98 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

This opens with savory, truffle and meaty aromas with a complex and quite cryptic nose that delivers a wealth of ripe plums and cherries, cedar and fresh, violet-like flowers, as well as some earthy nuances. The palate has a very sturdy, intense and power-charged core of rich plums and dark cherries, framed in quite fierce tannins that are so long. Super Brunello Riserva here with great potential. Try from 2022.

96 Monica Larner - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Showing ripe and balanced fruit, the Valdicava 2013 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano (with 15,666 bottles produced) offers many very positive attributes. The wine flaunts a slightly contemporary or international side, and it does so with extreme confidence and elegance. Much of that natural balance comes directly from the classic vintage that exhibits both the structure and acidity necessary for prolonged cellar aging. Now, in the wine's youngest phase, it offers lush primary cherry and blackberry flavors followed carefully by measured spice, toast and red rose potpourri.

95 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

Taking on a darker ruby hue, the 2022 Pinot Noir Wester Reach brings forward woodsy spice aromas, with notes of fresh cherries, pine, and peppery spices. Approachable on the palate, it offers ripe tannins, a supple texture, and a nice lift of freshness on the finish. It is a charmer for sure and is going to offer a wide drinking window over the coming 10-12 years.

94 Wine Enthusiast

What will you love about this wine? Maybe it's the nose that screams with Bing cherry, black tea and cola aromas. Maybe it's the powerful palate brimming with flavors of macerated raspberry, rose petal and sarsaparilla. Or the rich, plush tannins balanced by laser-like tangerine acid with a minute long finish that evolves and swirls. Maybe it's all of the above. — Tom Capo

94 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Pure dried strawberry and cherry fruit with some orange peel. It’s full-bodied but there is tension and focus to this, with tannins that frame it and give energy and verve. Creamy and juicy. Drink now.

90 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

A balanced and youthful Beaujolais with notes of plums, dark cherries and violets. It’s medium-bodied and juicy with ripe tannins. Drink now.

97 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

This vintage is extremely floral, offering restrained violets, linden tree, camphor and balsamic tones and fresh redcurrants. On the full-bodied palate there is great licorice-stick flavor with refreshing, lifted acidity and firm, velvety tannins that are savory and ripe. Bright expression of Barolo, full of detail, more elegant than powerful. Drinkable now, but best after 5 years.

96 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

The only oak-inflected cuvee at the estate. Aged in 100% used tonneaux, both French and Slavonian. Superb aromas of pistachios, peaches and dried mangoes. Broad and expansive, yet funneled into a vortex of tension by freshness that sublimates any sense of obvious power. A wonderful expression of a warmer vintage that suits perfectly this compelling site. Drink or hold.

98 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

Lastly, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Dancing Bear Ranch comes from a stunning estate vineyard on Howell Mountain with the plantings dating back to 1999. A blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, and a splash of Cabernet Franc, aged in 59% new oak, this beauty reminds me of a great Saint-Julien (Leoville Barton?) with its incredible purity and regal, structured style. Crème de cassis, lead pencil, violets, chalky minerality, and chocolaty oak all emerge on the nose, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, multi-dimensional mouthfeel, ripe yet perfectly integrated tannins, and a gorgeous finish. It needs air if drinking any time soon and will ideally be given 4-6 years in the cellar. This beauty will have three decades of overall longevity.

93 Jeb Dunnuck - jebdunnuck.com

A little softer than what Seth typically looks for, the 2022 Chardonnay Willamette Valley is pretty in the glass and fresh with aromas of bright fresh green apple, pear, candied lime, dewy earth, and fresh flowers. It pours a bright straw/youthful hue and has lovely tension on the palate, with an even feel and good depth, although it feels weightless and elegant. It has a fantastic, clean, salty flourish and is long on the finish. This is a killer appellation wine to drink over the next 7-8 years. 500 cases were produced.