The ideal expression of Pinot Noir to us is a wine that has body without heaviness and is full of flavor but graceful and elegant. The 2023 Cep Pinot Noir captures this essence and is just gorgeous. The aroma features bright fruits of raspberry, pomegranate, and cranberry with floral elements blowing through and a slightly brambly, anise quality giving ballast in the face of the high tones. It is full-flavored yet not rich, a quality I find very attractive and unique, especially at this price point. The acidity is mouth-watering though not aggressive. The tell-tale Peay Pinot Noir aromas of dried pine needle, jasmine tea, and earth linger in the aftertaste. This wine offers charm, complexity, and value.

The 2021 vintage made incredible Syrah. The Cep cuvée is a little more approachable than the Peay Syrahs as it does not have any new oak or whole cluster aromas that need a few years to integrate. Otherwise, this tastes exactly like the Peay Les Titans Syrah. The nose emphasizes blue fruits and violets with white pepper and olive accents. The weight on the palate is medium bodied and not heavy with refreshing acidity that keeps the wine precise and focused. A little of the savory steak and lamb sauce flavors linger on the long finish.

This is our twenty-second vintage of the Estate Chardonnay and the vine age and the long, cool, fall weather resulted in a wine with signature focus, tension, and refinement. This translates to the wine in citrus blossom, mint, and basil aromas cradled by wet stone and light hoppy notes. The weight is medium to light bodied yet the texture is silky like a woman’s elbow-length glove. This is an energetic and fresh Chardonnay unburdened by fat and simply magnificent.

The 2022 bursts out of the glass with a beam of dark raspberry, pomegranate, orange zest, and black trumpet mushroom aromas. In addition to the fruit aromas, a little tea, sour cherry, brass, and bark frame the wine in the aftertaste and finishes with our hallmark fresh acidity making you salivate.

Akin in style to Cornas but our Syrah always has a lot more acidity, freshness, and lower alcohol than found in wines from that singular region of France. The 2022 Les Titans is true to form with aromas of BBQ, steak, and game framing a blackberry and lamb shank jus core of flavor. Whiffs of lavender keep the wine lifted, making me think of a Côte Rôtie Syrah with fewer stem flavors.

This is our twenty-second vintage of the Estate Chardonnay and the vine age and the long, cool, fall weather resulted in a wine with signature focus, tension, and refinement. This translates to the wine in citrus blossom, mint, and basil aromas cradled by wet stone and light hoppy notes. The weight is medium to light bodied yet the texture is silky like a woman’s elbow-length glove. This is an energetic and fresh Chardonnay unburdened by fat and simply magnificent.

This is our twenty-second vintage of the Estate Chardonnay and the vine age and the long, cool, fall weather resulted in a wine with signature focus, tension, and refinement. This translates to the wine in citrus blossom, mint, and basil aromas cradled by wet stone and light hoppy notes. The weight is medium to light bodied yet the texture is silky like a woman’s elbow-length glove. This is an energetic and fresh Chardonnay unburdened by fat and simply magnificent.

The aroma bursts with tell-tale Ama cherry and apple skin notes with hints of pomegranate sneaking in. A touch of dried pine needle/forest floor and lead pencil frame the bright, playful fruit aromas. The wine has mouth-watering acidity and for Pinot Noir is decidedly perfumed and light on its feet. With a half-hour decant the mid-palate fills out and gains some heft. This wine is gorgeous right now.

The aroma bursts with tell-tale Ama cherry and apple skin notes with hints of pomegranate sneaking in. A touch of dried pine needle/forest floor and lead pencil frame the bright, playful fruit aromas. The wine has mouth-watering acidity and for Pinot Noir is decidedly perfumed and light on its feet. With a half-hour decant the mid-palate fills out and gains some heft. This wine is gorgeous right now.

Best Scallop Shelf to date. Bam! Need I say more? Okay, I will. The aroma is deep with sour dark cherry notes framed by floral and spice elements. Less of the typical blood orange and orange rind quality common with this cuveé and more robust fruit flavors leaning into red fruits. As the wine sits on the tongue, aromas of jasmine tea and forest floor lay a foundation under the fruit.

Best Scallop Shelf to date. Bam! Need I say more? Okay, I will. The aroma is deep with sour dark cherry notes framed by floral and spice elements. Less of the typical blood orange and orange rind quality common with this cuveé and more robust fruit flavors leaning into red fruits. As the wine sits on the tongue, aromas of jasmine tea and forest floor lay a foundation under the fruit.

With all the barrels of the 2022 Syrahs were such excellent examples of Peay Estate Syrah, we decided to make our first Peay West Sonoma Coast Estate Syrah. Green olive, meat, and new leather aromas on the nose sit on top of a plum and blackberry core of fruit. The wine is fresh and energetic and the tannins are supple making it approachable and enjoyable right now.

Akin in style to Cornas but our Syrah always has a lot more acidity, freshness, and lower alcohol than found in wines from that singular region of France. The 2022 Les Titans is true to form with aromas of BBQ, steak, and game framing a blackberry and lamb shank jus core of flavor. Whiffs of lavender keep the wine lifted, making me think of a Côte Rôtie Syrah with fewer stem flavors.

Akin in style to Cornas but our Syrah always has a lot more acidity, freshness, and lower alcohol than found in wines from that singular region of France. The 2022 Les Titans is true to form with aromas of BBQ, steak, and game framing a blackberry and lamb shank jus core of flavor. Whiffs of lavender keep the wine lifted, making me think of a Côte Rôtie Syrah with fewer stem flavors.

At first sniff, aromas of elderberries, poached pear, wax, linen, cured lemon, and toasted almond emerge in succession. With a few minutes of air in the glass, the volume in the nose gets turned up and up! On the palate, the flavors are intense, really pronounced. There is incredible mid-palate depth though this is not a fat wine but focused and energetic. The aromas linger on the long finish and with such brisk acidity, the 2023 Roussanne/Marsanne is set to age as long as you desire.