Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Medium Ruby with aromas red fruits, black tea and ample floral spice, aged in 20% new French oak for about 10 months. On the palate flavors of cherry, blackberry and plum with notes of tobacco, cedar, black pepper, tea and vanilla spice. Fine tannins, long finish, well balanced with acidity, ending with fruit, herb, spice and wet stone character. Very Nice! Aging well! — 2 months ago

Peter Glossop

9.1

I had bought this wine for my wife who likes robust wines  - what a pleasant surprise in addition to its body. It had complex bursting flavors. Consistently flavourful from the first taste on my lips to the Gargle and aftertaste. I matched it with sirloin steak from an elk and some mushrooms with garlic, and the universe was as it should be.  — 2 months ago

Chris

9.0

Terrific blend. Very rounded, full bodied and with stone fruit character — 3 months ago

with Angela

Robin Bundy

9.1

Too soon? Getting ready for the holiday. Kinda on the sweet peachy side. Drinking with crab legs. — 4 months ago

rgrehrnndz

9.1

Very smooth taste not super bitter — 6 months ago

Leslie Matheson

9.6

This wine was beautiful. Had it with the first if the season stews and the pairing was spot on. With 14 years of aging it still showed lots of fruit but the finish was smooth, velvety and copasetic. Wish all my wines had this finish! — 6 months ago

Chadé Severin

9.9

Date night with hubs on MV. Cherry cola flavors. — 8 months ago

Amy Hill

8.9

Big bold Cabernet. Blackberry on the nose. Nice tannin structure. Oak with cassis. Tobacco and leather. — 10 months ago

Phillip Cooper

9.0

Really tight, at first... searing acidity. Mellowed after a while. #lastglassbest — 5 years ago

Leith Shenstone

9.4

If you want some luxurious fruit to match your steak, once and a while, a fun break from quaffable! — 9 years ago

Mark Mannebach

9.2

Cranberry blackberry notes. Very rich in texture. Nice finish — 2 months ago

Nicholas Foster

9.1

Nose: cherry, blackberry. Something savory like butter/greasy chips, cake batter, pepper.
Color: slightly dense for Pinot noir, med/ light body, brown rim.
Palate: dark berries, good acid, nice alcohol ending, leather,subtle spice but still has fruit.
Paired amazingly with Spicy Indian food. Tandoori Cauliflower.
$34 in UT
— 2 months ago

Frank Artale

9.1

Too often this,wine is drunk at release. Just a little patience goes a long way. At 7 years the primary black and red fruit is still there with dried plums showing up along with cedar cocoa tar anise. Tannins still there so can go along a bit longer bit why wait — 2 months ago

Marc Melser

9.0

We had the 2013 vintage on 1/11/24. Tastes of blackberry l, plum, eucalyptus and camphor. Full bodied and fruit forward. A very good Washington Merlot. — 4 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.3

Needs a bit of air upon opening to blow off the reductive edge.
Shows juicy, ripe, creamy blueberry with a bit of toasted and a fresh, mineral streak.
The magic happens on the palate - brilliant energy & depth. Great, pure, juicy, fresh blueberries with rocky minerality. Sappy, velvety tannins, vibrant acidity, so fresh.
This is brilliant stuff - complex, elegant, quite serious. And so drinkable. . — 5 months ago

David Herrera

9.2

Berry, plum, leather…nice acid. — 7 months ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.4

13.8% ABV Raspberry, red fruit — 7 months ago

Laura

8.9

Good light rose. Acidic and refreshing. Good summer wine but not hugely flavorful. — 9 months ago

Amy Cox

9.0

Smooth table wine, good with steak. — 5 years ago

Patrick

8.9

Blueberry — 6 years ago

Stephen F Laga MD

9.6

One of the best big Cabs. Certainly of Washington State it’s the best Cab in that state. Very smooth, deep rich purple hints of berries. 2016 vintage. Absolutely excellent. — 2 months ago

Randy Fillingim

9.3

in line with the other reviews. An exceptional wine maker, doing everything from planting to pruning to winemaking. Very small production. Opened the bottle about an hour before consuming every last drop. Quite delicious. An exceptional example of Oregon Pinot Noir.  — 2 months ago

Micayla Shafran

9.0

Light, almost floral aroma. Much less dry, but rather on the sweeter side. Tasteful notes of sweet lemon and apple. — 2 months ago

Mako Sawaguchi

9.0

Great way to finish a two-week business trip in New York. Paired well with duck confit. — 3 months ago

Jeffrey Trezek

10

Hands down favorite. Well balanced, beautiful sipper. Nothing too soft, or aggressive. Doesn’t need to punch you in the face to score a 10 — 4 months ago

Edward Nelson

9.3

Good stuff. — 6 months ago

Skip Smyser

9.5

A Baby. Years to grow up and enjoy along the journey. Lush fruit with high end oak. — 7 months ago

Douglas Braun

8.9

2017 -Vintage - strawberry/ cherry , pine, (stem inclusion?) nice mouth good balance -don’t notice any oak background — 9 months ago

Jeff Roach

8.9

Enjoyed. Dark fruit - plum, blackberries, light tannins. — 4 years ago

with Jennifer

Michael Slosson

9.2

Smooth and sweet, very good — 8 years ago