2019 Pleiades Wine Company Sean Thackerey "Orion" Rossi Vineyard St. Helena
98 Points Jeb Dunnuck!
Sean Thackrey was one of California’s most influential, eccentric, and game-changing winemakers you might never have heard of. Alongside legends like Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, and Kermit Lynch, Sean had a guiding hand in a remarkable moment in history – the explosion of food and wine culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. Working in isolation in the tiny town of Bolinas on the Pacific coast, this artist and former gallerist turned his attention to winemaking. Sean created unique blends and varietal wines that quickly became part of the culinary (or gastronomic) landscape of the Bay Area.
In scoring this wine a 98 points, wine critic Jeb Dunnuck writes, “From enigmatic producer Sean Thackrey, comes another of his highly-allocated wines, this time a Rhône-style blend. This bottle is truly sublime. Like no other wine that we've tasted before. The fruit gets bigger with each sip, one jammy mouthful after another. Think Châteauneuf-du-Pape California-style.”
Always quick to sell out, the previous vintage received 95 points from Robert Parker, who wrote: "Marching to the beat of a drummer largely unknown to any other winemaker in California, Sean Thackerey continues to produce some extraordinary wines, in this case from a field blend planted in 1905. This is clearly a Rhône Ranger blend, with a dense ruby/purple color and loads of incense, camphor, blue and black fruits, earth, and spice. Full-bodied, rich, and bursting with personality, the wine is unique/singular, with an intensity that has to be tasted to be believed. Drink it over the next decade or more."
98 Points Jeb Dunnuck!
Sean Thackrey was one of California’s most influential, eccentric, and game-changing winemakers you might never have heard of. Alongside legends like Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, and Kermit Lynch, Sean had a guiding hand in a remarkable moment in history – the explosion of food and wine culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. Working in isolation in the tiny town of Bolinas on the Pacific coast, this artist and former gallerist turned his attention to winemaking. Sean created unique blends and varietal wines that quickly became part of the culinary (or gastronomic) landscape of the Bay Area.
In scoring this wine a 98 points, wine critic Jeb Dunnuck writes, “From enigmatic producer Sean Thackrey, comes another of his highly-allocated wines, this time a Rhône-style blend. This bottle is truly sublime. Like no other wine that we've tasted before. The fruit gets bigger with each sip, one jammy mouthful after another. Think Châteauneuf-du-Pape California-style.”
Always quick to sell out, the previous vintage received 95 points from Robert Parker, who wrote: "Marching to the beat of a drummer largely unknown to any other winemaker in California, Sean Thackerey continues to produce some extraordinary wines, in this case from a field blend planted in 1905. This is clearly a Rhône Ranger blend, with a dense ruby/purple color and loads of incense, camphor, blue and black fruits, earth, and spice. Full-bodied, rich, and bursting with personality, the wine is unique/singular, with an intensity that has to be tasted to be believed. Drink it over the next decade or more."
98 Points Jeb Dunnuck!
Sean Thackrey was one of California’s most influential, eccentric, and game-changing winemakers you might never have heard of. Alongside legends like Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, and Kermit Lynch, Sean had a guiding hand in a remarkable moment in history – the explosion of food and wine culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. Working in isolation in the tiny town of Bolinas on the Pacific coast, this artist and former gallerist turned his attention to winemaking. Sean created unique blends and varietal wines that quickly became part of the culinary (or gastronomic) landscape of the Bay Area.
In scoring this wine a 98 points, wine critic Jeb Dunnuck writes, “From enigmatic producer Sean Thackrey, comes another of his highly-allocated wines, this time a Rhône-style blend. This bottle is truly sublime. Like no other wine that we've tasted before. The fruit gets bigger with each sip, one jammy mouthful after another. Think Châteauneuf-du-Pape California-style.”
Always quick to sell out, the previous vintage received 95 points from Robert Parker, who wrote: "Marching to the beat of a drummer largely unknown to any other winemaker in California, Sean Thackerey continues to produce some extraordinary wines, in this case from a field blend planted in 1905. This is clearly a Rhône Ranger blend, with a dense ruby/purple color and loads of incense, camphor, blue and black fruits, earth, and spice. Full-bodied, rich, and bursting with personality, the wine is unique/singular, with an intensity that has to be tasted to be believed. Drink it over the next decade or more."