2016 Palachchak Zinfandel, November, 18 2024
"The wine showed a medium ruby color. Cherry, raspberry preserves, cassis, vanilla and oak all arrived on the nose. Cherry, raspberry preserves and stewed fruit drove the complex palate followed by notes of blackberry, mossy earth and oak. The wine was full-bodied and exhibited great length along with soft tannins. It would pair very well with a seared venison loin." 

2019 Sokootok, November, 11 2024
"The wine showed a medium ruby color. Black cherry, raspberry, currant, blackberry, mossy earth and oak each arrived on the nose. Cherry, raspberry, currant and blackberry told the story of a berry-laden palate grounded in an oaken foundation. The wine was full-bodied and exhibited good length along with soft tannins. It would pair very well with a hearty beef stew."

2022 Kuluppis Chardonnay, 9/22/2024
"A fascinating mix of deep and bright aromas (golden apples and pears, lemon zest and orange peel) with plenty of ocean breeze, sea salt, and floral perfume. Delightful creaminess on the palate, with focused acidity, it combines for a balanced and racy wine, with flavors of lemon curd, orange peel, and kiwi. A sense of rushing stream minerals pervades, with talc, seashells, and those richer notes of honey and almond round out the finish." (93 points)

2019 Sokootok, 9/22/2024
"A delightful, stylish, savory blend of Grenache, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Counoise, Zinfandel, from selected sites in Amador County, this is an exceptional wine to treat like a Chateauneuf-du-Pape and open on a cold night with some savory food and good friends."

2021 'Omay Pinot, 9/16/2024
"The balance and freshness is crystalline, and I love how this wine is developing over time. Very interested to see where it goes in another three to five years. A beautiful iteration of one of my favorite California Pinot vineyards. (93 points)"

9/20/24 - MEYYE WINES
2022 Mayye Wines ‘Kuluppis’ Chardonnay- "Sourced from the Carneros AVA, the 2022 Chardonnay delivers a beautiful mouthfeel upon entry. This speaks to the heat of the vintage, loaded with melon fruits and vanilla cream flavors, with a lengthy finish. Well-done! Drink 2024-2030- 92"

2021 Meyye Wines ‘Omay’ Pinot Noir- "The 2021 ‘Omay’ was sourced from the Petaluma Gap AVA and is named after the Brown Pelican in Coast Miwok. This is fresh and also nicely viscous on the mouth, loaded with pomegranate seed and red cherry flavors with hints of salty cola.  Drink 2024-2031- 91"

2019 Mayye Wines ‘Sokootok’ Red Wine- "The 2019 ‘Soootok’ is a blend of mainly Grenache and Syrah coming  from Amador County. Bright red fruits collide well with blood orange zest, seaweed and suggestions of salty soils. Really delicious and complex, enjoy now and over the next ten years. Drink 2024-2034- 92"

2016 Meyye Wines ‘Palachchak’ Zinfandel- This 2016 Zinfandel has a small portion of Syrah blended in. This is silky smooth throughout the drinking experience, loaded with freshness and texture. Ripe red raspberry combines with garrigue, and salty soils with orange rind accents. Delicious now, enjoy over the next eight years. Drink 2024-2032- 92"

2021 'Omay Pinot Noir
" ...this is Petaluma Gap, 21 vintage 100% pommard...123 cases this wine is clocking in at 13.9% ABV $75 price point. So here we go
with the know here it's a very nice Violet focused wine red fruit in particular raspberry as well as graphite and spice notation very nicely complex wine a characterization of red fruit, crushed red candy a Savory Dash mineral core additional to this would be some Sage mint notation as well as Violet and a hint of espresso this wine is 95 points out of 100 points."

2021 'Omay Pinot Noir
"Meyye, Petaluma Gap (Sonoma Coast, California) Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Vineyard “Omay” 2021 ($75):  I always appreciate this style in Pinot Noir – it is light in color, but not at all light on flavor, oozing cool climate acidity and herbaceous character.  Aromas and flavors of strawberry pie, pine, dry earth minerality and a little stemmy pepper note are carefully layered, making for a complex wine shows good structure and weight without any heaviness.  A fine expression of the Pommard clone."  

93 Points Rich Cook Aug 27, 2024

2022 Kuluppis (91 points) - "Light-medium gold color. This is a rich, full bodied Chardonnay done in the traditional California style .The bouquet reveal tropical mango and pineapple with a dried lemon note. On the palate, it’s ripe, full flavored, and softly textured with a long finish."

2019 Sokootok (93 points) - "Medium red color. Opens with aromas of red and black berries and a note of savory spice. Soft on the attack and lush and plus on a mouth filling palate with fine grained tannins and a rich finish."

2016 Palachchak (92) - "Most of the Zinfandel grapes for this wine come from the dry farmed, head pruned, self-rooted Picnic Hill Vineyard, which was planted in 1896, almost 130 years ago (!) on sandy loam soil. Ripe red berries with light notes of underbrush and leather show on the nose. A broad, ripe, densely flavored wine that’s fresher than the earlier vintage that we tasted."

2019 'Omay - "I have tasted a ton of American Pinot. A ton. Blind, aged, out of the barrel, you name it. I would not hesitate to put this up against the best of them and I would be confident that it would perform quite well. Outstanding. 94 Points."

2018 Sokootok - "Rich, fruity, tart, and fairly complex on the palate and certainly on the “big” side of wines, but it is balanced and certainly tasty. Excellent. 90 Points."

The Imbiber's Journal - Nov., 2023

2020 Kuluppis Chardonnay - "This white exudes an elegance rare among California chardonnays". 
2019 'Omay Pinot - "Well made, complex and lovely".
2018 Sokootok Rhone Blend - "The epitome of Sierra foothills character, this blend is spicy, dusty, of medium density, with round flavors and a creamy texture".
2015 Palachchak Zinfandel - "...this is, without a doubt, the best Zinfandel I have had in more than a decade".

@amateur_sommelier 10/21/23

2019 'Omay - "The aroma is full of cherry pie, cedar, pepper, and leather. The taste evolves from the aroma with cherry preserves, raspberry, cedar, sage, violet, red licorice, and warm baking spice...While the fruity and and earthy aspects are contrasting they blend very well and create a very well balanced wine."