| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2016 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
4/26/2024 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 92 pointsAnother good bottle and opened up over 3 hours with tobacco, minerals, cherry, plum and earth. Solid effort. |
| Red |
2015 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
4/20/2024 - 3daywinereview.com Likes this wine: 93 pointsDay 1: This continues to be the best domestic blend for the money. Tobacco, dried cherries, mild oak, spice, blueberries and earth. Medium finish. Drink now. 93 points. |
| Red |
2014 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
4/13/2024 - rkliu Likes this wine: 94 pointsNotes of dried plums, dark chocolate, tobacoo and leather. Great concentration on the plate, with silky tannins and a long and smooth finish. This is a fantastic wine! |
| Red |
2018 Alexander Valley Vineyards Zinfandel Sin Zinmore |
4/8/2024 - Bubba Rum Das Likes this wine: 90 pointsThis is mellowing very nicely. Lovely garnet colour, comparable to a quality pinot noir straight out of the bottle. I let it breathe for a few minutes before tasting. Slight floral nose, complex fruitiness in the mouth with a hint of spice, and a nice, long finish suggesting fresh peach. Could well have been a little sharper a year or two ago - but I try to age good reds at least 5 years, and this has rewarded me! Very happy that I have several more bottles in the cellar! |
| Red |
2014 Alexander Valley Vineyards Primitivo School VineyardRussian River Valley more |
4/3/2024 - drycreekwhine Likes this wine: 91 pointsA perfect Primitivo. Delicious, without being jammy like many Zins--which also is fine if that's what you want. Everyone loved it. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards Merlotmore |
4/5/2024 - Uff Da wrote: 92 pointsParticipated in a "I Love the 80s" murder mystery night. plotiine centered around famous 80s musicians like Toto and Rick Astley. This wine makes me think of Rick's famous song, "Never Gonna Give You Up:' |
| Red |
2010 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
3/31/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 93 pointsVery dark red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 4 hours. This is in great shape still, and always fun to have as my dad loves this. Leather, funk, earthy, graphite, gravel minerality, purple fruit, smoke, woodsy spices, full bodied with a satin texture. Excellent. |
| Red |
2019 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
3/31/2024 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 90 pointsAlexander Valley Vineyards' Cabernet is usually an unpretentious, fruit-forward, softly-textured wine that is fun to drink; the 2019 vintage is no exception. A deep ruby blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, 2% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot that was aged for 14 months in an unspecified combination of French and American oak barrels (25% new), it was tasted over a three-hour interval from a bottle that had been popped and poured. Fully opening after the first two hours to offer scents of Bing cherries, red currants, Kalamata olives, baking spices, licorice and marzipan, it is a medium-bodied, freshly acidic, seamlessly alcoholic (14.0%) wine that delivers a flavor payload mirroring the nose. The oak and sweet tannins are nicely integrated at this point and the mid-palate is solid. Medium-to-long and silky-textured on the finish, this is a seductive, easy-drinking Cab that represents terrific value. Drink now-2036. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
4/2/2024 - LEEJV123 wrote: 88 pointsMedium body, round. |
| Red |
2021 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
4/1/2024 - Uff Da wrote: 93 pointsWhen does AVV not deliver? Having a Cab Sab from AVV is like watching Caitlin Clark from the Iowa Hawkeyes hit a 3-pointer from way downtown. It never disappoints. Fourth year in a row their Cab Sav stands well above the competition. And this one is so young, can't wait to see what it does in a few years. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
3/21/2024 - cobystilp wrote: 91 pointsAmazing. Buy by the case. Great house cab. |
| Red |
2015 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
3/16/2024 - ccavana3 wrote: 92 pointsNearing its peak but still has years ahead. Fantastic bottle. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
3/11/2024 - snarfglk Likes this wine: 89 points89+ |
| Rosé |
2022 Alexander Valley Vineyards Sangiovese Dry Rosé of Sangiovesemore |
