Territorial's Willamette Valley Pinot noir 2005 is proof that great Pinot still exists for under $20. The nose is filled with pretty red fruit, accented by lilacs and graham. Silky smooth but juicy
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HUGE, rich, lush, hedonistic Merlot, just an inspired choice for steaks on the grill. In the giant red wine style of Owen Roe or O-S.
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This is the biggest and most viscous St. Innocent Temperance Hill to date. Gobs of fresh raspberries and cherries mix with hints of sage. The flavors meld to cherry/berry pie, with that ideal combin
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Wine Spectator rating 90 points: "Earthy, herbal character wafts through this firm red blend, picking up red cherry and roasted red pepper notes as the flavors persist on a well-integrated fini
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Made by Ray Walsh, who was winemaker at King Estate from 1992 to 2005, this is a spectacular dessert wine, rich yet well balanced, with lovely fresh crisp acidity of
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Complex and inviting aromas of candied apple, pear, and slate that give way to bright and lively honeyed tropical
citrus flavors of pineapple and lychee. Add the rich, viscous mouthfeel and you ha
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This wine should be called Capital "L", the L standing for LAYERS. Delicious aromas of red, blue and fruit with soft toast, rich baking spices, and a smidge of dried thyme hint at what's to come...At
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Dry. Immediate room-filling aromas of grapefruit, tangerine and rose petal, followed by crisp fruit flavors and a pleasing, palate-cleansing acidity. Great on its own as a chilled, summer afternoon qu
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“An expressive and complex wine featuring multiple layers of dark fruits and spices. A blend of each of the 6 clones of pinot noir grown in our vineyard, black cherries, currants, hints of cloves and
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Dark garnet color, restrained nose with hints of blueberry, blackberry, spice. Flavors initially of sweet black cherry and blackberry, in line with winemaker Peter Rosback's (Sineann) over-the-top st
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Richer and a bit more complex than last year's Sharecroppers Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine contains a bit of Merlot and Petit Verdot. It's lush and easy drinking, with smooth tannins and enough body
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Wine Spectator 88 points and "Best Buy": " Not a big wine, but remarkably persistent, framing its green olive-scented blackberry flavors with fine tannins that let the finish linger enticingly. Merlot
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A soft, approachable blend of Washington State fruit: 11% Sangiovese, 47% Cabernet Franc & Merlot, 42% Cabernet Savignon, fruit from Roas Mystica Vineyard and Alder Ridge Vineyard. Good value. Nose ha
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The one Estate wine produced by this small vineyard owned by Stan Murayama, assisted by his Visla, "Ditch". Located near Maysara's Momtazi Estate Vineyard, in the hills west of McMinnville, the viney
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From Ribbon Ridge Estate, a spicy, fruity Pinot noir, nice forward red cherry fruit and lots of Asian Five Spice flavors. From a family farm established by Colby Carter in 1865. 2004 vintage is rich,
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Pleasantly perfumed nose with hints of pie cherry and raspberry. The flavors are fresh raspberry, pie cherry, hints of black currant and lovely well integrated tannins. Moderately long finish, a lot o
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For the 03 Vintage: Wine Spectator rating 91 points: "Relatively firm, with lively, emphatic raspberry and plum flavors that sail through the finish, lingering seamlessly. Best from 2007 through 2013
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Dark saturated black color, nose with hints of wild strawberry, rose and violets, viscous, rich mouthfeel, layers of black fruit, cassis, big dark finish. Yow, this is a really nice Pinot. Big, for pe
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Due to be released at the end of 2006.
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The new 05 Theia Chardonnay is a remarkably crafted, great value wine. In this wine, Beckley uses 100% Temperance Hill Vineyard Dijon Clone 76 fruit, which he chose specifically to make the kind of Ch
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From Owen Roe's assistant winemaker, a rich, complex, juicy black wine with hints of leather and roasted espresso bean. Beautiful from the moment the bottle is opened. Less than 100 cases made, truel
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This wine really swept us away. This wine and dessert were clearly lovers in a past life. It’s hard to know where to start without totally gushing. First of all, this is a Port style wine. Twenty perc
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"Our Tawny Port is Solera aged which was started in 1997. It has been held in a 500L French oak puncheon its entire life. This very smooth brandy fortified wine is not too sweet for Port, neither too
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Quite a following for these rich dessert wines, bittersweet chocolate and plummy fruit flavors.
