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Round and forward, this Cabernet has dark fruit flavors and good structure. Yummy hints of caramel and espresso with a long toast finish. As usual with Abeja cabs, this is a solid wine.
2008 Vintage Tasting Notes
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A tiny winery here in Corvallis makes an unusual varietal, and does a super job at a super price. The fruit is from one of the few plantings of Carmenere in the Northwest, at Phinney Hill Vineyard in Washington State.
On the nose ripe bl... |
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2007 Vintage Tasting Notes
There’s only one wine variety that’s supposed to taste like blueberries and this Syrah shows you why. The sweet blueberries are wreathed in dark black cherries and tangy blackberries as well ... |
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224 cases made. This smells so damn good. Very purple in character, the Artz is driven by layers of red berries and cassis, with a mouthwatering note of roasted meat. On the finish, it's pure fruit accented by fine tannins. Buy this for your ce... |
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A hot, hot winery for good reason, their tiny tasting room in a remote section of the town of Walla Walla is sought out and packed with people when they are open.
The Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a big, dark, powerful wine. Jon Bonne... |
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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 ... |
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Review: The Buty Merlot/Cab Franc is a master-blend that quickly sheds its veil of oak and shows pure bushels of red berries, blueberry compote and Cab Franc-fragrant-spiciness. The full, layered finish is dynamic and fresh. - Mar... |
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2008 Wine Advocate - 93 points - The 2008 Syrah La Serenne is sourced entirely from the Boushey Vineyard in Yakima Valley. It is aged for 12 months in 50% new French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it delivers a broodi... |
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The Trust Cellars Cab Franc is new for 2011.... |
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2007 Vintage Tasting Notes
Wow. I almost ran out of space writing notes for this wine. Equal parts Cabernet, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc combine to make the 07 Royale. There are so many flavors packed into the glass... |
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Gorman The Albatross Cab-Petit Verdot 07
$84.95 Retail
$76.45
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Very limited
2007 Wine Advocate - 93+ points - The 2007 The Albatross is composed of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Kiona Home Block planted in 1975, and an unusually high 34% Petit Verdot, also from the Kiona Vineyard ag... |
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Exotic and expansive, Big nose of earth, lavender, herbs. Flavors of ripe black plum, cassis, black cherry, smoke and grilled meat in the finish. 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Syrah, 4% Petit Verdot. - Avalon
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The 09 Cabernet has aromas of fennel, tobacco, Asian spices and notes of sweet oak blended with black cherry. The mouthfeel is rich with black fruits and the finish is long and generous with chocolate and mocha.
This is ready to enjoy now and ... |
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Le Coursier (French for 'the steed')
L'Etalon
Bordeaux-Style Red Blend
This 'Right-Bank' style blend is carefully crafted using Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Dark in color, the aroma is bla... |
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2008 Wine Spectator - 91 points - Bay leaf and fresh sage notes add interest to the ripe cherry, roasted barley and spice flavors that weave through the fine texture and long, enticing finish. Drink now through 2015. 190 cases ... |
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2008 Wine Spectator - 93 points - Soft and ripe, with an open feel to the sassafras-accented black- berry and currant fruit. The ripe flavors linger persistently on the gentle finish. Drink now through 2018. - H.S.
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2008 Vintage Tasting Notes
"Our 2008 Chalk Line is no wall flower. To make the newest vintage of our wildly popular table wine, we combine 31% Cabernet, 27% Syrah, 21% Merlot, and 21% Cabernet Franc- we call it a little bi... |
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Flavors include rose petals, hints of cumin and nutmeg, pomegranate and sour cherry.
2006 Vintage Tasting Notes
"Captures the racy minerality of the Spanish grape, while amping it up to New World fruit standard... |
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2008 Wine Spectator - 92 points - Velvety, with a mild grip to the tannins around a supple core of blackberry and black cherry fruit, shading rose petal and cardamom notes around the long finish. Drink now through 2015. 174 cas... |
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Dowsett Family Wines "Devotion" Red 08
$29.95 Retail
$26.95
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A Rhone-style blend of 52% Syrah (Morrison Lane Vineyard in Walla Walla)/26% Mourvedre (Heart of the Hill Vineyard in Red Mountain)/22% Grenache (Destiny Ridge Vineyard in Horse Heaven Hills). I'm tasting this one as I type, and the Grenach... |
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The 2007 vintage of the Fielding Hills Merlot starts with scents of plum, blackberry, and baking spice. Add black cherry, violet perfume, and cassis to the flavors of this succulent wine. The finish is full of rich fruit and a hint of earth. - ... |
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A standout Washington Cabernet Franc. The Riverbend Vineyard is producing some of the richest Cab Franc in Washington. Lush chocolate cherry liquor wafts from the glass. Plenty of ripeness enhances the creamy chocolate and giant black cherry and... |
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The most "user-friendly" of the Fielding Hills wines, the Tribute (formerly Riverbend Red) is a winner from first sip. Delicious, huge black cherry and mocha flavors fill your mouth, adding sweet plum, tobacco and anise on the long, slightly ch... |
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Saviah Cellars Une Vallee Walla Walla 08
$24.95 Retail
$22.45
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SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION!
