Fruit instead of oak & butter — 3 years ago
An American Sangiovese from...Washington?? All I can say is “Buy Buy Buy”! — 5 years ago
4rth of July — 6 years ago
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
This was opened a few days back the 2013 Tamarack Cellars Wahluke Slope Cabernet Franc from Walla Walla, Washington.
On the nose is black cherry, blackberry, red plum, green bell pepper, herbaceous and wet gravel.
On the palate is raspberries, strawberry, red plum, black currant, green bell pepper, milk chocolate, fall leaves and crushed gravel.
This wine is medium to full bodied with medium + acidity and medium + firm grippy tannins that gives you a long red fruit crushed gravel finish. This weekend try and do something special with a friend or loved one. Enjoy some wine and some good food and stay healthy and safe. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 2 years ago
Thank you Jonathon L . Perfect selection — 4 years ago
Nice and balanced — 5 years ago
Beautiful again. Had the 2012 a few weeks ago and this was every bit as good. Lower Slope has a great balance between acidity and the fruit & oak. Seek this one out from @Medlock Ames. Well done @Ames Morison — 5 years ago
Deep color, dark berry Light drinking now. Good — 6 years ago
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
Dry fruit. Young tasting. — 3 years ago
Ripe. Almost like a California Pinot. Very well balanced. Good floral and red fruit characteristics. — 3 years ago
Awesome wine — 5 years ago
Taste of red silky Syrah at winery — 5 years ago
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. — 6 years ago
The 2016 Merlot is the absolute smoothest Merlot I have ever had! — 7 years ago
Can hold it's own, but best with steak or hamburgers. — 8 years ago
Maggie Harrison
2009 well, that held up well. damn. basalmic, pine resin. black olive. — 9 months ago