125 Cases produced with a very aromatic bouquet of dark and red berry fruit with an array of dark spices earth and cigar box spice peppery spice. A very big and chewy wine with excellent freshness a firm hand of acidity with a good hand of earth cigar box spice and a long layered finish. Finsh most excellent. Dark spices and earth very layered and long.
125 Cases produced with a very aromatic bouquet of dark and red berry fruit with an array of dark spices earth and cigar box spice peppery spice. A very big and chewy wine with excellent freshness a firm hand of acidity with a good hand of earth cigar box spice and a long layered finish. Finsh most excellent. Dark spices and earth very layered and long.
Aug 15th, 2014Champoux vineyard makes it into the blend weinbau vineyards is almost always in there. They make 4 single varietal wines from weinbau. A very well endowed bouquet of dark currant cassis berry fruity pretty floral notes a host of dark spices earth coco and more. Very rich on the palate with layers of ripe rich liqueur like fruit and rich round tannins and wonderful balance rich and ripe juicy fruit with an array of spice and mineral notes through the finish 50+ most excellent
Champoux vineyard makes it into the blend weinbau vineyards is almost always in there. They make 4 single varietal wines from weinbau. A very well endowed bouquet of dark currant cassis berry fruity pretty floral notes a host of dark spices earth coco and more. Very rich on the palate with layers of ripe rich liqueur like fruit and rich round tannins and wonderful balance rich and ripe juicy fruit with an array of spice and mineral notes through the finish 50+ most excellent
Aug 15th, 2013
Better than expected. Extremely smooth. Tannins fully resolved and the fruit, spice, and oak are all fully integrated. There's a really cool choclateness prevalent from sniff to swig. Another winner in the QPR department.
Better than expected. Extremely smooth. Tannins fully resolved and the fruit, spice, and oak are all fully integrated. There's a really cool choclateness prevalent from sniff to swig. Another winner in the QPR department.
Dec 29th, 2016
Very attractive dark purple color, some sediment, but otherwise clear. Nose sees lots of vanilla, tobacco, cigar box, leather. Palette sees spicy blackberries and cherries, more leather, oak, and tobacco. Surprisingly moderate finish with moderate tannins.
The thing that stands out about this wine is how smooth it is- very well balanced but almost to point where nothing sticks out to make it unique. This bottle did have wax over cork- I'm wondering if lack of exposure to air made this taste super young. Have others noticed this?
After 3hrs, wine was significantly better but still, I was craving something more bold, with more extreme spread of taste and profile.
Very attractive dark purple color, some sediment, but otherwise clear. Nose sees lots of vanilla, tobacco, cigar box, leather. Palette sees spicy blackberries and cherries, more leather, oak, and tobacco. Surprisingly moderate finish with moderate tannins.
The thing that stands out about this wine is how smooth it is- very well balanced but almost to point where nothing sticks out to make it unique. This bottle did have wax over cork- I'm wondering if lack of exposure to air made this taste super young. Have others noticed this?
After 3hrs, wine was significantly better but still, I was craving something more bold, with more extreme spread of taste and profile.
Dec 1st, 2016
Columbia Valley, Oregon/Washington, USA
