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2009 Cathy's Reserve Pinot Noir

2012 Wine of the Year - Tasting Panel

2008 Cathy's Reserve Pinot Noir

94 - Wine & Spirits - It is a beautiful tribute to a full life, a marriage of generous fruit and earthy, savory highlights, drawing you in with scents of violets and anise adorning red cherry highlights... For all its generosity it remains poised, full of light. April 2012

92 - Wine Spectator - "Daily Pick: Firm in texture, and vibrant, with cherry, raspberry and floral character that pushes impressively through a refined, expressive finish. Drink now through 2018." April 2, 2012

2009 SV Pinot Noir

91 - Steven Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

2008 SV Pinot Noir

90 - Wine& Spirits - Made in a ripe style, this wine's scent of warm strawberries gives way to dark, oak-driven flavors that are forceful and dense - a straightforward red for grilled chicken breast. April 2012

Double Gold Medal - San Francisco Intl. Wine Competition, June 2012

2010 Reserve Chardonnay

91 - Wine & Spirits - "Year's Best" and "Best Buy" distinctions.

2009 SV Chardonnay

93 - Wine & Spirits

91 & Editor's Choice - Wine Enthusiast - Lush and aromatic, with ripe pear and melon fruit, sweet spices and a streak of vanilla... the flavors persist through a seductively long finish. December 2011

2010 JV Pinot Noir

90 - Steven Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

2009 JV Pinot Noir

Best Buy & 90 Points - Wine & Spirits - Big and rich, with a scent of cherry jam and chocolate syrup, this is an easy-drinking Pinot with a juicy structure and heaps of fruit. Serve it as an aperitif - or with duck confit.

Recommended - San Francisco Chronicle. Leave it to winemaker, Melissa Burr, to find a mellow expression that deftly frames this year's ripeness in a younger vines bottling from this famed Oregon site. Full of soy and warm spice, with rich, expressive, oak-tinged fruit -- roasted raspberry and rhubarb, with a forestry note for depth, all matched by terrific acidity. - Jon Bonne, October 23, 2011