San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition: Organic Winners - Part 2, Red Wines

Continuing the lineup of organically grown award-winning wines from the San Francisco Wine Competition, here are the medal winning red wines.

Outstanding wines on this list include:

• Double Gold Cabernets from Kathryn Kennedy in the South Bay and Petroni Vineyards in Sonoma's Moon Mountain District

• Double Gold Pinots from DeLoach Vineyards in the Russian River Valley and ZD Wines in the Carneros

• Outstanding Syrahs from Cooper Garrod (Finley Vineyard) in the South Bay which won Best of Class and Bartholomew Park from Sonoma which won a Double Gold

• Bokisch for their Tempranillo from Lodi, which won Best of Class

Congrats to all the winners.

BORDEAUX BLENDS

SILVER

Girasole ($15)

Imagery - Pallas - Estate ($80)

Muscardini - Cassata - Reserve ($65)

Sunstone - Eros - $65

BRONZE

Terra Savia - Meritage ($18)

Rocca - Vespera ($45)

CABERNET FRANC

SILVER

Cooper Garrod ($50)

Hagafen ($39)

Yorkville Cellars ($34)

CABERNET SAUVIGNON

DOUBLE GOLD

Kathryn Kennedy - Small Lot Cabernet ($48)

Petroni ($75)

GOLD

Bartholomew Park ($48)

Benziger - Signaterra - Three Blocks ($48)

Green Truck ($18)

Hawley ($42)

Martorana (3 different vintages) ($45-50)

Medlock Ames - 50 Tons ($60)

Medlock Ames - Kate & B's ($75)

Prizm ($60)

Rocca - Collinetta ($108)

Rocca - Tesorino ($160)

SILVER

Bonterra ($16)

Imagery - Estate ($65)

Lucinda & Millie ($16)

Medlock Ames ($48)

Muscardini Cellars - Cassata ($58)
This is a wine that took top honors in Sonoma's wine competition in an earlier vintage. 

Retzlaff ($37)

Rocca - Grigsby ($85)

BRONZE

Hawk and Horse ($70)

Yorkville Cellars ($36)

GRENACHE

GOLD

Bokisch ($21)

Villa Creek ($60)

SILVER

Westwood - Annadel Gap ($46)
(In transition to Biodynamic certification)

MALBEC

Imagery ($45)

MERLOT

SILVER

Frey Organic ($15)
No added sulfites

Martorana ($34)

Retzlaff ($32)

BRONZE

Terra Savia ($13.50)

PETITE VERDOT

GOLD

Yorkville ($34)

PINOT NOIR 

DOUBLE GOLD

DeLoach Vineyards - Estate ($70)

ZD Wines - Carneros - $52

GOLD

Handley Cellars - Estate ($47)

King Estate - Domaine ($70)

Lemelson Vineyards - Thea's Selection ($30)
This is an Oregon Pinot that made Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of the Year List. It's a cuvee of six different estate vineyards.

Talisman - Adastra ($56)

SILVER

Barra of Mendocino ($20)

Benziger - Bella Luna ($49)

Benziger - de Coelo ($75)

Canihan $50)

Handley - RSM ($75)

Holman Ranch ($26)

Holman Ranch - Heather's ($38)

McAvoy Ranch ($45)

BRONZE

Casa Barranca - La Encantada ($39)

Jeriko Estate ($30)

PORT

Heitz - Ink Grade Port ($35)

REDS - OTHER

SILVER

Cooper Garrod - F7U Test Pilot

Petroni - Rosso di Sonoma

Yorkville - Carmenere ($40)

BRONZE

Cottonwood Creek ($10)

RHONE BLENDS

SILVER

Cooper Garrod Test Pilot - P47 Thunderbird ($39)

McEvoy Ranch - Red Piano ($35)

SANGIOVESE

BRONZE

Girasole - $14

SYRAH

BEST OF CLASS

Cooper Garrod - Finley Vineyard ($35)

DOUBLE GOLD

Bartholomew Park ($45)

GOLD

Montemaggiore ($48)

Rocca - Grigsby Vineyard ($48)

SILVER

Campovida ($38)

Fasi Winery ($29)

Montemaggiore - Paolo's Vineyard ($40)

Montemaggiore - Syrafina ($45)

BRONZE

Canihan - Exuberance ($59)

TEMPRANILLO

BEST OF CLASS

Bokisch ($23)

SILVER

Castoro Cellars - Whale Rock ($23)

Imagery ($42)

ZINFANDEL

GOLD

Chacewater - Sierra Foothills  ($22)

SILVER

Bartholomew Park ($45)

Bonterra ($16)

Castoro Cellars ($16)

Carol Shelton - Monga Zin ($21)*
This wine is a personal favorite of mine. It comes from one of the state's most historic vineyards in the Cucamonga Valley, east of LA, from dry farmed, 18 inch high vines planted nearly 100 years ago.

Dashe Cellars - Heart Arrow Ranch ($26)