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A 100-point and a 99-point Cuvée · Final Allocation
The Last Bottles in Existence. RAEN takes James Suckling's
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Dear Wine Lover,
Carlo and Dante Mondavi — sons of Continuum's Tim Mondavi, grandsons of Robert Mondavi — founded RAEN in 2013 with a singular mission: prove that the West Sonoma Coast could produce cool-climate Pinot Noir worthy of the world stage. Twelve vintages later, James Suckling just delivered the answer. The 2023 Royal St. Robert Cuvée — their tribute to grandfather Robert — is now JS 99 points and #1 on the Top 100 Wines of the USA 2025.
And this isn't even new behavior. The 2021 Royal St. Robert took #4 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 of 2023. Two consecutive top-five placements across two of the world's most-watched critic lists. RAEN winemaker Melanie McIntyre, in the Suckling article, called 2023 "the best year since we started in 2013."
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For Context Two top-five accolades, two years apart. The 2021 Royal St. Robert was named Wine Spectator's #4 Top 100 Wine of 2023. The 2023 Royal St. Robert just took James Suckling's #1 of 2025. At RAEN, this is business as usual. |
We have the final stock of four RAEN cuvées in our cellar. The Royal St. Robert with 26 bottles left. The Lady Marjorie Chardonnay (JS 99) with 5 bottles left. The Sea Field single-vineyard (JS 98) with 6 bottles left. And the brand-new Pacific Rock single-vineyard (JS 100) with 6 bottles left — capped at 2 per person. When these clear, they'll exit the market forever.
» Read Jim Gordon's full report: Top 100 Wines of the USA 2025: Coastal Elegance With a Value Twist
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The Four Wines
In order of scarcity. The Lady Marjorie is the smallest pour.
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RAEN Winery · West Sonoma Coast · #1 in the USA Pinot Noir "Royal St. Robert" Cuvée 2023 Sonoma Coast · 80% whole cluster, native ferment · tribute to grandfather Robert Mondavi A selection of the finest barrels from RAEN's coastal vineyard sites — a window into the cool, rugged hills of the true West Sonoma Coast. Per Jim Gordon's article on JamesSuckling.com: "an amazingly complex, dynamic wine that demands your attention from the first sniff to the lingering finish… a complex, concentrated and ageworthy red from a cool-climate vineyard located just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean." Six majors all between 93 and 99 points. | |||||||||||
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RAEN Winery · Tribute to Grandmother Marjorie "Lady Marjorie" Chardonnay 2023 Sonoma Coast · Freestone-Occidental + Charles Ranch · 5 acres · whole-cluster pressed, native barrel ferment, 13% alc The sister wine to the Royal St. Robert — named for Carlo and Dante's grandmother, picked October 9th (about a month later than usual). Suckling called it "so elegant and lively, yet full of flavor and marked by a lingering finish" and scored it the same 99 points as the Royal St. Robert red. Dunnuck added 95 with "I would encourage readers to not sleep on the whites here." Five bottles left at Artisan. | |||||
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RAEN Winery · Fort Ross-Seaview · RAEN Monopole Sea Field Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024 4.8-acre monopole · 1,000 ft elevation, <3 mi from the Pacific · 100% whole cluster, bottled without fining or filtration · 12.5% alc The Sea Field is RAEN's monopole — a single 4.8-acre vineyard they own outright, planted on marine soils and fractured bedrock 66 to 200 million years old. 1,000 feet above the Pacific, less than three miles from the water. RAEN calls this their "most elegant wine year in and year out." Suckling: "persistence, intensity and structure… needs three to four years to soften, but a solid wine. Best in 2028 and beyond." | |||
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| 100 Points · The Inaugural Pacific Rock ⚠ 6 Bottles · Limit 2 / Person | |||
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RAEN Winery · Pacific Rock Vineyard · 100-Point Single Vineyard Pacific Rock Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024 McDougall · Fort Ross-Seaview · 940-1,000 ft, 7.8 acres, Laughlin soils · clones 114 & 115 · 100% whole cluster · 13% alc The inaugural release of RAEN's newest single-vineyard cuvée — sourced from McDougall, a well-known site in Fort Ross-Seaview that RAEN considers a true California Grand Cru. The culmination of over a decade of farming and exploration along the far Sonoma Coast. RAEN: "A wine both powerful and graceful, rooted in history yet alive with the energy of the sea." Six bottles in stock, capped at 2 per person. | |||
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Four Cuvées · 43 Bottles Total
One 100-point. One 99-point #1.
One 99-point Chardonnay.
One 98-point single vineyard.
Royal St. Robert $79.97 / 26 left · Lady Marjorie Chardonnay $74.97 / 5 left · Sea Field $119.99 / 6 left · Pacific Rock $124.99 / 6 left, 2 per person.
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All my best,
James Tran
Artisan.wine
P.S. The Lady Marjorie Chardonnay at five bottles won't make the weekend, and the Pacific Rock is the first time a JS 100-point RAEN bottle has ever crossed our cellar. Two-per-person on that one to spread it among collectors. Questions? Text 650-880-3553.
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