Winery - Chinook
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This wine shows a lot of Bourbon-barrel oak flavor, underscoring fruit that has plenty of apple and melon intensity, enlightened with pleasing herbal accents.
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Chinook Sémillon - 2000
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Bright, spicy fruit is handsomely underscored with sweet new oak. This is flat-out classy winemaking, with food-friendly acids and the wine’s citrus/melon fruit playing well against the toasty oak.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Leesy and crisp, an immaculate style, with flavors that are translucent, yet layered and substantial. It finishes with an elegant wash of stone, melon and citrus that will give your palate, your meal and your conversation a welcome lift.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Solid, fresh with succulent fruit hinting at white peaches and a dusting of cinnamon and sweet spice. Finishes with good length and hints of honey, tea and apricot. Nice effort.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Always a favorite and highly allocated, this nicely aged wine showcases beautifully ripe, not overripe, Yakima Valley fruit. Sweet scents of Bing cherry, cocoa and spice open softly into a generous but elegant palate, balanced and smooth.
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Chinook Merlot - 1998
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tart and sharp, with a pleasing tang and snap. The complex, clean and crisp flavors layer fig, citrus rind and clove with high notes of candied orange and citrus blossom. Great varietal character, cool-climate acidity; this is very sophisticated winemaking with spot-on flavors.
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Chinook Sémillon - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This little-sung (outside of Washington) winery makes an eagerly-awaited rosé of cabernet franc each spring, but here is the real deal. One hundred percent varietal, it puts the lie to the notion that cabernet franc must be tannic and tough. Here it is fragrant, firm and tart, with spicy apple, plum, date, fig and even golden raisin flavors. Interested, complex and beautifully crafted, without obvious oak and just 13 percent alcohol.
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