REVIEWS & PRESS

Stephan Tanzer May/June 2013

Score: 90
Phillips Hill 2010 Two Terroirs AV + MR Mendocino Pinot Noir

Score: 90
Phillips Hill 2010 Oppenlander Vineyard Mendocino Pinot Noir

Bright red.  Fresh redcurrant and strawberry aromas give way to deeper cherry and black raspberry with air.  Juicy and precise, offering tangy red fruit flavors and notes of anise and smoky herbs.  Finishes on an energetic note, with very good focus, length and a touch of bitter cherry.  (JR) 

 
November 2012
Score: 92
Phillips Hill 2010 Two Terroirs AV + MR Mendocino Pinot Noir

Phillips Hill’s Two Terroirs is very subtly marked “AV + MR,” signaling that the fruit was sourced from both the cool Anderson Valley and even cooler Mendocino Ridge. It’s lightly earthy and resplendent in bright, just-ripe cherry tones. Gorgeously crisp, with undeniable structure, this is ready to drink, but it would also shine in a few years time. - V.B.

November 2011
Score: 92
Phillips Hill 2009 Hinterlands Mendocino Pinot Noir
Score: 91
Phillips Hill 2009 Valenti Vineyard Mendocino Ridge Pinot Noir
Score: 91
Phillips Hill 2010 Ridley Vineyard Anderson Valley Chardonnay

Score: 90
Phillips Hill 2009 Wiley Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

"Made in a light-bodied style, with see-through color containing glints
of orange and ruby.  Feels light and silky in the mouth, but don't
underestimate the complexity.  This wine packs a punch in raspberry,
cherry, Dr Pepper cola, orange zest, tobacco, spice and sandalwood
flavors." - SH

 Sommelier Journal Spring Release 2011

May 2011 
Phillips Hill 2009 Valenti Vineyard Mendocino Ridge Pinot Noir - "Gorgeous" - Catherine Fallis, MS

35th Annual Mendocino County Wine Competition
August 2011
Best of Class Red
Phillips Hill 2009 Hinterlands Mendocino Pinot Noir

Novembers Buyers Guide 2010
Score: Editors Choice 92
Phillips Hill 2008 Beeson Tree Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

"From a winery that's piling up an impressive record with Mendocino
Pinot Noir comes this crisp, silky wine.  It's light in color and deceptively
light in body, in the way of some great Burgundies that age effortlessly,
even when you think they won't.  Dry and pure, it has a sweet complex
wild cherry, raspberry,cola and smoky oak flavors.  Fine now and could
really surprise in six years or more."- SH

Score: 91
Phillips Hill 2008 Oppenlander Vineyard Comptche Mendocino Pinot Noir

Sommelier Journal Hot Picks High End Red by David Glancy, MS,CWE,CSS,FWS
January 2012
Phillips Hill 2008 Pinot Noir Beeson Tree Anderson Valley

Gary Vaynurchuk 
May 2010
Score: 93
Phillips Hill 2008 Ring Of Fire Anderson Valley Pinot Noir   Wine Library TV Episode #856

Steve Heimoff Wine Blog - Top 10 Wines of the Week
July 9-16 2010

Phillips Hill 2008 Beeson Tree Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

"Anderson Valley Pinots are in many ways the most “Burgundian” of California, and this lightly colored, lightly-textured wine shows why. But there’s nothing light about the spicy complexity."                

                        Phillips Hill has art on the wall, in the glass - Stacy Finz September 12 2009 Link

August 2009
Score: 92
Phillips Hill 2007 Anderson Valley Corby Vineyard Pinot Noir

Score: 90
Phillips Hill 2007 Oppenlander Vineyard Mendocino Pinot Noir

Score: 90
Phillips Hill 2007 Toulouse Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

Wine & Spirits
April 2009
Score: 90
Phillips Hill 2007 Anderson Valley Corby Vineyard Pinot Noir

October 1, 2008
Score: 90
Phillips Hill 2006 Toulouse Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir

Wine Library TV: Pinot Noir Showdown
February 28, 2008
Score: 94
Gary Vaynerchuk
Phillips Hill 2005 Toulouse Vineyard Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
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"I am completely taken aback by the overall explosiveness, the richness, the depth, the old world love that's the cool climate of Anderson Valley, and the new world love. This has everything!"
Link to Episode #418: Pinot Noir Showdown

San Francisco Chronicle
November 23, 2007
Jon Bonné, Lynne Char Bennett
Phillips Hill 2005 Oppenlander Vineyard Mendocino Pinot Noir
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"Nothing beats a bottle of showy but fabulously food-friendly Pinot Noir, especially if you're a frequent guest at your host's dining table. Finding a wine that has spectacular fruit and concentration, complexity, a bit of Burgundian earthiness, supple tannins and impeccable balance will seal your dinner invites for many moons to come. The 2005 Phillips Hill Oppenlander Vineyard Mendocino Pinot Noir is a good example of what California cool climate fruit can produce. The wines beautifully artistic label - for which winemaker Toby Hill designs anew each vintage - is a bonus."