Friday Wine Sips: Monterey County, Carmel Valley, Santa Lucia Highlands

Here are reviews of 10 wines -- one syrah, two sauvignon blancs, three chardonnays and four pinot noirs -- that I tasted late in the

afternoon of Monday, September 10, at the Holman Ranch in Monterey County's Carmel Valley, a beautiful setting for trying mainly excellent wines. As usual in these Friday Wine Sips I forgo the technical data of history, geo…