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Rasa Vineyards Wines

Red-hot Rasa Vineyards just keeps getting better. We know, because we opened a bottle yesterday for our friends from Houston and turned all the heads in the room.

Billo's red wines are monsters. Big, meaty, a bit chewy, with layers of spice, mineral, espresso and bittersweet chocolate. His whites are evocative, characteristically full of rich fruit, a creamy texture, and fresh finish.

The Scientist Winemaker, Billo Naravane

This is the smartest winemaker on earth. OK, maybe a bit of hyperbole, but not much. Mathematician Billo Naravane knows complexity. He's a computer industry guru turned winemaker, and his wines are as perfect a proof as any mathematical formula that something special is going on at Rasa Vineyards.

A mathematical proof is an elegant work of structure, logic, and intuition. You can describe Billo's wines the same way. He is clearly inspired by the wines of the Rhone, and he brings considerable scientific skills to the process of winemaking. But the mysterious, essential core of the Rasa wines defies a simple solution. Billo brings buckets of heart and soul to his winemaking. All the rational elements of a superb wine are present, but their essence is indefinable.

Rasa Vineyards Wines

Rasa Vineyards Living in the Limelight 2009

$54.95 Retail

$49.45

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Fire up the guitars and rip into this huge new Petit Verdot from Rasa. Give it time to breathe and you'll find massive blueberry and black cherry, shaded with caramel, lilac and incense. The finish has a little fanfare of allspice and white peppe...

Rasa Vineyards Doctrina Perpetua Syrah 09

$59.95 Retail

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I watched "The Empire Strikes Back" last night and this Syrah is pure Darth Vader - this is the dark side of the force! Intense black berry and violet, with cherry highlights. A little more savory, a little more tannic. Give in to the dark side! -...

Rasa Vineyards Occam's Razor Syrah 09

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This is meatier Syrah, with licorice, raw steak, and black raspberry on the nose that leads in to blueberries and plums on the palate, drizzled with blackberry preserves and cocoa shavings. Positively palate staining. - Marcus

88 cases made. ...

Rasa Vineyards Vox Populi Mourvedre 2010

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You have a favorite wine memory? A wine with that indefinable little something extra that made it unforgettable? I have a few, and one of them is the Rasa VOX. It's a Mourvedre, but unlike any I've had from the northwest before. Smoke and myste...

PB Wines from Rasa Vineyards Cabernet Franc 09

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75 cases made. Red currant, vanilla, spice, and cedar and on the nose. The dark red berry and currant flavors are accented by dark chocolate and a hint of truffle. A big, satisfying Washington State Cabernet Franc. - Avalon

The grapes come f...

PB Wines from Rasa Vineyards Yakima Syrah 08

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Along with Owen Roe's Ex Umbris Syrah 09, this is our favorite value in Washington Syrah. It's also our favorite PB wine!

The PB Yakima Syrah starts with a smoky, gamey nose with an intensely aromatic floral and berry component. This wine ...

Rasa Vineyards Syrah Principia Reserve 2008

$84.95 Retail

$76.45

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2008 Wine Advocate - 93 points

- "The 2008 Principia Reserve Syrah (100%) was produced from four superb sites for this varietal and aged in 25% new French oak. Smoked meat, hung game, truffle, black pepper, blueberry, and plu...

Rasa Vineyards "The Composer" Riesling 09

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2009 Wine Advocate - 92 points - The 2009 The Composer Riesling was finished with 1.6% residual sugar. Light straw-colored, it offers up a superb aromatic array of mineral, petrol, spring flowers, citrus, and a hint of tropical ...

Rasa Vineyards "The Lyricist" Riesling 2010

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2010 Wine Advocate - 92 points - The 2010 The Lyricist is Riesling made from 13.3% full botrytis berries and 16.9% partial botrytis berries fermented 30% in neutral oak, 70% in stainless steel. It finished with 12.3% alcohol and...

Rasa Vineyards QED 08

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"QED" comes from the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum". It literally translates as "which was to be demonstrated." Billo and Pinto define it as "I've proven what I set out to prove." Yes, they have, and spectacularly.

2008 Wine A...

PB Wines from Rasa Kiona Vineyards Red Mountain Syrah-Cab 09

$27.95 Retail

$25.16

191 cases made.

This is a MONSTER of a wine. Blackberries, roasted coffee, brine, dried herbs, and violets grab your attention. Rasa's signature savory element makes your mouth water for the burst of black fruit - currants, plums, cherries...

Rasa Vineyards Creative Impulse Dubrul Vineyard 08

$94.95 Retail

$85.45

A completely different take on the Dubrul Vineyard's usual style. Massive but very complex, there's so much to experience. Delicate violet floral on the nose, an array of fruits and spices in the middle of the taste, and a remarkably expressive ...