| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2019 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Faîte De Mer Farm Drew Estate VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
5/6/2024 - popasq Likes this wine: 90 pointsHopeful this will get better over time… |
| Red |
2021 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Mid-ElevationMendocino Ridge more |
5/6/2024 - fussyeater wrote: NRCherry and forest floor on the nose. Silky super fruity yet balanced although initially there were almost cola notes that blew off when tasted a day later. Feels really well put together and classy. Delicious now although will surely improve in bottle. Note written on day 2 once it had opened up. |
| Red |
2021 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Radiolaria Faite De MerMendocino Ridge more |
4/23/2024 - z_willus_d wrote: 93 pointsI was short of time while consuming this to give it the attention and proper tasting note it deserves. I'll note that it really showed distinct and as a specific reflection of its site and terroir. It showed with mineral and red fruits (cherries, sour and sweet). The savory components were dominating on the back half. I can't forget the saline finish that just wouldn't let go. The balance and intensity of that component in the last sips of my final glass were unforgettable and excited me greatly to someday learn the path this Radiolaria bottling takes over its just awakened, sure to be lengthy life. |
| Red |
2020 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Mid-ElevationMendocino Ridge more |
4/22/2024 - Deux Chevaux wrote: NR10 months after the prior: Lovely again. Bright, balanced, savory, with a trademark suggestion of forest pine. Excellent over three nights, gassed in between. |
| Red |
2018 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Field Selections Drew Estate VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
4/3/2024 - mlemaire Likes this wine: 93 pointsBeautiful strawberry fruit with forest notes in the nose, good density and balance across the palate. Acidity is kind of tangy and so less tucked in than I might prefer. Still, this is good stuff |
| Red |
2019 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Faîte De Mer Farm Drew Estate VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
3/31/2024 - Al Ehrhardt wrote: NRMy first Drew. Never see them locally, but picked this up from Garagiste a couple of years ago. |
| Red |
2021 Drew Family Cellars Syrah Valenti RanchMendocino Ridge more |
3/24/2024 - z_willus_d wrote: 93 pointsBottle shock be balderdash. I picked this wine up at the source earlier today, and the bottle couldn't wait. Aromatically imposing would be an understatement; the wine exudes a complex and multitudinous array of scents, spices, and musky, woodsy, peppery aromas. Delicate, deep, encaptivating. The more austere palate shows promise, as much as it has balance and a shock of medium grained-tannins running through its back half. There's a special expression of place in this Syrah, and I feel the site has reached some kind of maturity and epic stature at this point. These will indeed continue to show greatness for a long time to come. Of so much, I'm certain. |
| Red |
2021 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Mid-ElevationMendocino Ridge more |
3/18/2024 - lushlife Likes this wine: 91 pointslight bodied, with bright red fruits and an earthy backbone and refreshing acidity on the finish |
| Red |
2021 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Fog EaterAnderson Valley more |
3/13/2024 - KJD45$ wrote: 89 pointsTonight downgrade |
| Red |
2019 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Faîte De Mer Farm Drew Estate VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
3/12/2024 - apds Likes this wine: 90 pointsDelicious — fruity, acid, raspberry. A little oak on the nose. Potentially a little young in early 2024, but very much so enjoyed. |
| Red |
2022 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Fog EaterAnderson Valley more |
3/12/2024 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 90 pointsSolid, feminine Anderson valley pinot. Possible upscore with time. 13% |
| Red |
2022 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Fashauer VineyardAnderson Valley more |
3/11/2024 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 92 pointsYoung, obviously, but reasonably open. Mid+ weight, 13.3% |
| Red |
2019 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Fog EaterAnderson Valley more |
3/10/2024 - Takao wrote: NRBrought to someone’s home party so no detailed tasting note. Very youthful for the age and has lifted floral notes along red fruit aromas. Very elegant and not too new world without too much of oaky notes as far as I remember. Beautiful now but definitely can evolve for next 5 years at least. 85~93+. |
| White |
2016 Drew Family Cellars Chardonnay Valenti RanchMendocino Ridge more |
2/23/2024 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine: 90 pointsDoods, Datasets, a Dog, and 7 Whites Tasted Blind (Below the Den, AdMo): Wildly different than I recall for this wine when purchased several years ago… I remember relatively lean, saline and lemon notes. |
| Red |
2016 Drew Family Cellars Syrah Perli VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
