Meli Bee

9.1

Dry fruit. Young tasting. — 2 years ago

with Ron

Brett Owens

9.2

Awesome wine — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Just love this wine, great value, can’t get enough! Belle Pente (bell-pont') means "beautiful slope" - for their 70 acre hillside vineyard & winery site in Willamette Valley. Bright Ruby red with aromas of red fruits, herb spices and hints of blossom notes. On the palate strawberry and cherry flavors, slight sweet undertones, herb notes and smooth tannins. Well balanced on a long finish ending with mineral herb notes. Nice!! Great value. — 5 years ago

Daniel Thomas Williams

9.2

4rth of July — 6 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.3

The aromas remind me of a very young modern barolo. Up front in your face tar with secondary aromas of black fruits. BlackBerry, and earthy flavors on the palate. Pnp. Tannins are smooth and drinking well right out of the gates. — 7 years ago

Lenya Ehrmann

9.0

Can hold it's own, but best with steak or hamburgers. — 8 years ago

John Weston

9.7

Best wine we've had in many years. — 8 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.0

Fruit instead of oak & butter — 3 years ago

Andrew Formi

9.0

Thank you Jonathon L . Perfect selection — 3 years ago

Rob Freeborn

9.0

An American Sangiovese from...Washington?? All I can say is “Buy Buy Buy”! — 5 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.2

Big and powerful Syrah. Make sure you decant this one. Dark blue and black brambly fruit. Black pepper and licorice. Hint of earth and chocolate. Dark purple color and very long finish. If you are a bold Syrah fan, this will satisfy you. Very pleasant! Very consistent producer. — 6 years ago

David Shaw

9.1

I love this wine, year after year. Densely extracted, deep purple-red. White pepper, black currant, mint, mushroom (well, Chinese black fungus is better, but not so familiar to most, so close enough) and other herbal notes in nose. White pepper, berry, maybe blackberry flavors, soft mouthfeel, tart seed bitterness, berry in finish. Some skin astringency and white pepper in aftertaste. Love the complexity; flavors are expressive and varietally on point. I’m not sure if further flavor integration with aging is possible, nor if further aging can improve on the current acid-alcohol-tannin balance. But that may just reflect the fact I drink up my wines too quickly to age them sufficiently. After their Jongleur-Petit Verdot, this is my favorite red of theirs. Also note how different the tasting notes are for this vs. a year ago. Is it just me, or are the wine dynamics really changing that much? — 7 years ago

John B

9.4

Initial nose of earth and strawberries. Rhubarb, plum, toasted oak on the palate and bright bing cherry on the finish. Still my favorite vineyard and vintage from this producer. — 8 years ago

Joe Dunn

9.1

Ripe. Almost like a California Pinot. Very well balanced. Good floral and red fruit characteristics. — 3 years ago

Joe Flo

9.5

Consistently good — 4 years ago

Melanie Callen

9.2

Taste of red silky Syrah at winery — 5 years ago

Robert Henalt

9.0

Deep color, dark berry Light drinking now. Good — 6 years ago

Shelli Mueller

10

The 2016 Merlot is the absolute smoothest Merlot I have ever had! — 7 years ago

Boris Mathiszik

9.0

Good blend, Wahluke Slope always delivers. Curious to see how this wine will evolve as it breathes. 10/5/18 upped the rating to 90pts, cassis and boysenberry balanced with nice acidity. This is a great blend. — 8 years ago

Mark Walkner

9.0

Wonderful fragrance with just the right tannins. — 8 years ago