September 02, 2010
Wine Advocate #190 August 2010

Wine Advocate - Issue #190 August 2010

USA - CENTRAL COAST RHONE /OTHER CENTRAL COAST WINE

BOOKER VINEYARD
2008 'The Ripper' Grenache 94pts -sold out
2008 'Alchemist' Syrah / Cab 95pts -sold out
2008 'Vertigo' GSM 96pts -sold out
2007 'My Favorite Neighbor' 94pts -sold out
2008 Roussanne / Viognier 88pts
2008 'Fracture' 95pts -sold out

BREWER-CLIFTON
2008 Chardonnay 91pts
2008 Chardonnay Gnesa 92pts -sold out
2008 Chardonnay Mount Carmel Vineyard 94pts
2008 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict 92pts -sold out
2008 Chardonnay Sea Smoke 91pts -sold out at winery
2008 Chardonnay Sweeney Canyon9 92pts -sold out at winery
2008 Pinot Noir 93pts
2008 Pinot Noir Ampelos 96pts -sold out at winery
2008 Pinot Noir Cargasacchi 96pts -sold out
2008 Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard 93pts -winery only
2008 Pinot Noir Melville Vineyard 94pts -winery only
2008 Pinot Noir Mount Carmel Vineyard 92pts
2008 Pinot Noir Zotovich 91pts

DIATOM
2009 Chardonnay Babcock Vineyard 95pts - Spring release
2009 Chardonnay Clos Pepe Vineyard 90pts
2009 Chardonnay Huber Vineyard 97pts
2009 Chardonnay Drum Canyon 94pts

LINNE CALODO
2008 'Rising Tides' (S/G/M) 92pts
2007 'The Overthinker'
2008 'The Overthinker' 91pts -TBA
2007 'Screwball' 92pts
2008 'Screwball' 94pts -TBA
2008 'Sticks and Stones' 94pts -sold out
2007 'The Outsider' 94pts
2007 'Nemesis' Syrah 95pts -sold out
2008 'Nemesis' Syrah 92pts -TBA
2009 'The Contrarian' 91pts -TBA
2008 'Cherry Red' 90pts
2008 'Problem Child' 90pts

MELVILLE
2009 Chardonnay Clone 76 Inox 91pts
2008 Chardonnay Donna's Estate 93pts -winery only
2008 Chardonnay Estate 92pts - available now
2008 Chardonnay Estate Verna's Vineyard 91pts - winery only
2008 Pinot Noir Carrie's 95pts
2008 Pinot Noir Clone 115 Indigene 91pts -sold out at winery
2008 Pinot Noir Estate 91pts
2008 Pinot Noir Verna's Vineyard 92pts
2008 Pinot Noir Terraces 94pts
2008 Syrah 'Donna's' 98pts - November release
2008 Syrah 'High Density' 93pts -winery only
2008 Syrah 'Verna's' 95pts

PALMINA
2009 Arneis Honea Vineyard 89pts
2008 Barbera 90pts
2008 Dolcetto 89pts
2008 Lagrein Honea Vineyard 90pts
2009 Malvasia Bianca Larner Vineyard 93pts
2005 Nebbiolo 89pts
2005 Nebbiolo Honea Vineyard 90pts
2005 Nebbiolo Sisquoc Vineyard 90pts
2005 Nebbiolo Stolpman Vineyard 88pts
2009 Botasea Rosato di Palmina 89pts
2009 Tocai Friulano Honea Vineyard 90pts

PISONI
2008 Lucia Chardonnay 93pts
2008 Lucia Pinot Noir 93pts -TBA
2008 Lucia Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard 96pts
2008 Lucia Syrah Garys' Vineyard 95pts - September release
2008 Lucia Syrah Pisoni Vineyard Susan's Hill 94pts -September release

ROBERT TALBOTT
2008 Chardonnay Sleepy Hollow Vineyard 91pts -'07 in stock
2008 Pinot Noir Kali Hart 88pts
2008 Pinot Noir Logan 92pts
2008 Pinot Noir Sleepy Hollow Vineyard 90pts
2008 Logan Chardonnay 92pts -'07 in stock

SAXUM
2008 'Bone Rock' James Berry Vineyard 96pts -Spring 2011
2007 'Bone Rock' James Berry Vineyard 99pts -Spring 2011
2008 'Broken Stones' 94pts - November release
2008 Booker Vineyard 98pts -Spring 2011
2008 James Berry Vineyard 98pts - November
2008 Heartstone Vineyard 93pts -Spring 2011
2007 Heartstone Vineyard 98pts -Spring 2011

WASHINGTON

CHARLES SMITH WINES
2007 Heart Syrah 98pts -September release
2007 Old Bones Syrah 99pts -September release
2007 The Skull Syrah 98pts -September release