2008 Wine Enthusiast - 92 points! - A great year for this wine, it’s lush, satiny, spicy and ripe. Loaded with luscious fruit flavors of cherries and plums, dressed up in cocoa and cinn... |
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Peter says: "The Columbia Valley Cabernet is a blend of the wine that don't make the cut. It's always a One of the oldest Cabernet vineyards in Washington is the source of grapes for this wine. If you think vine age doesn’t matter, taste this! ... |
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LMS, the acronym for Last Man Standing, is a dark purple wine with intense flavors. A great wine to pair with red meats.
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Enticing, complex nose of black/red fruit precedes mouth-filling flavors that lean toward black fruit such as currant, plum and blackberry, mingled with black cherry, vanilla and spice; nicely balanced by firm structure and soft, yet plentiful ... |
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The beautiful floral nose is laced with hints of spice. Bright berry flavors and vanilla oak comes through clearly in this finely textured wine. Well balanced with a finish that lingers. - the winery
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Deep garnet in color, this silky wine is rich in cherry and cinnamon flavors with hints of dark chocolate.... |
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2006 Vintage Tasting Notes
This beautiful Syrah starts with gorgeous aromas of blackberry, cherry, lilacs, and black olives. The wine shows a deep, purple color, with flavors of black cherry and plums accented by... |
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We first tasted this blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot last fall and liked it. Five months later, we got second date and have fallen in love. Montana native Richard Funk brings out aromas of milk chocolate, black curra... |
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2007 Vintage Tasting Notes
Recommended in the Wall Street Journal: "...there is every reason to love—and to buy—this ripe, luscious and hedonistic but well-structured wine."
Characteristic cedary, silky black cherry f... |
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The 2007 vintage of the Fielding Hills Syrah is cherry cherry cherry. Huge sweet black cherry is accented by violet perfume in the nose. This wine is lush - the flavors are mouth-coating, adding milk chocolate, vanilla, and red fruit to the blac... |
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2008 Wine Advocate - 92 points - Deep purple in color, it delivers an expressive nose of pain grillé, mineral, sage, incense, lavender, and black currant. Round, concentrated, and the most complex of these offerings, this mouth... |
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Dominio IV Tempranillo "Tango" Reserve 05
$37.45 Retail
$33.71
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Dominio IV Reserve Tempranillo "Tango" is big. Temperatures in the low 100's are not uncommon at the vineyard - and the dense color, dark, brooding fruit, leather, spice, and toast flavors reflect the climate.
In Spain, Tempranillo is t... |
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Big and juicy Walla Walla Syrah from one of the industry's founding wineries.
2005 Vintage Tasting Notes
L'Ecole #41 Syrah Seven Hills 05 was named one of the best Washington Syrahs by Wall Street Journal:... |
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The 09 vintage is a blend of Merlot (70%), Cabernet Franc (20%) and Malbec (10%). Aromas of sweet vanilla, smoke, violets, candied roses, chocolate, mint and cassis. Flavors of black cherry, spice, mocha and a hint of tobacco mingle and form a toa... |
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Aromas of dark berries and black currants mingle with herb-infused
mocha and eucalyptus. The tannic backbone is matched by full black plum, black currant, and black cherry flavors. Like its big brother Edoaurd, it requires patience to coax ou... |
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2006 Vintage Tasting Notes
Rich and spicy, with aromatic aromas of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon, this Merlot shows ripe black plum, blackberry and dark flavors encased in a peppery, chocolate, black cherry finish.
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Half bottle. Rich fruit and toasty oak. This Cabernet Sauvignon is one of L'Ecole's benchmark wines.
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2005 Vintage Tasting Notes
2005 Wine Spectator - 92 points - Deftly balances its pretty raspberry and red plum flavors, with hints of smoke and cedar - but only hints - and just enough tannins... |
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2008 Wine Spectator - 90 points - Smooth and velvety, polishing its ripe currant and blackberry flavors with refined tannins. This has presence and depth. Drink now through 2018. - H.S.
Deep earthy aromas with tobacco leaf an... |
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2008 Wine Spectator - 91 points - Dark and supple, brimming with black cherry, mint and spice flavors, lingering on the refined finish. Shows intensity and charm. Drink now through 2018. H.S.
2006 Vintage Tasting Not... |
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Pheasant Run Vineyard was established in early 1996 in the deep, sandy loam soils for which the Walla Walla Valley is famous. Bordeaux varietals thrive here and this 100% Estate Cabernet Sauvignon exemplifies the results. It is a blend of fou... |
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Walla Walla Vintners Cabernet Sauvignon Sagemoor 07
$40.95 Retail
$36.86
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"...Sagemoor Cabernet Sauvignon has become our 'signature' Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a classy wine that is age worthy and will bring a lot of pleasure to the collector who loves to cellar magnificent Cabernets. This is a new world blend but wh... |
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This Merlot is made in a less than 200 case lot, and is extremely limited.
