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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The best yet from NxNW, this deep, earthy, loamy Cabernet is sourced from Pepper Bridge and Seven Hills—top Walla Walla vineyards. Tight raspberry and huckleberry fruit is coated with dusty chocolate, coffee grounds and a lick of tobacco. Tannins are still a little chalky and unintegrated, but a little breathing time smoothes them out.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A mix of Columbia Valley vineyards contributed to this Bordeaux blend, which opens aromatically with dusty red fruits, a silky mouthfeel, soft tannins and a moderate level of alcohol (14%). Immediately likeable, with mulberry/blackberry fruit, pretty chocolate and a whiff of smoke, but this could be cellared for another six or eight years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Pure Syrah from the Les Collines vineyard, this has far more punch and specificity than the Columbia Valley offering from NxNW. Along with plum, cherry and cassis fruit, vivid and limned with fresh acids, there are highlights of tea, seaweed, moist earth, cut tobacco, vanilla and smoke. In other words, a riot of interesting flavors, light but intriguing.
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NxNW Syrah - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Simple, fruity and forward, this pleasant Syrah seems to fade quickly. It’s got a lot of color and a light varietal mix of herb, earth, fungus and berry.
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NxNW Syrah - 2007
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Seven Hills vineyard fruit creates this pure Cabernet from a new project launched by Oregon’s King Estate. This debut effort is light and shows a mix of strawberry and cherry candy flavors. Plenty of acid and balanced tannins complete a workmanlike effort.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The second offering from NxNW adds Yakima Valley fruit to the Pepper Bridge and Seven Hills base. It has more of a full-bodied middle, with plum and berry fruit matched to chalky acids. A spicy licorice flavor permeates the finish. Initially intriguing, it leaves an impression of being a bit unbalanced; the whole is less than the sum of its parts.
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