David Shaw

9.1

Horse Heaven Hills, 325 cases made. Purple red, moderate pigment extraction. Light herbaceous nose, call it tobacco light. Blackberry flavor with length on initial pour, nice round mouthfeel with fresh blackberry aftertaste. Just a tad tart. Tobacco leaf aftertaste emerges after 20 minutes with some fine seed bitterness. I might have popped this one open too early as it’s got plenty of tannins for further aging. Still, it’s got fruit to spare… — 2 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.5

Fantastic with BBQ tonight. Surprisingly good library wine. — 4 years ago

Jennifer Pletcher

9.1

Bright and fruity, bright red in mouth. Very drinkable, even a little cold. Great with pizza. — 5 years ago

Aravind A

9.0

Pop and pour. On the nose: clove, cinnamon, muddled strawberry, blackberries and sugar. On the palate: at first, ok acidity, and not so well-delineated flavors; burnt sugar, then acidity picks up, and the palate is clearer: blackberry and blueberry, clove, and then a wall of finely grained tannin..the finish is a little too staccato, but good energy after the wall of tannin fades a bit, and good length. Still, very tasty! — 5 years ago

John Chawluk

9.0

Great balance. Fruit, texture, flavor, nose. Bargain at a restaurant at $75. Ssh don’t tell them. — 2 years ago

with Scotti

Alexandre Pagliano

9.0

Have a look at my notes on the Champoux, here is same level albeit different blend with more merlot if I understood it correctly. Really good stuff. Would be probably better with 3 to 5 more years. — 3 years ago

Aravind A

9.0

Pop and pour. A bit over a year and a half since my last btl. On the nose: alluring as ever with blackberry, blueeberry, vanilla, charcoal. On the palate, this seems a little less vibrant than I would like: good acid and fruit up front, but falls of quickly on the mid with finely grained, but attenuated tannin on the finish. If this btl is any indication, this is on the downslope, but still drinking well. — 5 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.1

High alcohol (15% abv) is a bit daunting but this is still a lovely wine: Deep ruby (almost purple) with beguiling aromas of violet, blackberry, black cherry, plum, Cedar, vanilla, graphite and
Blackberry jam. Long finish and lots of potential over the next 5 or 6 years — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc and 13% Merlot, sourced from the Gamache and Champoux vineyards. Deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruits, floral and pronounced cigar box spice, aged in 100% new French oak. On the palate flavors of ripe raspberry and blackberry with cedar and spice. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit, oak and spice. Drink now, no further aging benefit! — 4 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.2

dark ruby; cassis, plum, dark chocolate, licorice, spice; full bodied, ripe, plush, juicy, good freshness and structure; made from blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, and 1% Malbec deselected from the flagship bottling sourced from Champoux, DuBrul, Galetzine, Klipsun, Palengat, Tapteil, Discovery, and Wallula vineyards; good value at $40 — 5 years ago