Hazel Hill
Wine Country's Living Room, Done Right
Healdsburg · Healdsburg · French · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 7, 2026
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First Impression
Walking into Hazel Hill at Montage Healdsburg, the wine bar is right there — front and center, not an afterthought. The list runs 300 to 500 bottles deep, and the bones of it are immediately clear: this is a California-forward program that also knows its way around France, planted squarely in the middle of wine country and confident about it. It earns its Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence, and you feel that before you even sit down.
Selection Deep Dive
The California side of this list reads like a greatest hits of the North Coast — Ridge Monte Bello, Kistler Chardonnay, Williams Selyem Pinot Noir, and Littorai all show up, which means someone put serious thought into depth, not just names. On the French side, Domaine Leroy Burgundy and Château Lynch-Bages Pauillac give the list real range and old-world credibility. Opus One and Jordan are here too, which will keep the conventionally-minded happy, but the presence of Leroy and Littorai signals that the program has an actual point of view. The one gap: if you're hunting for value-tier or under-the-radar producers, you're mostly looking at a prestige list — this skews top-heavy by design.
By the Glass
The by-the-glass program runs 12 to 20 options, priced $15 to $25, which is fair for this zip code and this setting. Sitting at the wine bar with a focused pour while watching the expo kitchen is genuinely one of the better ways to spend an evening in Healdsburg. We'd love to see more rotation and risk-taking on the glass list — right now it feels like it plays slightly safer than the bottle list promises.
Jordan Vineyard & Winery Cabernet Sauvignon — $60
Jordan is one of those bottles that punches above its retail price in a restaurant setting — polished, food-friendly, and easy to share without a conversation about the bill. At the lower end of this list's bottle range, it's the move if you want something the whole table can get behind.
Littorai Wines Pinot Noir
Most people at a Montage property are eyeing the Ridge or the Opus One. Littorai is the one for people who actually drink Pinot — Ted Lemon's estate-driven, biodynamic approach produces some of the most precise, terroir-honest Pinot Noir in Sonoma, and it tends to fly under the radar next to the trophy bottles on either side of it.
Opus One
Opus One is never a bad wine — it's just an expensive status symbol that restaurants everywhere mark up hard. You're paying for the label as much as the glass, and on a list that includes Ridge Monte Bello and Lynch-Bages, there are more interesting ways to spend that money.
Château Lynch-Bages Pauillac + Roasted Duck or Braised Short Rib
Lynch-Bages is a Pauillac built for the table — it has the structure and cassis-driven depth to handle rich, fatty proteins without getting steamrolled. At a French kitchen like Hazel Hill, any braised or roasted red meat dish is exactly where this bottle wants to be.
🔥 The Bottom Line
Hazel Hill is the real deal — a serious, thoughtfully curated wine program in one of the best dining rooms in Sonoma County, helmed by a sommelier who clearly knows the region. The markups are what they are for a Montage property, but the depth and quality of the list justify the pilgrimage.
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