Winery - Patterson Cellars
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This unusual rosé is a very quaffable, lightly grassy, plum-pink wine that is sure to stand out in any tasting of rosés. The fruit is a mix of strawberry, raspberry and nougat, really quite tasty.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A nice effort, loaded with round, sweet berry and currant fruit, mocha, baking spices and toasty caramel. The acids poke out a bit, and the tannins have a slightly green edge, somewhat masked by residual sweetness, but all in all it’s a very pleasant and drinkable wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Though it’s 80% Syrah, the rest of this wine includes all five Bordeaux grapes. It smells and tastes powerfully of new French oak, wrapped around sweet cherry and cola flavors. Cedary and chocolaty through the finish, it carries a suggestion of sweetness, though it’s listed as bone dry.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
High-toned, with somewhat muted fruit – waxy comes to mind – yet with appealing softness and immediate drinkability. It’s non-vintage, a blend of two Cabernets, Merlot and Syrah, streaked with vanilla.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Kiona vineyard fruit, given 32 months in new French oak, yields a very smooth, chocolaty wine, loaded with mocha and caramel flavors. Black cherry and cassis fruit is nuanced with Red Mountain notes of iron and earth. It does a quick fade; perhaps extra decanting would lengthen it out a bit.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Barrel fermented, 20% of it new French oak, this is a bright lemon yellow, with scents of wood and toast. There’s a slim streak of something else in the aromas that seems not quite right, a little fishy smell. The wine does not come together in the mouth; it’s a jumble of round stone fruits, cardboard and a slightly rancid finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This rosé is done by the saignée method, bleeding off excess juice from the fermenting tanks. It’s 48% Syrah and 52% Cabernet Franc, yielding a hard-edged yet buttery wine with lightly peppery, watermelon flavors. Not for everyone, but distinctive.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Though labeled Columbia Valley, this is actually Wahluke Slope fruit, 100% varietal. Licorice, smoke and herbs race up the spine, rounded out with black fruits, fig, tobacco and coffee. Good grip and length.
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