Red

Merlot

Walla Walla Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley · United States

Fact sheet

roast lamb · game meats · aged cheeses · pasta with tomato sauce

201289 pts

Soft and pretty, this estate grown wine offers plum and cherry fruit, with notes of cedar and smoke from aging in one third new French and Hungarian oak. The structure rests on stiff but proportionate tannins, giving good balance and medium length. Drink now through 2020.
201089 pts

This wine spent more than two years in barrel, yielding some grainy, textural tannins. The plummy fruit is backed with licorice, vanilla and black tea flavors, all nicely integrated.
200688 pts

This is soft and round with pleasing flavors of black cherry and plum. Hints of coffee and chocolate do not tamper with the basic core of clean, ripe fruit. It's quite nicely made, drinking well, and comes into focus in the extended finish.