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Lumos's new reserve wine, from organic grapes and just lovely. Dai's management of Temperance Hill Vineyard has resulted in some wonderful fruit, and Dai has selected some of the best for this Pinot
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Although Sineann has a nationwide "cult" status, few people know that Sineann is based at Medici Vineyard, and that Peter Rosback, Sineann owner and winemaker, makes these delicious and quite value pr
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A really excellent deal at this price. Made by Peter Rosback of Sineann for Medici. Excellent deal.
Although Sineann has a nationwide "cult" status, few people know that Sineann is based at Me
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The wine is impressive before it’s opened—you have to love the classy cork label with the funky design. Open it to discover gushing ripe plums, cassis, and dark cherries scented with lavender. With
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Big, rich, unusually complex and layered, a step above most Merlots in quality and satisfaction.
Nose: black chery, black raspberry, hints of clove and cinnamon;
Flavors: sweet fruit with
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Rick Mafit says: "Rich ripe cassis and blackberry with elegantly soft yet structured tannin ( a combination of the fruit and about 50% new oak-Seguin-Moreau Chateau Frere thin staved barrels.) Round a
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The 2002 Mystic Syrah disappeared off Avalon’s shelves as soon as it was stocked. I like the 2003 better! More complex than many Northwest Syrahs, the Mystic opens with black cherries and currant f
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Old Vine Hillside Vineyard Zinfandel at half the price.
Inky black color, floral and sweet fruit scent, sweet, slurpable black cherry, black plum, cherry, and currant flavors, well integratd,
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The nose is earthy, with cassis and black cherry liqueor notes. First impression of the flavors is of sweet, spicy, slurpy, ripe black fruits, but the taste shifts quickly in the mouth to hints of to
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New release November 2005.
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Scents of perfumed, plummy, black cherry fruit, big cherry, blackberry, and spice flavors, this wine has a backbone of fine grained tannins. As of January 2005, at release, it's a bit tight, and will
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Velvety and decadent with deep aromas of wild blackberry, dark cherry and mocha wrapped in soft tannins with a long finish. Made from Columbia Valley fruit.
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Rich cherry flavors with a touch of oak and black olive on the finish. From the Rock Horse Ranch Vineyard in Washington State.
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Intriguing scents of honeysuckle, vanilla toast, and black fruit- flavors are cedary spiced black cherry, well balanced fine grained tannins, long finish with hints of saddble leather, cocoa, and lots
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The 2003 Early Muscat was almost a cult wine—it created quite a buzz and was the first of our wines to sell out. It was our fun wine. Around the winery it was known as our breakfast wine. Dramatic flo
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"Once again, the wine is extraordinarily soft and complex. Raspberries and red cherries highlight a juicy foundation
of black cherry and plum. The oak provides a sturdy backbone and a bit of toasted s
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From the winery: "...our estate blend of 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 52% Merlot and 22% Cabernet franc that is rich, smooth and concentrated with loads of dark plum, blackberry and dark cherry flavors. Si
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Cole Danehower's Oregon Wine Report recently gave the 2003 an A- (quite a high score for his newsletter). Cole has this to say about the Zerba Cellars Merlot: "Full dark maroon color. Piercingly clea
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Smoke and earth aromas with hints of caramel. Deep red color. Great body and “fat” mouthfeel with ripe fruit flavors. Sweet cherry fruit on the mid-palate and hints of chocolate, coffee, earth and spi
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From the winery: 35% Syrah, 22% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Sangiovese and 10% Cabernet Franc. Harvest: the grapes for this years blend come from select vineyards in the Columbia Valley, incl
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Although not called an Ice Wine, this is not a typical "Late harvest". It is intense and rich as an ice wine, just does not fit the strict requirement of having been picked, frozen, off the vine. Quit
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Dark crimson color appropriate with the cinnamon-accented and black cherry aromas. Mouthwatering flavors of cherry and boysenberry. Pleasing accents of toasty oak, and a slight tartness emerge on the
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Refreshingly vibrant and fruit-forward, this Pinot packs dark cherry and cassis flavors with touches of rose petal
and spice. Supported by fine-grained tannin and lively acidity, it finishes with touc
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This wine highlights the purt fruit of the Pinot Blanc. The wine has benefited from patience at each step as the grapes were frozen, pressed slowly over 36 hours, and then slowly fermented. Extensive
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In the nose, crisp green apple, pear, grapefruit and hints of coconut; flavors are of white peach, pear, bright pineapple, tropical fruit, and there's a streak of lemon zest in the finish. This is a
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AVALON RECOMMENDS
89% Mourvedre
11% Syrah
both from Ciel du Cheval Vineyard
Juicy, spicy, dense, and rich, with big black cherry flavors, and that characteristic hint of pencil lead,
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Huge discount from $25!
