County appellation wine, intended for wider distribution and offered at an unbelievably fair price. Stock up and then stock up again. It totally overdelivers, made from grapes grown on the estate as well as single-vineyard designates Clow Ridge and Valenti in Anderson Valley and Mendocino Ridge. Ripe and round, it never tastes overripe, instead layering dark red fruit and cardamom spiciness and other spice box components over a medium-bodied core of freshness and firm tannins. Drink now through 2030. (VB)

Vibrant aromas of dark cherries, raspberry coulis, graphite and potpourri. The palate is medium-bodied with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, showing blueberry bush, red licorice and dried herbs. So linear and tightly wound, this has an underlying power that will evolve nicely in bottle. Excellent. Drink or hold.

The 2023 Pinot Noir Savoy Vineyard is plump, juicy and forward. In 2023, the Savoy Pinot has an added kick of darkness and seriousness that is quite attractive. Black cherry, plum, graphite, leather, incense and tobacco add to an impression of gravitas. The long, sustained finish is pure and total class. (AG)

Bid on this 6-bottle tasting lot; including 2-bottles of 2008 Erna Schein "Kick Ranch" Sonoma County Petite Sirah (91WS, 90VN), 2-bottles of 2009 Copain "Les Voisins" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir (92WE, 91RP, 91ST, 90W&S), and 2-bottles of 2009 Pride Mountain Sonoma County Syrah (90ST, 90WE). Of the 2009 Copain "Les Voisins" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir, Wine Enthusiast writes: "A wonderful Pinot Noir, made from a blend of various vineyards. Silky and refined, with a translucent texture that radiates terroir throughout. A lovely, complex young wine that should gain traction over the next several years." (07/2011)

Bid on this 4-bottle lot of 2019 Kosta Browne "Cerise Vineyard" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir (97WE, 92RP). Wine Enthusiast: "A brilliant vein of black cherries and sour cherries weaves through black tea, redwood duff and subtle oak spices in this medium- to full-bodied wine, as dazzling acidity and moderate tannins energize the palate. Great balance and impressive depth make it stand out. Best from 2025-2032. *Cellar Selection* (JG)" (12/2022)

Mendocino County spans Pacific-influenced coastal areas and warmer inland valleys within California’s broader North Coast wine region. Angeline’s 2024 Reserve is a county-designated Pinot Noir, placing the grape in one of Northern California’s geographically diverse winegrowing landscapes.

This wine sees partial carbonic maceration, giving it spicy aromas of cinnamon and Sichuan pepper. Tart red fruit, dried flowers, cranberries, citrus and savory herbs on the palate, with a fresh, light body and a dry finish. A blend of carignan and valdiguie from three historic vineyards. Fun to drink now. (CH)

Audrey Frick of Jeb Dunnuck writes: "Located in the heart of the Russian River Valley, Arista Winery was founded in 2002 by Al and Janis McWilliams, who handed over day-to-day operations to their children, Mark and Ben, in 2012. Today, the winemaking is overseen by esteemed winemaker Matt Courtney, who spent eight years with Marcassin. Additionally, Matt makes wines under his own label, Ferren. He holds back an additional year in bottle for both wineries before release. Thus, the most recent coverage is for the 2020 vintage, where they made the difficult decision to only produce white wines due to the impact of the fires."