Accolades & PRESS
WINE ENTHUSIAST
SUMMER 2024
Our 2020 Bacigalupi Pinot Noir scored a 93 and HIDDEN GEM from Wine Enthusiast! Our 2020 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir also scored a 93 and the 2018 Rockpile Zinfandel scored a 92.
WINE ENTHUSIAST
WINTER 2024
We were honored to receive more great scores from Wine Enthusiast for our 2019 pinot noir class - 96, 95 + Cellar Selection, and a 90!
2019 Suacci Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley - 96 Points
The deep, complex fruit flavors of this singular wine are remarkable for their intensity. It's a treat to savor the red and black cherries, tart blueberries and basil notes along with subtle oak spices that spread across the palate while sipping this well-balanced, appetizing wine. Best through 2033.
— J.G. Published 12/31/2023
2019 Bacigalupi Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley - 95 Points & Cellar Selection
Deep, delicious fruit flavors and an ultrasmooth texture rely on a structure of fruit acidity and tangy tannins for balance. This complex and fascinating wine treats you to black cherry, cinnamon, clove and black-tea notes. Drinkable now but a great candidate for further aging. Best from 2026–2034.
— J.G. Published 12/1/2023
2019 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley - 90 Points
Although a bit subtle on the nose, this well-balanced Pinot Noir truly comes to life on the palate. Find generous notes of red and black cherry, red and black plum, chocolate, fresh and dried rose petals, wild strawberry and black pepper. All these are knit together by modest tannins and an elevated acidity that ensures freshness from start to finish.
— S.B. Published 11/1/2023
SACRAMENTO FAVORITES
We received three Gold Medals from 2023 Sacramento Favorites for best Winery, best Wine Selection, and best Wine Bar.
GAME ON - FIGHT FOR KINGS DOCUMENTARY
KCRA documentary on the Sacramento Kings from nearly moving to Seattle to a new home in the heart of downtown - right next to our Tasting Room.
Spot Bailarin in the video and we hope to see you this season!
Link to full video.
WINE ENTHUSIAST
WINTER 2023
The editors at Wine Enthusiast have rated and reviewed our wine with several highly rated selections listed below including a 94 score and the Editors’ Choice award for our 2019 Bacigalupi Chardonnay!
2019 Bacigalupi Chardonnay - 94 Points and Editors’ Choice
2018 Suacci Pinot Noir - 94 Points
2018 Bacigalupi Pinot Noir - 93 Points
2022 Legends of wine
We were awarded Best-In-Class for red wine category winning with our 2018 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir!
LEGENDS OF WINE ANNUAL EVENT
We’ll let you in on a little secret – the largest crop coming out of Sacramento County last year wasn’t rice or tomatoes. It was wine grapes. And that powerhouse crop is fueling some of the most incredible wines coming out of Northern California. Now, here’s your chance to taste some of the best. Explore varietals from regional wineries that were exclusively selected by international wine legends Darrell Corti and David Berkley. Favorite area restaurants will also be onsite with selections of Sacramento’s farm-to-fork cuisine.
Wine Enthusiast
SUMMER 2022
We received a 94 score and the Editors’ Choice award for our 2018 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir!
Winemaker Notes - 2018 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir
The cool climate of Manchester brings out lots of the bright red fruits and engulfs your nose with red and black cherries, raspberry jam, with hints of cinnamon, clove, earth tones and vanillin from the oak. This wine retains a very well balanced acidity level that also brings out delicious red fruit tones such as tart cherries and cranberries, raspberry jam, strawberry with hints of herb tones integrated. Medium to full bodied with supple tannins and long finish reminds us of why we love this vineyard.
2018 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir
2021 WINE SPECTATOR
We were thrilled to be in the May 2021 Issue of Wine Spectator as the “go-to wine” for NBA star CJ McCollum. The trainer of the Portland Trailblazers, Geoff Clark, is a sommelier with a deep love of wine that he shares with the wine loving players as they travel the country. Geoff discovered our Tasting Room near the Golden 1 Arena in late 2020 while in town for a game. He made a return visit just a few short weeks later to purchase wine for Carmelo Anthony, CJ, and others. We are thankful for Geoff’s passionate pursuit of wine and that everyone enjoyed our wine!
2018 CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR WINE COMPETITION
For more than 160 years, the California State Fair has been a showcase of talents and achievements of the people of California. The California Commercial Wine Competition has been an integral part of California's wine industry for decades. The competition's significance comes from size, its esteemed panels of judges, reach and impact across the state and the country.
In our first submission to this competition, we are thrilled to have been awarded Gold medals and 95 points for three of our wines including our members only 2014 Suacci Pinot Noir, our sold out 2014 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir, and our 2015 Love Zinfandel.
2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
We were thrilled to win a Gold Medal in this prestigious competition for our members only 2014 Bailarín Suacci Vineyard Pinot Noir. As the largest competition of American wines in the world, it names the Best of the Best and narrowed down thousands of wines to an exclusive few that we were proud to be included in.
2016 Los Angeles International WINE COMPETITION
For 77 years, the Los Angeles International Wine Competition has showcased the finest domestic and international vintages through a wine-tasting event that is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious in the United States. An esteemed panel of judges use a blind-tasting method, maintaining the highest standards of integrity and professionalism that has remained the competition’s foundation for 77 years.
We were honored to win a Best in Class, Gold Medal, and 95 Points for the now sold out 2012 Suacci Vineyard Pinot Noir. Bailarin Cellars also won a Bronze Medal in the design category for use of original illustration as the driving element of the package design. We love our hand drawn logo by local Sacramento artist Molly Brown.
2016 WINE ENTHUSIAST
We received a 92 for our sold out 2014 Manchester Ridge Pinot, a 92 for our members only 2015 Suacci Vineyard Pinot Noir, a 94 and Editors Choice for our sold out 2015 Manchester Ridge, a 90 for our sold out 2015 Love Zinfandel, and a 90 for our first ever and now sold out 2016 Chardonnay from Black Knight Vineyard that was just bottled in June! Kudos to our Winemaker Will Weese!
In our first submissions to Wine Enthusiast in 2015, we were honored to receive a 93 for our members only 2014 Bailarin Cellars Suacci Vineyard Pinot Noir and a 92 on our now sold out 2012 Suacci Carciere Wine Pinot Noir.
We were also mentioned in an article by Wine Enthusiast "New Napa and Sonoma Producers Worth Knowing".
Check us out in this article by Wine Enthusiast "New Napa and Sonoma Producers Worth Knowing".
2015 Grand Harvest Awards
2015 marked the 25th anniversary of the Grand Harvest Awards. It is the only wine-judging event in North America to focus on region where judges taste wines with other wines of the same appellation. We were honored to win two awards in our first competition ever for the members only 2014 Bailarin Cellars Suacci Pinot Noir and sold out 2014 Suacci Vineyard Pinot Noir.