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Red Splendor Columbia Valley 08

Winery: Red Splendor

This wine is part of the NW Vine Project, a group of inexpensive wines made for an Oregon wine distributor. Made by David O'Reilly (Owen Roe, O'Reilly's) and Andrew Rich (Andrew Rich Wines), these are super values and not readily available outside Oregon.

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Previous Vintage tasting notes

2005 Vintage Tasting Notes

The 2005 Red Splendor is the second outing for this brilliant, bombastic compilation of Bordeaux and Mediterranean varieties. The major player here is the Columbia Valley soil, which gives both minerality and muscular backbone to this fruit-driven, full-bodied red.





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$13.00 - Case price
(any 12 or more bottles)

Price: $14.45 Qty.

Recommended/Highest Rated

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$24.95/$22.45
Tiny winery with fanatical following

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$14.45/$13.00
Made by Andrew Rich from wine usually $30+

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