Best Buy! Weekly hand-stirring of barrels for six months, combined with 24% of juice fermented in stainless steel, helps explain the complex aromas of Golden Delicious apple, lemon pepper, clarified butter and dusty minerality. There's much more of the oak influence showing on the rounded palate, which brings hints of buttered English muffin along with apple and apricot. Lemony … [Read more...] about Columbia Crest 2011 Grand Estates Chardonnay, Columbia Valley, $12
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Columbia Crest 2011 Grand Estates Moscato, Columbia Valley, $12
Best Buy! Three varieties of the Muscat grape — Muscat Canelli (48%), the ancient Muscat of Alexandria (15%) and Black Muscat (14%) — along with the Pinot Blanc-Silvaner cross of Morio-Muskat (13%) and Gewürztraminer (10%), make for fun and tasty study. It will tickle your nose with passionfruit, tangerine, lemongrass and grapefruit. The approach to the palate is akin to a … [Read more...] about Columbia Crest 2011 Grand Estates Moscato, Columbia Valley, $12
Columbia Crest 2009 Grand Estates Merlot, Columbia Valley, $12
Best Buy! The Northwest's largest winery continues to do a marvelous job with this tier, and the amount of expression is rather remarkable at this price point. Aromas include root beer barrel candy with plums, dried cherry, chocolate and vanilla. The drink, juiced up by Syrah (11%), is fruit-driven with plum, strawberry, dark cherry and chocolate flavors with mouth-filling … [Read more...] about Columbia Crest 2009 Grand Estates Merlot, Columbia Valley, $12
Columbia Crest 2009 Grand Estates Syrah, Columbia Valley, $12
Best Buy! Winemaker Juan Muñoz Oca put together this delicious and affordable Syrah using grapes from the Horse Heaven Hills, Wahluke Slope and Yakima Valley. It opens with aromas of milk chocolate, pink peppercorn, red currant and toast, followed by rich, jammy, delicious flavors of cherry, blackberry jam and spice. This is widely distributed, so add this to your list of … [Read more...] about Columbia Crest 2009 Grand Estates Syrah, Columbia Valley, $12
Columbia Crest 2009 Grand Estates Amitage, Columbia Valley, $12
Best Buy! Winemaker Juan Muñoz Oca and his team have crafted a superb and affordable red blend that leads with Merlot (63%), Syrah (33%) and Cabernet Franc using grapes primarily from the warm Wahluke Slope and Horse Heaven Hills. Because the bulk of this wine uses early ripening varieties, it was less likely to be affected by an Oct. 10 frost that cut short the end of the … [Read more...] about Columbia Crest 2009 Grand Estates Amitage, Columbia Valley, $12