2/19/2024 - loj Likes this wine: 93 pointsElegance. On the nose, forest floor, pine, dark red fruit, peppercorn. The palette is fresh, lively, with a zippy acid finish. This vineyard sits high up in Mendocino, among pine trees, and I taste the pine distinctly on the finish. A lovely long and concentrated finish. |
| Red |
2020 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Fog EaterAnderson Valley more |
2/4/2024 - z_willus_d wrote: 93 pointsThis bottle was outstanding in every way. I've been trying to cut my weekly drinking back over the past year, and this wine put a good dent in my efforts. It's just so well made, easy to drink while also presenting such great complexity through its array of delightful characteristics. It has that cool climate crunch. Lovely acidity. Ethereal meets forest floor, etc. I thought this would be my favorite Fog Easter, but then I just noticed the '19 was also stellar when I tried it a while back. I really like the vineyard focus of this blend these past two vintages (or rather '19/'20), and I certainly look forward to the remaining bottles as well as '21 and '22 on the horizon. While it's not helping with personal Alc imbibement goals, exceptions for greatness needs oft be made. |
| Red |
2018 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Field Selections Drew Estate VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
2/2/2024 - John McCabe wrote: 93 pointsI didn't realize how pricey this was until after I drank half of it. This is quite solid and a bit dramatic and might be worth the price of admission. Has some pronounced acidity; likely will benefit from another year or two of age. |
| Red |
2020 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Fog EaterAnderson Valley more |
1/26/2024 - golfwine wrote: 91 pointsA similarly wonderful experience, as the last bottle; making me wish I’d have gotten several more. A noticeably tart entry but with aromatics of deep dark fruit, spice and damp mushroom earth (i.e. forest floor). This continues to develop nicely; improving through the whole of the bottle. Super complex but very hedonistic. |
| Red |
2018 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Morning Dew Ranch VineyardAnderson Valley more |
1/23/2024 - Rick 4 Wine wrote: 93 pointsI know I just drank this and scored at 92, but I’m giving this one an extra point, because we drank this over the course of three days, and on the third day it was showing brilliantly! This is a great cool, climate wine that really demonstrates the clones, and terroir. |
| Red |
2019 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Mid-ElevationMendocino Ridge more |
1/22/2024 - Deux Chevaux wrote: NRNine months after the prior, and happily, quite similar. Savory, saline, with suggestions of forest pine. Quite deep and dark, with good acidity. Very enjoyable over three nights, gassed in between. |
| Red |
2020 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Côte Forét Faite De MerMendocino Ridge more |
1/16/2024 - air guitar & pinot noir Likes this wine: 93 pointsUgh. I had wanted to save this one for at least a couple years since I had enjoyed one of these recently. I had a work trip and my wife popped this one. The qualities I was so stoked about are still here on day 2 as I returned home to find the open bottle. Dark fruit with an instantaneous drying sensation on the palate. This predominates the initial attack. The fruit is secondary but smooth and silky. The immediate impression is that the best days of this wine are yet to come, but it is very good now. Maybe I need to secure another one of these to enjoy down the line. |
| Red |
2020 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Côte Forét Faite De MerMendocino Ridge more |
1/11/2024 - air guitar & pinot noir Likes this wine: 94 pointsOne of the most impressive Pinots from Drew for a long time. Jason consistently makes excellent and diverse Pinots but this one stands above recent efforts. Sandalwood combines with dark fruit to deliver a wonderfully expressive wine. The integration of fruit and oak is impressive. Savory profile is delightful and unique. Glad I have another one of these to enjoy a little farther down the road. |
| Red |
2016 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Mid-ElevationMendocino Ridge more |
1/13/2024 - william updyke wrote: 92 pointsRed fruit on the nose with a hint of dry underbrush. Palate has juicy red fruit of light raspberry and slight cranberry that pushes earth and turns tart with light grip. Had it with a pork chop with S&P and it needs a slightly tart red fruit meat reduction sauce with a few mushrooms thrown in. Very good. Not sure if more time is needed but at 7+ years in the bottle it is very close to what it was meant to be. |
| Red |
2021 Drew Family Cellars Syrah Perli VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
1/7/2024 - loj Likes this wine: 93 pointsThis is Syrah at its most refined. The red fruit is balanced by some pleasant garrigue and the overall mouthfeel is just lovely. |
| Red |
2021 Drew Family Cellars Pinot Noir Field Selections Faite de Mer FarmMendocino Ridge more |
1/7/2024 - loj Likes this wine: 92 pointsThis is very elegant and there is a good deal of complexity here. This is dark and brooding, with some forrest floor, wet rocks, dried herb. The cherry is certainly there but gives way to these other qualities already. |
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