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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This “Rhône-style white blend” (53% Viognier/37% Roussanne/10% Marsanne) is heavy, hot (14.8%) and dry. The fruit seems attenuated and the flavors thick and simple. Peaches and apricots rule the fruit, with a plastic edge to the finish.

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Kana Rhône-style White Blend - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Pure Lemberger from a vineyard planted almost 30 years ago, this wine is like a time trip back to Washington in the 1980s. Bright, forward, grapy fruit meets dry, astringent tannins. This is straight-on barbecue wine, simple and quaffable.

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Kana Lemberger - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Despite the ripeness (alcohol clocks in at 15.6%) this wine seems thin and unbalanced. The oak sticks out, and the tart fruit is overwhelmed by flavors of tar and rubber.

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Kana Syrah - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This unusual blend of Zinfandel, Malbec and Petit Verdot delivers plenty of alcohol (15.3%) and a diffuse mix of fruit flavors that don’t add up to much. There is no center or focus here; it’s a fruity red with high heat and again some residual plastic/Band-Aid® flavor in the finish.

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Kana Red Blend - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Plastic, Band-Aid® flavors over diminutive fruit flavors. Nothing speaks of Barbera except maybe the high acids.

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Kana Barbera - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This bottling changes dramatically from year to year; here it is 100% Riesling rather than a blended white. A little sweet and a little sweaty, it falls flat on the palate, leaving you wondering why a wine barely a year old is already entering old age. Drink up.

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Kana White Blend - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Previously called Cuvée Le Blanc, this Rhone-style white blend is 62% Viognier, 26% Roussanne and 12% Marsanne. The wine is a bit dull, as if the fruit has already begun oxidizing. The finish falls off a cliff.

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Kana White Blend - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This is old vine Lemberger, one of the first red grapes to be widely planted in eastern Washington. It comes from a 1979 planting at the Red Willow vineyard. Raspberry and cherry fruit flavors dominate, pretty and pure, but lacking in depth. Some Lemberger can approach the style of Dry Creek Zinfandel; this is more of a simple red quaffer.

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Kana Red Blend - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

This is almost entirely Syrah, done in a high-acid, citrusy style. Flavors are sharply etched and tight—pomegranate, raspberry, baking chocolate and espresso. Straightforward and well-balanced despite its 15% alcohol.

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Kana Red Blend - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

High-toned, with penetrating aromas of smoked ham and a whiff of the good funk. That cured meat character follows across the palate, along with bright, brambly strawberry/cherry fruit and vivacious acids.

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Kana Syrah - 2006

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