2017 Wine

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: Editors' Choice. Bright freshness rules the day in this delicious vintage of Elias Fernandez's side project with Doug Shafer. Green apple, Meyer lemon and lime flavors provide pleasure, with a tense vibrancy and focused...

Luca Maroni, 99 points: Its natural and technical talent of fruity fragrance gives this wine a wonderful oenological and oxidative integrity of its juicy and chlorophyllic grape flavors. Its thick and dense consistency, its citrusy scent, always...

jamessuckling.com, 90 points: Pomegranates and wild raspberries, framed in spicy, assertive fresh-oak aromas. Taut, chewy tannins, strawberry and raspberry flavors and a bright, fresh finish. Drink now. Screw cap.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: A blend of Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Syrah and Grenache, aged eight months in 30% new French oak, the deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Red Blend 8 Years in the Desert bursts forth with blackberry pie, warm cassis, licorice...

jebdunnuck.com, 93 points: The 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc from Ferrando offers a beautiful minerality as well as rich, full-bodied aromas and flavors, ample honeyed notes, remarkable purity, and a great finish. It's rich and textured, yet also...

Decanter, 91 points: Mineral, zest and salinity lend real finesse. Persistent mousse and an attractive bitter note on the finish.

jamessuckling.com, 92 points: At once fine and elegant with delicate peach and citrus aromas, but also unusually powerful for the humble category and this producer. Long, ripe and crisp finish. From organically grown grapes. Fair'n Green...

jamessuckling.com, 94 points: Maybe this isn't the most concentrated riesling on planet wine, but the balance is so perfect that you don't think about sweetness or acidity. Yet, that's exactly what this wine is all about – an exact balance of the two...

jamessuckling.com, 91 points: Big morello cherry and blueberry fruit as well as hints of earth and spices (and restrained oak!). Moderately tannic. A clean finish. Rather fascinating. Easy to drink now.