Wa Wine

Andrew Will

Sorella Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2019

Layers and layers of dark red fruit, raspberry, cassis. Lovely WA fruit. Well balanced tannins, elegant and lush. Gonna need to buy more. A tour de force for sure! — 3 months ago

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Delmas Wines

Walla Walla Valley Syrah 2019

Hello, Cote Rotie. 8% co-ferment. Def not Norhone, but as good as it gets for WA. — a year ago

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Fall Line Winery

Red Willow Vineyard Red Bordeaux Blend 2013

Great WA red blend with cab franc — 5 years ago

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Quilceda Creek

Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

2021 vintage. Tasted via Coravin. So. Much. Sweet. Oak. Much less concentration, mineral influence and grip than expected/recalled from previous vintages. Granted, tasting this 15 years too youthfully but, still, underwhelming. Honestly, a total waste of my time. Hurtz to say that as I consider this as one of, if not THE, best WA wine made. Just never rocked the boat, in a positive way, in any aspect. Would get totally blown out in a blind CA/WA/BDX Cab/Cab blend tasting in the $40-$50 range. Unimpressive. 5.29.24. — 6 months ago

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I opened a 2000 a year or two ago and thought “this is too young”…the oak still so pronounced.

Long Shadows Vintners

Pirouette Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2016

Nice WA Bordeaux blend, good balance between the varietals, although didn’t think it had the structure to cellar for too long. — 3 years ago

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Matthews Cellars

Claret Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

A little bit of age on this classic wa wine. Love what it’s showing today. — 5 years ago

DeLille Cellars

D2 Columbia Valley Merlot Blend 2016

Very nice and definitely WA versus CA. — 6 months ago

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Mark Ryan Winery

Wild Eyed Red Mountain Syrah 2012

Purchased at release and like most WA Syrahs needs time to achieve its potential. This wine is now soft and fully integrated with black and red cherry graphite tar menthol spice cedar smoked meat all in balance with just enoigh acid to keep it bright. Color is still deep ruby with no rim variation. I've had every vintage ever made of the Wild Eyed and remain loyal. — 9 months ago

Corliss Estates

Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Paul K
9.3

Gorgeous WA cab. I wish I had more! — 5 years ago

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Leonetti Cellar

Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Left Bank Bordeaux, likely blinded this is what is I'd tell you, yet a stunning bottle of beautifully aged WA Cabernet sits in front of me. We almost opened a Saint-Émilion (Right Bank) tonight, and so glad we opted for this particular bottle.

Nose has very tarry cherry, fresh violets, canned black olive, licorice, pencil lead (light), crushed blackberry and a touch of heat from the alcohol (14.6%).

Palate has ripe black currant, coffee, ripe blackberry, beautiful silky dark chocolate, light cedar box and fully resolved tannins. Drink now (2019) or hold for 2-3 more years.

77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Carmenere.

Paired this along side an experimental beef course. Usually with more expensive cuts we go with the tried and true preparation, but tonight we strayed. Grass fed beef ribeyes mostly cooked sous vide, then finished on the grill. We cooked to 125°F in the water bath, then hit the grill at 550°F for about 6-7 minutes. Perfection on the plate, beautifully medium-rare. The only downside is that the grill temps render the fat to moisten the beef, and do add some flavor, which wasn't fully achieved in this process. A little more grill time, next time around, won't do any harm.
— 6 years ago

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