Accolades
One of the pleasures that comes with winemaking is sharing our wine with others.
The 2013 vintage was the debut vintage for many of our wines and receiving such complimentary reviews and ratings from the acclaimed wine press was exciting. We are thrilled to continue the trend with the 2014, 2015, and 2016 VINTAGES and share some of these accolades with you.
A baked bread tone leads to a bouquet of densely packed strawberry and blueberry in this wine. The palate is driven by a tangy citrus flavor and accentuated by a lingering layer of Asian spice on the finish. — Virginie Boone
- Robert Parker: 91
- Jeb Dunnuck: 94
- Wine Enthusiast: 94*
- Wine Spectator: 91
- Connoisseur's Guide: 90
- James Suckling : 93
One of the flagship cuvées is the 2016 Pinot Noir 1861 Vineyard and it has an incredibly pure, elegant style that doesn’t skimp on fruit or texture. Black cherries, leafy herbs, compost, and forest floor notes all flow to a medium to full-bodied Pinot Noir that has nicely integrated acidity, a straight, focused texture, and beautiful overall balance and length. It's a smoking good Pinot Noir and well worth seeking out. — Jeb Dunnuck
- Robert Parker: 90
- Jeb Dunnuck: 95*
- Wine Enthusiast: -
- Wine Spectator: -
- Connoisseur's Guide: 91
- James Suckling : 93
This earthy, rustic wine is perfumed in aromas of rose petal and lavender. The palate offers stemmy flavors of fresh plum, cherry and strawberry, with a frame of textured tannins and structured acidity. — Virginie Boone
- Robert Parker: 92
- Jeb Dunnuck: 92
- Wine Enthusiast: 92
- Wine Spectator: 92
- Connoisseur's Guide: 93
- James Suckling : 90
From a vineyard near the tiny town of Graton, this wine offers intense acidity nipping at strong layers of lemon and wet stone. The balanced palate offers weight, with a spicy finish that shows potential for aging. — Jeb Dunnuck
- Robert Parker: 90
- Jeb Dunnuck: 91
- Wine Enthusiast: 94
- Wine Spectator: -
- Connoisseur's Guide: -
- James Suckling : 91
A smaller selection from the vineyard, the 2016 Pinot Noir Anne Katherina Vineyard Farmhouse was brought up in 75% new French oak, which is slightly more than the straight Anne Katherina Vineyard. Its ruby color is followed by exotic notes of red plums, candied orange rind, spice box, wood smoke, and toasted spice. Rich, full-bodied, powerful, and opulent on the palate, it has sweet tannins, a great finish, and is loaded with character. — Jeb Dunnuck
- Robert Parker: 92
- Jeb Dunnuck: 94
- Wine Enthusiast: 92
- Wine Spectator: -
- Connoisseur's Guide: 95
- James Suckling : 93
I loved the 2015 Pinot Noir King Ridge Vineyard, a rich, serious effort that has terrific freshness and focus. Blackberries, scorched earth, and toasted spice notes all emerge from the glass. With high yet nicely integrated acidity, fine tannin, and a great finish, it’s an outstanding Pinot Noir from the cooler Fort Ross-Seaview AVA that’s going to benefit from a year or two of bottle age and drink nicely for at least 7-8 years. - Jeb Dunnuck
- Robert Parker: 91+
- Jeb Dunnuck: 92
- Wine Enthusiast: 92
- Wine Spectator: 92
- Connoisseur's Guide: 95
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Pinot Noir 1861 Vineyard gives up pronounced notes of crushed Bing cherries, mulberries and cranberries with nuances of rose hips, lavender, tilled soil, forest floor and mossy bark plus a waft of dried herbs. Medium to full-bodied, the palate delivers layer upon layer of red berries and floral notions, with a beautifully plush frame and oodles of freshness, finishing very long and fragrant. Drink date 2018-2028. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown
- Robert Parker: 94+
- Jeb Dunnuck: -
- Wine Enthusiast: 90
- Wine Spectator: -
- Connoisseur's Guide: 92
The 2015 Pinot Noir Anne Katherina Vineyard comes from Carneros and offers a more supple, forward style in its cherry and strawberry fruit, spice, and earthy/forest floor aromas and flavors. With medium body and a vibrant, lively, pure style, it’s another gorgeous Pinot Noir that’s going to evolve gracefully. It’s slightly more graceful and elegant compared to the King Ridge Vineyard. - Jeb Dunnuck
- Robert Parker: 93
- Jeb Dunnuck: 93
- Wine Enthusiast: 91
- Wine Spectator: 91
- Connoisseur's Guide: 92