Seattle Times says: "This self-proclaimed "summer wine" really nails it. Plenty of ripe fruit (enhanced, in this instance with 19 percent semillon), a sweet-scented cit
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Lovely for Thanksgiving with turkey, a blush wine for serious foodies. Crisp and refreshing, the red cherry flavors cut through heavier turkey flavors to refresh and renew the palate.
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Previous vintage tasting notes: Amalie Robert's best, scents of white flowers, graham, earth, and hints of wild mushroom introduce the wine. Flavors are predominantly black cherry, blackberry, and bl
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2005 tasting notes will be posted shortly.
Previous vintage tasting notes:
Tanzer 91 points: "Light red. Flat-out gorgeous nose of red berries, yellow rose and five-spice powder, with a
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2005 vintage tasting notes will be posted shortly.
Tasting notes for the previous vintage, 2004:
Made by Mike Etzel, of famed Beaux Freres. Shortly after opening, violets waft from the
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Classic Malbec, black and rich, exotic hint of incense in the nose, lotes of juicy fruit and liqueur notes.
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Elegant mixed blackberry and dark raspberry with subtle earth and spice. Similar in style to the 2004, with more delicious coffee aromas and flavors.
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A heavily perfumed nose announces this splendid wine, with white flowers such as mexican orange and jasmine subtly intertwined with scents of crisp citrus, green apple, and what Marcus called "grapefr
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David and Amy's choice of the best representation of the vintage uses grapes from each of the major viticultural areas in Oregon. Released August 2006.
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Peter makes two dessert wines, named for his two daughters. It was suggested that he make a dessert wine named for his deightful wife, Nancy. Asked what he would call it, he quickly popped out "old ba
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"Floral and spicy with ripe flavors of pear, citrus and nuances of honey. We specialize in the production of rich, full-bodied, dry Gewurtztraminer wines which are excellent with seafood, turkey, ham
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Popular value priced Pinot noir from Ransom Wines.
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One of the very few Willamette Valley Syrahs produced, from the Deux Vert Vineyard. Intense aromas of violets, white pepper and black fruit give way to supple black raspberry and cherry flavors. Thi
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The most structured and weighty of the 2005 Stevenson Barrie Pinots, with aromas of dark violets and leather, with savory dark berry. The fruit is more refined, a complex blend of dark cherry, berry,
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A big, juicy American-style red blend from up-and-comer Lone Canary. This one combines Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sangiovese, and Cabernet Franc into a great wine for everyday drinking.
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Just wonderful. Ray takes after his fellow Kiwis in having a special touch with white wines. Add his years making Pinot gris at King Estate, and prepare for an extraordinary wine.
In the nose,
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Wine Spectator 90 points! "Firm and focused. A Bright, juicy mouthful of blackberry and cherry fruit, shaded with hints of cocoa and white pepper as the finish lingers against refined tannins
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A very fine example of Northwest Sangiovese! I'm not always a fan of New World Sangios, but Lone Canary has produced some excellent value, red cherry-driven Sangioveses that express the grape.
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"In the nose, it has blackcurrant, black cherry, and prune with hints of sweet cedar and earth. On the palate it presents a full, firm texture and developed flavors of currant, cherry, sweet dark choc
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Captivating aromas of white flower perfume and ripe stone fruit and honeydew melon. The wine expands on your palate, offering lengthy round fruit on the finish.
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