Jonathan Cristaldi, Decanter, 93pts, 12.31.25
“Kendric Vineyards 2024 Viognier from the Petaluma Gap in Marin County is a fantastic wine, full of energy and flavour. Overarching white-floral and honeysuckle notes mingle with beeswax and vivid citrus, all coming together on a medium-bodied palate where citrus and orchard fruit build both intensity and fleshiness. Crisp, saline-edged acidity keeps everything taut, leading to a lengthy finish marked by wet-slate minerality and a subtle tangerine-oil slickness.”

John Gilman, View from the Cellar, 92pts, 1.6.26
“I always love Stewart Johnsons version of Viognier, as it is lower octane and less over the top in style than most of the examples of this grape variety that I taste from California. His 2024 is true to course for his more elegant style, coming in at 13.1 percent alcohol this year and offering up a beautifully expressive bouquet of passion fruit, pear, clementine, honeysuckle, citrus blossoms, coriander seed and a lovely base of salty soil tones. On the palate the wine is bright, young and full-bodied, with a lovely girdle of acidity, a fine core of fruit, lovely focus and grip and a long, nascently complex and beautifully balanced finish. This is still a young wine and a year or two in the cellar would certainly pay dividends. Fine juice. “

Alder Yarrow, Vinography, 11.8.25
“Pale gold in the glass, this wine smells of ripe apricots, white flowers, and bee pollen. In the mouth, salty, zippy flavors of apricot and peach have a lovely mouthwatering quality thanks to fantastic acidity. Bright, juicy, and delicious, with a hint of orange peel in the finish. 13.1% alcohol. Score: around 9.”