A monster Merlot, built for Bordeaux fans. Cherry cola, new leather, plum, shade leaf tobacco, and cinnamon are wrapped around a dense core of red and black cherries. ... |
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2008 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2008 Ciel du Cheval is a blend of 38% Cabernet Franc, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Petit Verdot, and 12% Merlot. Herbs, spices, violets, minerals, and black fruits compose the bouquet of this ... |
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The grapes for the 09 Syrah are sourced from three vineyards. The Watermill Estate is across from Cayuse, the Saviah Estate is new and the third vineyard Anna Marie, is in the Oregon portion of the Walla Walla AVA and is close to the famous Seven ... |
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2007 Vintage Tasting Notes
This delectable wine is characterized by sumptuous buckets of sun-ripened blueberry, lavender and a wee-bit of orange zest on the nose. Once you sip, its flavors unfold, revealing blueberry, s... |
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2005 Wine Spectator - 92 points - Winemaker Ron Bunnell, late of Chateau Saint Michelle, makes this dark and spicy red, a juicy mouthful of blackberry plum and tar flavors, hinting at rose petal and roasted meat, finishing on th... |
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2006 Vintage Tasting Notes
2006 Wine Spectator - 92 points - Smooth and round, with mineral, apricot and spice overtones to the blackberry and plum flavors, lingering on the polished finish. Drink now ... |
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2005 Vintage Tasting Notes
Number 46 on "TOP 100" list as one of the year's best Washington wines for 2006 by Paul Gregutt, Seattle Times.
Elegant, precise, tart, cool-climate fruit flavors. Stunningly packaged in m... |
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Our Seven Hills Vineyard Carmenere has come of age, shedding its masculine punch to reveal a beautifully sculptured elegance bearing its Walla Walla typicity. Meat, dark fruit, peppercorn, a whiff of round vanilla toast atop an underlayer of... |
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The most "user-friendly" of the Fielding Hills wines, the Tribute (formerly Riverbend Red) is a winner from first sip. Delicious, huge black cherry and mocha flavors fill your mouth, adding sweet plum, tobacco and anise on the long, slightly che... |
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“Donedei’s new Cabernet is very ripe, almost jammy, with cassis and berry fruit, along with some thick, slightly chalky tannins. Black olives, dry earth, a hint of dried leaves and some light mocha streaks add flavor interest as it winds throug... |
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“Thick, chewy, dense and powerful. The blend is 75% Merlot, 15% Cab Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. A very fine effort, it’s smooth and supple with alcohol listed (somewhat surprisingly) at 13.5%. Scents mix mocha, espresso, liquid smoke, iodine ... |
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A Syrah with character.... |
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2006 Wine Spectator - 93 points - Ripe, round and generous, this sumptuous wine offers layers of gorgeous blackberry and black cherry flavors, hinting at toast and spice on the creamy-textured finish. Drink now through 2014... |
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Heady, dark aromas of violets, bacon smoke, espresso bean, and spiced black berries announce the arrival. Multi-dimensional and layered, the black berries, plums and currant just don't stop giving.
The tannins are present, balanced by big ... |
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2008 Wine Advocate - 90 points - The 2008 Syrah Stillwater Creek Vineyard, aromas of smoke, meat, spice box, and blueberry inform the nose of a succulent, forward, nicely proportioned Syrah that will provide enjoyment for another... |
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The 09 vintage has just been released.
2008 Vintage Tasting Notes
 Ripe and smooth, with mint and rosemary notes weav...
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This fascinating and complex red is nearly impossible to compare to other red wine from the Northwest. It's not Cab, nor Syrah, nor Merlot, nor any combination of those. It is meaty yet subtle, rustic yet refined. Its fresh acidity melds nicely w... |
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Steve Brooks' Trust wines eschew the flash and frills of many Walla Walla wineries. What you get is straightforward, honest, delicious wines, Cabernet in this case. The pure, lip-smacking Cab core delivers cassis and black cherry flavors that ... |
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The nose starts with appealing notes of creme de cassis, black fruits, and baking spices. The palate shows fruit galore with wonderful supple tannins, wrapped around a core of black fruits. It has amazing depth, and a polished mouth-feel rev... |
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Classy, refined Cab fron one of Washington's most experienced winemakers. Casey continues to offer some of the best wines in Walla Walla, at prices that have not changed much in ten years.
Scents of red fruit and softly spicy oak are... |
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2008 Wine Advocate - 91 points - The 2008 The Wanted is a blend of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Cabernet Franc sourced from the Stillwater Creek Vineyard. Wood smoke, pencil lead, Asian spices, incense, and black currant aromas... |
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Elegant and full of flavor. Intense dark berry fruit and full-bodied.
2006 Vintage Tasting Notes
Multiple layers of chocolate, red-currant, and plum explode on the palate, finishing with hints of spices and herbs fro... |
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A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc. Lush texture, exotically spiced nose, tastes of chocolate covered cherries.... |
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