This brand reflects the teaching winery for Yakima Valley College, which also operates tasting rooms on its Grandview, Wash., campus and along Yakima’s Knob Hill Boulevard. The wines achieve high marks at national competitions, and they’ve earned eight Platinums in the past four years. Here is their first for Carménère. The grapes from Pontin Del Roza produce a wine that provides classic notes of green peppercorns, moist earth and freshly mown hay leading to flavors of cassis, cranberry and nutmeg within a balanced structure. Qualifying award: Seattle Wine Awards (gold)
Rating: Platinum • 91 points
Production: 48 cases
Alcohol: 13%
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