The 2015 Chardonnay Laceroni Vineyard is a beauty. Racy, vibrant, and exuberant, with lots of white peach, exotic citrus, and floral notes, it hits the palate with medium body, terrific concentration, and high, yet integrated acidity. Aged 15 months in 45% new French oak, it’s a seriously impressive Chardonnay from winemaker Kenneth Juhasz. - Jeb Dunnuck
- Robert Parker: 92
- Jeb Dunnuck: 94
- Wine Enthusiast: 92
- Wine Spectator: 88
- Connoisseur's Guide: 90
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir 1861 Vineyard offers notes of violets and roses over a core of black cherries, mulberries and loam, plus a waft of Provence herbs. The palate is medium to full bodied and laden with perfumed black and red berry flavors, supported by a firm backbone of ripe tannins and finishing with its earthy side coming through. Give it another 2-3 years in bottle to allow the full spectrum to emerge. - Robert Parker
- Robert Parker: 94
- Jeb Dunnuck: -
- Wine Enthusiast: 92
- Wine Spectator: 92
Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2014 Pinot Noir Anne Katherina Vineyard has a lovely perfume of red roses, violets, red cherries and raspberries with a waft of fragrant earth. Medium-bodied and elegantly crafted on the palate, it has a very fine backbone of grainy tannins and refreshing acidity cutting through the intense flavors, finishing with a lingering perfume. - Robert Parker
- Robert Parker: 93
- Jeb Dunnuck: 94+
- Wine Enthusiast: 91
- Wine Spectator: 92
Medium ruby purple in color, the 2014 Pinot Noir King Ridge Vineyard has a slightly restrained nose, which with coaxing opens out to fragrant red cherry and raspberry leaf aromas, plus nuances of red roses and potpourri. Medium-bodied, youthful, delicately fruited and with a very fine backbone of silky tannins, it offers quiet intensity and many layers on the finish. - Robert Parker
- Robert Parker: 93+
- Jeb Dunnuck: 93
- Wine Enthusiast: 93
- Wine Spectator: 90
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Pinot Noir King Ridge Vineyard - Hirsch Selection has a lovely black cherry and black raspberry-scented nose with nuances of violets, wild thyme and fallen leaves. Light to medium-bodied, it fills the mouth with cherry and earth flavors, structured with finely grained tannins and ample freshness. It finishes with wonderful harmony. - Robert Parker
- Robert Parker: 93+
- Jeb Dunnuck: 96
- Wine Enthusiast: 94
- Wine Spectator: -
Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2014 Pinot Noir Anne Katherina Vineyard has a lovely perfume of red roses, violets, red cherries and raspberries with a waft of fragrant earth. Medium-bodied and elegantly crafted on the palate, it has a very fine backbone of grainy tannins and refreshing acidity cutting through the intense flavors, finishing with a lingering perfume - Robert Parker
- Robert Parker: 92+
- Jeb Dunnuck: 92
- Wine Enthusiast: 90
- Wine Spectator: -
Pale to medium ruby-purple in color, the 2014 Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard displays an earthy nose of underbrush, tree bark, moss and loam over a core of black cherries and red currants. Medium to full-bodied, it really packs the flavor in on the palate with concentrated black cherry and spice notes coming through, supported by soft tannins and an earthy finish. - Robert Parker
- Robert Parker: 91
- Jeb Dunnuck: -
- Wine Enthusiast: 95
- Wine Spectator: 91
Near the town of Graton, this site provides cool-climate structure and personality to this wine. Olive, fig and minerality of the wetstone variety are lifted by aromas of beautiful white flowers. Fully balanced, with a voluptuous edge, it's powerful and pretty - V.B. Wine Enthusiast
- Robert Parker: -
- Jeb Dunnuck: 93
- Wine Enthusiast: 94
- Wine Spectator: 92
Bright and refreshing acidity is the star of this lovely, windswept wine, powerful yet integrated in tannin and oak. The racy, feral notes of anise, apple blossom and nutmeg are complemented by a teasingly voluptuous spirit that never overwhelms. - V.B. Wine Enthusiast
- Robert Parker: 92
- Jeb Dunnuck: -
- Wine Enthusiast: 94
- Wine Spectator: 90
2013 Chardonnay, Laceroni Vineyard, Russian River Valley AVA
...a gorgeous, elegant expression of lemon zest and pear that harmonizes with stoney minerality and brasg, bristling acidity that becomes succulent on the palate.
