EnRoute Les Pommiers. Made by the folks at Far Niente. It is absolutely delicious.

Etude Grace Benoist Ranch is really good and only $35'ish

Siduri Santa Lucia Highlands in another great wine for $30'ish.

Au Bon Climat always has a unique profile. Very light, tart and some interesting acidity.

Cristom is a wonderful wine from Willamette. I think it is in the $30 range. Get the Mt. Jefferson Cuvee or the Sommers Reserve. The latter might be closer to $45-50.

Penner Ash is another great one from Willamette. I think it is $40.

Lastly, one of my favorites from Willamette is Domaine Serene. The yamhill cuvee should be right at $50.

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Posted by FavoriteAnon

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Member since Jan 2015

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Posted on 9/21/18 at 5:24 pm to TheWiz

This has been really helpful, headed to Total Wine now. I'll check back in once I've made a selection and after the tasting with feedback from the group for any interested.

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Posted by TH03

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Posted on 9/21/18 at 5:26 pm to CoachChappy

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J Russian River Valley

Dark horse pick. Every bottle from J is 90+ points.

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Posted by CoachChappy

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Posted on 9/21/18 at 8:38 pm to TH03

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Dark horse pick. Every bottle from J is 90+ points.

We just got our fall J club shipment. We went there in July, it’s my happy place.

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Posted by TheWiz

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Posted on 9/23/18 at 6:44 pm to FavoriteAnon

What's the verdict?

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Posted by TigerDL

Member since Nov 2017

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Posted on 9/23/18 at 8:56 pm to FavoriteAnon

ZD is one of my go to wines in the Pinot noir category. Cool story that they were engineers with last names Z and D and they abbreviated it this way to make it also stand for zero defects.

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