K VINTNERS
2007 El Jefe en Chamberlin 95pts -08 September release
2007 Ovide 93pts - 08 September release
2007 Roma 95pts - 08 September release
2007 The Boy 93pts -sold out
2007 The Creator 95pts - 08 September release
2007 Syrah 'Royal City' 99pts -sold out
2007 Syrah 'The Deal' Sundance Vineyard 94pts - 08 September release
2007 Syrah Morrison Lane 93pts - 08 September release
2007 Syrah Phil Lane 96pts -sold out
2007 Syrah Northridge 93pts -TBA
2007 Syrah Pheasant Vineyard 91pts -TBA
2009 Viognier 91pts

L'ECOLE NO 41
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley 90pts- '06 in stock
2009 Chenin Blanc Walla Voila 87pts
2007 Merlot Columbia Valley 87pts
2007 Apogee Pepper Bridge Vineyard 94pts -'06 in stock
2007 Perigee Seven Hills Vineyard 93pts
2008 Luminesce Seven Hills 90pts
2008 Semillon 87pts
2007 Syrah Columbia Valley 88pts
2007 Syrah Seven Hills Vineyard Estate 90pts

OWEN ROE
2008 Cabernet Franc Rosa Mystica 87pts
2008 Cabernet Franc Slide Mountain Vineyard 88pts
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Dubrul Vineyard 89pts
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Willow Vineyard 87pts
2008 Chardonnay Dubrul Vineyard 89pts -TBA
2008 Merlot Dubrul Vineyard 88pts
2008 Syrah Ex Umbris 87pts
2008 Syrah Lady Rosa 90pts

SEVEN HILLS
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Klipsun Vineyard 90pts -'06 in stock
2007 Seven Hills Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 89pts - '06 in stock
2007 Merlot Seven Hills Vineyard 90pts
2006 Pentad 89pts -'05 in stock

TAMARACK CELLARS
2008 Cabernet Franc 90pts
2007 Merlot 90pts
2008 Firehouse Red 88pts
2006 Sagemoor Vineyard Reserve 93pts -TBA
2007 Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Reserve 91pts -TBA
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon 89pts -Fall Release

WALLA WALLA VINTNERS
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon 90pts
2007 Malbec Pepper Bridge Vineyard 91pts - special order
2007 Petit Verdot Frazier Bluff Vineyard 91pts -special order

FRANCE / LOIRE

DOMAINE CLAUDE RIFFAULT
2009 Sancerre les Boucauds 92pts

DOMAINE DE PALLUS
2006 Chinon 90pts -TBA
2008 Chinon les Pensees de Pallus 89pts - November release - '07 in stock

DOMAINE DU VIKING
1997 Cuvee Aurelie 91pts -special order
2009 Vouvray Sec Tendre 87pts- September release

DOMAINE HUET
2008 Vouvray Demi Sec le Mont 91pts
2009 Vouvray le Clos de Bourg Moelleux 93pts -September eta
2009 Vouvray le Haut Lieu Demi Sec 92pts -September eta
2008 Vouvray le Haut Lieu Demi Sec 90pts - '07 in stock
2009 Vouvray le Haut Lieu Sec 90pts -September eta
2009 Vouvray le Mont Moelleux 91pts -September eta
2009 Vouvray Moelleux Cuvee Constance 96pts
2008 Vouvray Moelleux Clos du Bourg 1er Trie 90pts
2009 Vouvray Moelleux Clos du Bourg 1er Trie 92pts -September eta
2008 Vouvray Moelleux le Haut Lieu 92pts
2009 Vouvray Moelleux le Haut Lieu 90pts -September eta
2008 Vouvray Moelleux le Mont 1er Trie 91pts
2009 Vouvray Moelleux le Mont 1er Trie 94pts -September eta
2008 Vouvray sec Clos du Bourg 90pts
2009 Vouvray sec Clos du Bourg 91pts

JEAN-FRANCOIS MERIEAU
2006 Bulles 88pts - '07 on order

MICHEL DELHOMMEAU
2009 Muscadet de Serve et Maine Sur Lie Cuvee Harmonie 89pts
2009 Muscadet de Serve et Maine Sur Lie Cuvee Saint Vincent 87pts

ITALY'S FINEST VALUES

AGOSTINA PIERI
2008 Rosso di Montalcino 88pts -TBA, '07 in stock

BOIRA'
2009 Pinot Grigio 86pts

CA' DEL MONTE
2008 Valpolicella Classico 88pts -TBA

ELIO PERRONE
2009 Barbera d'Asti Tasmorcan 89pts
2009 Moscato Clarte 91pts
2009 Sourgal 90pts
2009 Bigaro 91pts

MONTEPELOSO
2009 A Quo 90pts -TBA, '08 in stock

MORGEX
2009 Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle 88pts -'08 in stock
2007 Metodo Classico Extreme 90pts
2009 Vini Estremi 90pts

MORIS FARMS
2007 Monteregio di Massa Marittima 90pts
2009 Morellino di Scansano 89pts
2009 Vermentino 89pts