Looking for more elegant Californian wines. Which are your favorite on this list?
Looking for more elegant Californian wines. Which are your favorite on this list?
by b1ackfyre
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cohortq
Dunn
MarkKey9247
Dunn, Littorai, Schramsberg
bambooshoot
Arnot
rboat
Smith madrone
Humble_Dude_1817
Dunn and Corison
TobsHa
While I understand what the map tries to convey. 14% and low alc (for wines) is abit of an oxymoron now isent it? Iam think more of 11.5 and below if actually talking lower abv stuff no?
dickcake
Corison is the only wine club I am a member of. I also like Hanzell quite a lot.
atlheel
Schramsberg and Reeve. Frog’s Leap is ok. Gloria Ferrar has a great view from its patio
auspend
Lioco
sid_loves_wine
Arnot-Roberts reigns king for the elegant CA style imo. A few others I personally love: Pax, Failla, Lioco, Dunn.
I would also call a few other producers very “elegant” even if their wines sometimes reach higher ABV- Hartford Family for example.
neutral-barrels
Arnot Roberts, Corison, Gloria Ferrer, Hanzell, Idlewild, Leo Steen, Matthiasson, Pax,Two Shepherds. Everyone on that list is legit though. Some producers are on there are more classical in style and others are more low intervention or natural. And you have producers doing Cab and Coastal Pinot Noir to others making Grenache, Trousseau, Carignan and Italian varietals, plus the sparkling producers, so it will come down to what your after in your wine.
pounds
So many favorites!
Arnot-Roberts
Cobb (personal favorite pinot producer. Love his rice spivak and docs ranch vineyards in particular)
Hirsch
Idlewild (favorite Italian producer in Sonoma… maybe)
Littorai (most respected producer by industry folks i spoke with in Willamette Valley)
They are all super solid. Have visited them all. As well as selling them
evenphlow
Littorai is the best pinot noir in CA
theriibirdun
Dunn
pterofractyl
Arnot, Littorai, Hirsch
Sad-Lecture6340
Morgen Long makes a pretty balanced Chardonnay. Has some resemblance with Bourgogne style I’d say
MorgenPOW
You’re missing the top players on the West Sonoma Coast: Peay, Littorai, Radio Coteau, Occidental etc… These producers are arguably making the best Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah in the whole state.
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Dunn
Dunn, Littorai, Schramsberg
Arnot
Smith madrone
Dunn and Corison
While I understand what the map tries to convey. 14% and low alc (for wines) is abit of an oxymoron now isent it? Iam think more of 11.5 and below if actually talking lower abv stuff no?
Corison is the only wine club I am a member of. I also like Hanzell quite a lot.
Schramsberg and Reeve. Frog’s Leap is ok. Gloria Ferrar has a great view from its patio
Lioco
Arnot-Roberts reigns king for the elegant CA style imo. A few others I personally love: Pax, Failla, Lioco, Dunn.
I would also call a few other producers very “elegant” even if their wines sometimes reach higher ABV- Hartford Family for example.
Arnot Roberts, Corison, Gloria Ferrer, Hanzell, Idlewild, Leo Steen, Matthiasson, Pax,Two Shepherds. Everyone on that list is legit though. Some producers are on there are more classical in style and others are more low intervention or natural. And you have producers doing Cab and Coastal Pinot Noir to others making Grenache, Trousseau, Carignan and Italian varietals, plus the sparkling producers, so it will come down to what your after in your wine.
So many favorites!
Arnot-Roberts
Cobb (personal favorite pinot producer. Love his rice spivak and docs ranch vineyards in particular)
Hirsch
Idlewild (favorite Italian producer in Sonoma… maybe)
Littorai (most respected producer by industry folks i spoke with in Willamette Valley)
Arnot Roberts, Corison, Kutch, Matthiasson.
Corison and Dunn.
BXT Wines
Arnot Roberts. Cobb. Pax. Corison. Hanzell. Leo Steen. Poe. Scribe. Ryme.
They are all super solid. Have visited them all. As well as selling them
Littorai is the best pinot noir in CA
Dunn
Arnot, Littorai, Hirsch
Morgen Long makes a pretty balanced Chardonnay. Has some resemblance with Bourgogne style I’d say
You’re missing the top players on the West Sonoma Coast: Peay, Littorai, Radio Coteau, Occidental etc… These producers are arguably making the best Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah in the whole state.