3/10/2024 - gharter Likes this wine: 89 pointsPnP. Very light for a rose. Opens with crisp aromas of watermelon, melon, cherry, minerals and raspberry. Similar flavors with watermelon, raspberry, peach, stone fruit, and minerals. Bright acidity keeps it from getting falbby. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards HomesteadSonoma County Red Blend more |
2/28/2024 - oakville72 Likes this wine: 88 pointsGreat color. Berry and oak accented nose with a touch of green fruit. Somewhat astringent and raw entry with an undeveloped, almost chemical flavor — not in a negative way, but my impression is that this wine is perhaps TOO well made. That is, it lacks oxygenation during fermentation and development. I am a fan of Alexander Valley Vineyards because of their great Sangiovese Rosé, Gewürztraminer and the fact that they are still family owned, unlike so many historic California wineries. Plus, they have kept their prices reasonable, a benefit particularly for new wine drinkers. 42% Merlot, 40% Zinfandel, 18% mixed reds. |
| Red |
1999 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
2/2/2002 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 85 pointsVineyardgate Wine Tasting: "Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Malbec." Good color; and legs. Oak and tobacco in the nose. Strong mouthfeel. 4-10-14-7: 85/100. Hiroko scored it 91/100. |
| Red |
2018 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
2/24/2024 - Uff Da wrote: 92 pointsAVV never disappoints for me, vintage after vintage. Their classic dark fruit, sweet tobacco on the palette. Nose is a heavy perfume of leather, and a slight funk, more than any other vintage from AVV I can recall. Excited to get another bottle for collection. |
| Red |
1995 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
8/17/2001 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 90 pointsVineyardgate Single-Blind Tasting: California Cabernet Sauvignon: "How Much Do You Understand?" Deep. Dense. Dark. Chocolatey. Mountain fruit. Palate good. Chocolate. 5-12-15-8: 90/100. |
| Red |
2016 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
2/7/2024 - American Heart wrote: NRTEST |
| Red |
2016 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
2/6/2024 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 93 pointsJuice Glass vs. Riedel Restaurant Somm Stem. |
| Red |
2021 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
2/4/2024 - garcia156 wrote: 92 pointsVery good “house cab” for the money, $20 at Costco. Drinking much better then previous vintages. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
1/30/2024 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 90 pointsDeep purple colored; nose of deeply perfumed Cabernet cassis, licorice, just hints of red bell pepper; palate is juicy, mercifully more on the dry side than the drippy sweet stuff you too often get at this price point. Eminently drinkable here in its youth though I think it should age and soften out a bit over years. Excellent for $18.99 at Costco. 90+ |
| Red |
2010 Alexander Valley Vineyards CyrusRed Bordeaux Blend more |
1/27/2024 - 3daywinereview.com Likes this wine: 94 pointsDay 1: Solid bottling but suspect this is not showing as well as it has been a wine shop shelf vertical for too long. Cork came out clean so that was good. Leather, red currants, mild spice, tobacco, gravel and blueberries. On the pop and pour I think this will improve over a few days. 91 points. Day 1.5: better. Beautiful wine with menthol, red currants, gravel, tobacco, spice, blueberries, earth and minerals. Super concentrated wine and long finish. Outstanding. 94 points. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards HomesteadSonoma County Red Blend more |
1/23/2024 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 90 pointsValue $17 (grocery store) Sonoma field blend 2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards Homestead Wetzel Family Estate (42% Merlot, 40 Zin, plus 4 other reds); mid garnet, viscous (14.0 alc.); red fruit, berry, brambles, wood nose; mid acids; mid+tannins; semi-long, tart, red fruit and wood finish. Easy sipping with anything. 16/90. |
| Red |
2020 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
9/12/2023 - Baron Slick wrote: 91 pointsThis wine always delivers and the 2020 is par for the course. Dark fruit, cassis, conifer, and a whiff of smoke. Nice density and volume, with a nice texture and a plump, tasty finish. |
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