Bright citrus and stone fruit, lifted by relentless Pacific wind and tiny yields. Three critics agree on what it is: a terrific value that drinks well above its price. Roast chicken, cream sauces, hard cheeses, and any oyster within reach.

The consummate overachiever: immediate drinking pleasure without giving up complexity. Bright red cherry, rhubarb, mixed berries and Sta. Rita spice, on supple tannins. The 2024 is too new for scores, so the note below is James Suckling on the vintage before it.

Wild strawberry, watermelon rind and pink grapefruit, lifted by the Sta. Rita Hills' relentless ocean wind. An exuberant, fruit-driven, genuinely fresh rose from the same Pinot ground as the Radian. The one you buy by the case while the evenings are still warm. Too new for critic scores.

70% Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% each of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot, aged 22 months in French oak. Cassis, tobacco leaf, cedar and that cocoa-dusted sandy-soil signature. The single best argument in this email, and it will cellar five to ten years. Steak, lamb, aged cheddar.

The most decorated single-vineyard wine The Hilt has released. Radian is a high-altitude site of whipping wind and diatomaceous earth where the yields are tiny and the wines come out laser-focused. Twelve months in 90% neutral oak, so nothing stands between you and the vineyard.

Desafio means defiance, which is what it took to plant Cabernet on soil everyone said was unfit for grapes. Twenty months in 75% new French oak. Structured to run fifteen years, and Decanter compares it to a rockstar arriving in a tailored suit.

Eleven months in French oak, then five more in stainless on full lees, which is where the tension comes from. Chalk, saline, lemon oil and warm pastry crust. Jeb Dunnuck's verdict is the one that matters: a brilliant White Burgundy character.

The estate flagship Syrah, in the Northern Rhone mold with a smidge of Viognier. Grown on pure sand and cropped brutally low: blood, smoke, black olive, violet. One of the great California Syrahs of the vintage, and Wine Advocate calls it the high point of Jonata's year.

There are only twenty acres of Cabernet Franc in the whole Ballard Canyon appellation, and this is the wine that justifies them. Graphite, tobacco, blackcurrant and sand. Two hundred fifty-five cases exist, and Dunnuck gives it 20 to 25 years.

Nearly all Merlot for the first time, and Galloni called it one of the finest wines he has ever tasted from Jonata. Plush and cocoa-dusted, all dark plum and truffle, from just 775 cases. Sixty percent new French oak, 14.1% alcohol, and the texture Matt Dees rates as unmatched among the Jonata reds.

Todos means all, and that is the recipe: 66% Syrah with Cabernet, Petite Sirah and Merlot filling in. Freedom over formula, and the most versatile red Matt Dees makes. Galloni's line is the one to read twice: the 2021 might be the best Todos ever.

The estate blend, drawn from the north-facing Santa Rosa road corridor, including old-vine fruit from Radian and Bentrock themselves. Four critics at 93 or better, under fifty dollars. This is how you learn the address before committing to the flagship.