94 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Perfumed and floral with delicate notes of cherries, dried strawberries, flowers and earth. The midweight palate has fine-grained tannins and a plush, rounded mouthfeel that balances minerality and high-toned fruit. There's so much early-drinking pleasure here with great aging potential. Delicious. Drink or hold.

90 Wine Spectator

Iodine, dried fig and roasted almond notes leap from the glass in this finely balanced and creamy Marsala, in a dry style. Hints of singed orange peel and ground clove linger on the finish. Drink now through 2021.

93 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2022 Chardonnay is creamy, ample and super-expressive. The 2022 spent 17 months in French oak, about 40% new. Lemon confit, marzipan, white flowers and a gentle kiss of French oak infuse the Chardonnay with tons of character, offering lovely texture while retaining tons of freshness. It's a terrific wine, especially for the year.

93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Beautiful dark-fruit aromas and flavors on a sleek texture of fine-grained tannins. Red and black cherries, iron, earth and cocoa flavors. It increases its grip on the palate and finish, forming a firm, dry mouthfeel that will benefit from more time in the bottle. Drink or hold.

96 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2022 Pinot Noir Richaven is super-impressive. Rich, sumptuous and explosive, the 2022 is the most overt wine in this range. It's a style that works so well in exalting the natural exuberance of the Russian River. Dark fruit, mocha, licorice, incense and mocha all build into the dense, palate-staining finish. There's not much subtlety there, but that does not seem to be the goal, nor does it matter, to be honest.

92 Wine Spectator

#46 on Top 100 of 2023
"Elegant and refined, showing pepper bush, mountain herb and river stone aromas amid a fresh cherry and berry core, which shows minerally richness and lengthens nicely around the core flavors and fine tannins. Drink now through 2030. 15,000 cases made, 3,000 cases imported. -AR"

92 John Gilman - View from the Cellar

“2023 Vacqueyras “Les 2 Monardes”- Domaine Monardière As I mentioned last year, the Vache family purchased this estate in 1987 and converted their vineyards over to organic farming in 2000. All of their vineyards are harvested by hand and their Vacqueyras “Les 2 Monardes” cuvée is made from a cépages of seventy percent grenache and thirty percent syrah. The vines that go into this bottling are forty years of age, with the bunches are destemmed and the wine fermented with native yeasts, prior to twelve months of élevage in a combination of tanks and used barrels. The 2023 Les 2 Monardes comes in at a svelte 13.5 percent octane in this vintage and delivers a simply superb bouquet of dark berries, grilled meats, pepper, bonfire, dark soil tones and a nice touch of upper register garrigue. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and complex, with an excellent core of fruit, firm, well-integrated tannins, fine balance and a long, promising finish. The wine will demand a few years in the cellar to soften up and blossom, but it is going to be excellent.”

90 Stephan Reinhardt - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The just-bottled 2024 Phyllit Sauvignon Blanc is pure, fresh, crystalline and saline on the elegant and laser-precise nose that intermingles bright stone and passion fruit with cumin and saline notes of crushed slate. Round and intense on the palate, this is a medium- to full-bodied, juicy and textural Sauvignon with fine tannins and a certain power on the finish. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted in April 2025.

91 Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The 2023 Tempo d'Angelus is a gorgeous entry-level offering from Angélus. Soft and pliant, the Tempo is an absolute delight. Pretty floral top notes lift a core of brilliant red-toned fruit. All of this is estate fruit. Tempo is quite frankly irresistible

91 Georgina Hindle - Decanter

Red cherries, strawberries and some dried herbs on the nose - crystalline and really apparent. Crunchy, cool, fresh and full of life, gorgeous sweet and salivating acidity. Quite sleek and streamlined with some tension and a tiny bit of bitter orange and lots of clear minerality. Great frame, open. Shiny. Lots of cooling freshness on the finish.

90 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

Fresh and citrusy with a touch of grassy character, this medium-bodied white offers aromas of green gooseberries and fresh limes. Crisp acidity and a clean, flavorful finish. Vegan. Drink now. Screw cap