2013 Pinot Noir, Anne Katherina Vineyard - Farmhouse Block, Carneros AVA
...this is a stunner from start to finish, elegantly tousled expression of mint and bay leaf that's big-bone at first yet completely lovely and fresh on the palate.
2013 Pinot Noir, King Ridge Vineyard, Fort Ross-Seaview AVA
Cellar Selection...this wine opens as if it were a lovely, expansive rose garden, so fragrant and intensely earthly. Built with siable tannic structure and toasty oak, it features burly waves of spicy acidity and warm baking spices.
2013 Pinot Noir, Gap's Crown Vineyard, Sonoma Coast AVA
…from a block of the might vineyard known to coax robust acidity and pretty aromatics from the grapes, this red completely delivers on both fronts.
2013 Chardonnay, Gap's Crown Vineyard, Sonoma Coast AVA
...this light-bodied wine sings in bright, citrus-laden overtones, with enough length and complexity to intrigue.
2013 Pinot Noir, Anne Katherina Vineyard, Carneros AVA
… roses and wild raspberries form a pact of flavor and beguiling aromatic invitation.
2013 Pinot Noir, King Ridge Vineyard, Fort Ross-Seaview AVA
The initial up-front plum and wild berry flavors are shaded by anise and crushed rock notes, supported by firm chewy tannins that glide along the finish, unveiling subtle tiers of wilted rose, lavender, anise and blackberry.
2013 Chardonnay, Gap's Crown Vineyard, Sonoma Coast AVA
...plenty of tart lemon zest and honeyed grapefruit in a crisp, lean, slightly austere Chablis style. It is medium-body, refreshing and well-made.
2013 Chardonnay, Laceroni Vineyard, Russian River Valley AVA
Reveals loads of lemon oil, tropical citrus, subtle oak, medium to full body and great acidity and depth. This is a beauty and should age nicely for 5 - 7 years.
2013 Pinot Noir, 1861 Vineyard, Sonoma Valley AVA
...this wine has a big, rich, concentrated, full-bodied mouthfeel, beautifully pure black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, spice and earth. The fruit, purity, texture, and overall concentration and length make for a big-time winner. This is a beauty to drink over the next 7-8 years.
2013 Pinot Noir, Anne Katherina Vineyard - Farmhouse Block, Carneros AVA
An impressive Pinot Noir that's pure, medium to full-bodies and delicate, yet at the same time intense.
2013 Pinot Noir, Anne Katherina Vineyard, Carneros AVA
...well-made, complex and already showing delicious and abundant Pinot fruit.
2013 Pinot Noir, Gap's Crown Vineyard, Sonoma Coast AVA
...black cherry fruit, spice box, earth and subtle wood. It is rich, concentrated, fruit-forward and again a big-time winner from Blue Farm.