Brent Clayton

8.9

Soupy, overripe, modern — 23 days ago

Tom Garland

9.5

1 hour decant (decent chunky/fine sediment). A forbidding still inky dark purplish garnet color. On the nose: Beautiful perfumed notes of dark plum, cedar, vanilla, pine, and herbs. Taste: smooth, rich wine with mouth coating silky tannins, black cherry, black pepper, little dark chocolate, smoke, and a blueberry cedar semi dry finish....slight touch of heat on the end?...a RP 100 pt wine tonight. Cheers! — 2 months ago

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Kristine N

9.6

Falcon Cove-2019 — 5 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.5

Intense and dark fruit with some forest underbrush. Let this baby aerate for awhile to loosen up and then it was quite smooth. — a month ago

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.7

First class — 3 months ago

Adrienne Leistner

9.2

Not your typical Sauv Blanc. This is really quite complex. — 3 months ago

Wulf Losee

9.6

2018 opened Oct 2021. Red raspberries and thyme on the nose. Dried currents on the front that are almost immediately balanced by some flinty notes that tingle on the front of the tongue. On the mid palate it continues with mild red-fruit flavors that are offset by some delicate high notes—that remind me of the smell of the loess that that gets blown off the Horse Heaven Hills on dry summers days. It has a slightly tart finish that lingers—but the satiny tannins offset this zing, and they hold this wine together from beginning to end. I’d want to call the tannic structure “heavy” except that they never come to dominate the tasting experience. This wine is lush and zaftig from start to finish, but its tremendous sophistication offsets any heaviness.

BTW, the fruit (which is subtle to begin with) fades after an hour of decanting. The tannic body opens up (i.e. it gets even smoother and fuller) but some harsh high notes begin to dominate on the finish. Frankly, I like this wine best a half an hour out of the bottle. If an increase in intensity is OK for you, go for a longer decanting. I like it better with less oxygenation. The fact that it gets a bit more intense with decanting makes me wonder if this vintage won’t lose some of its subtlety with aging. I’m not going to be able to resist drinking up my limited allocation, so, l’ll never be able to perform the aging experiment. — a year ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

This is much fresher and cleaner that previous vintages. Really exciting. Sweetness balanced by an herbal florality. — a month ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.4

A bit of a slow starter but after a couple of hours this one starts to sing. Really impressive winemaking behind this wine. Medium to full bodied. The hang time of these vineyards are really long so the phenolic ripeness is evident. It’s livley, complex with a remarkable intense finish. I get spice, wood, orange peel, mint, pine and an array of berries. Impressive today, probably even more impressive with some additional bottle age. — 3 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Dark Ruby in colour - impenetrable. Blackberry, black fruits generally, raspberry, dusty, touches of tar and menthol. Very rich and ripe on the palate. Very USA in my experience but also very delicious. It never ceases to amaze how Washington state can produce rich ripe wines like this- just like Quilceda Creek. Luscious and seamless. The Walla Walla valley is obviously a great terroir for Cabernet. — 5 months ago