Robert Parker raves about Occidental: "Steve Kistler’s personal project on the Sonoma Coast appears under the name Occidental Wines. He makes about 1,000 cases of these wines. These are all impressive and suggest a brilliant future for his three Pinot Noir vineyards. Not surprisingly, Steve Kistler’s Occidental project is a brilliant one and gives consumers another fabulous alternative when it comes to world-class Pinot Noir."

You are bidding on one bottle each of:

• 2013 Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth Pinot Noir - 96 points Antonio Galloni


• 2013 Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine Pinot Noir - 95 points Antonio Galloni


• 2013 SWK Vineyard Pinot Noir - 96+ points Antonio Galloni

2013 Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth Pinot Noir

The Pinot Noir Bodega Headlands Cuvée Elizabeth is dark and pliant, with terrific underlying energy that gives the wine its dynamic, vibrant personality. Dark cherry, plum, violet and spice all flesh out in the glass. A wine of pedigree and nuance, the Cuvée Elizabeth is super-expressive today, not to mention a real joy to taste.

2013 Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine Pinot Noir

The 2013 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Cuvée Catherine is gracious, inviting and deeply expressive. Sweet red cherry, blood orange, white flowers and mint are seamlessly melded together. The Cuvée Catherine is the most succulent and overt of the single vineyard Pinots from Occidental.

2013 SWK Vineyard Pinot Noir

The 2013 Pinot Noir SWK Vineyard is the most tannic and structured of these Pinots from Occidental. As such, it is going to need at least a few years in bottle to unwind. Beams of chalky tannin underpin a deeply expressive Pinot endowed with intensely mineral and savory overtones. Vivid and beautifully sculpted throughout, the 2013 is impressive, even in the early going.