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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 28 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Winning_Wines on 9/22/2022 & rated 93 points: Wow, this wine must be in its apogee, or at least dang close to it. No signs of decline or being past peak. Instead everything has settled in to be right where it should be. Delicous, good fruit, balanced, long finish, and velvety tannins. (499 views) | | | Tasted by DaneM on 6/12/2021: Wow this was magical as Washington cabs go. Aged beautifully, leather and earth balanced with dark fruit sweetness. (797 views) | | | Tasted by aChave on 3/17/2017 & rated 91 points: Significant wine, even at this age. Depth with some tannic notes, but dominated by dark fruit and structure. Shows some eucalyptus early on, then the fruit and earth take over. Let's see what day 3 brings....
Day 4: Dense and round with medium dark fruit, the tannins having integrated nicely. Still a big wine, but showing some subtlety beneath. Quite good. (2223 views) | | | Tasted by ntruder on 8/1/2015 & rated 93 points: Classic Woody Cabernet. The wine was still vibrant, but 15 years on it shows silky integration and balance. Some of the higher or more in your face elements Rick Small's cabs are know for are now in the background and the overall experience was completely elegant. Slight bricking on the edges - but still looking youthful. Depending on your storage practices this wine still has some life - but my suggestion is to drink relatively soon - I would imagine it may start to fade in the next 24-26 months. (3029 views) | | | Tasted by Stirling on 1/11/2015 & rated 95 points: The 2000 Woodward Canyon Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon is yet another example of why we love this winery and its winemaking style. It’s a big, bold, complex wine, where the intensity is perfectly balanced and smooth with a very long finish. Dark red in colour, it was showing just the slightest age on the rim. Blackberry, black cherry and plum dominated the aroma while the flavour was a beautiful combination of fruit and wood with secondary notes of spice, earth and leather. Drinking brilliantly right now, it showed no sign of breaking down. www.advinetures.ca (3346 views) | | | Tasted by MarshPDX on 11/2/2014 & rated 94 points: Supurb 24 year old Cab. (3160 views) | | | Tasted by meld on 11/11/2012 & rated 92 points: This cab is aging well. Still has at least 5 more years before peaking/turning corner. (4549 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 10/20/2012 & rated 91 points: shared with pat at selkirk manor. this wine has put on some weight since last tasted. would probably have developed even further with additional exposure to air. excellent cab from a state that is better known for its pinot. also, the herbs and green vegetables are more typical of california cab. will have to do some homework to find out if there are any purchased grapes here. very well made wine, none the less. crystaline sediment was adhering to the bottom of the cork. needed 30 minutes to open. better than last bottle. dark fruit, herbs, green vegetables, green pepper, olive. has more to go. full, rich mouthfeel. smooth, well integrated. enjoyed greatly. (3505 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 9/17/2011 & rated 90 points: shared with pat at selkirk manor. opened this bottle based upon community consensus regarding longevity. the wine is showing beautifully. made in a very clean and light style. discernible cabernet fruit along with hints of neighboring vegetation. may not improve much with further time in the bottle but certainly not at risk for fading any time soon. will wait 6 months for the next one. (3584 views) | | | Tasted by 309VEB on 7/10/2010 & rated 89 points: Surprising light given the alcohol content. Well balanced but I would prefer more weight and some more fruit. In contrast to Vinsant I don't believe that more time in the cellar will improve this wine so I will be drinking my last bottle soon. (3917 views) | | | Tasted by ml1 on 3/7/2010 & rated 93 points: Great wine. Nose of spice and oak. On palate, tremendous balance of dark dusty fruit with loads of green vegetables and a cherry spearmint finish. (4008 views) | | | Tasted by Vinsant on 3/1/2010 & rated 92 points: Color fading around the rim gave up this wine in a blind setting as an older one. Brown sugar and caramel mixed with cherries, blackberries, and currants on the nose. A young tasting wine with some big bright fruit still kickin'. Well integrated currants, cherries, plums, spice, olive, some light green peppers, and caramel on the palate. Many years left, wish I had more. (2965 views) | | | Tasted by i musicisti di boston on 4/11/2009: surprisingly young, actually- still rather primary dark cassis and plum notes, richly spiced with oak. juicy palate presence, nice persistence. balanced, tasty wine, for those who tolerate prominent wood influence. (3197 views) | | | Tasted by jeffal66 on 9/3/2008 & rated 91 points: Definitely some time left in this bottle, though drinking well now. Better on Day 2 for sure, so make sure to decant. The word that comes to mind is rich. Silky and rich, with chocolate, dark black fruit, a complex palate. Long finish, plenty of tannic structure. Some sediment. Good stuff. (3170 views) | | | Tasted by rherman on 7/20/2008 & rated 91 points: Drinking really well right now with no decant time. Fleshy and ripe but with nice balanced tannin/ structure. New world but classy. Would venture to say a good life ahead (ours was from magnum). I'm always happy with Woodward. (3303 views) | | | Tasted by A&C on 7/2/2008 & rated 92 points: This was great. Right in its perfect drinkability window. People were elbowing each other to get the last glasses from the 1.5 l bottle, which was gone in an instant. Wonderful example of a great Washington State Cab. (3277 views) | | | Tasted by Spencer on 6/25/2008 & rated 90 points: I grabbed this from the cellar without checking my past notes on it. Just as I had noted in 2007, this needs some more time. (3209 views) | | | Tasted by pgamble on 12/7/2007 & rated 92 points: We decanted this wine and it seemed to make a big difference to the good. Dark with blackberry and plum flavors and a long finish. It will be good for many more years. Delicious! (3559 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 10/12/2007: Another in the series of Friday night wine tastings with the No Spits. This time we tried a five vintage mini vertical of Woodward Canyon Artist Series Cabs. The 2000 was the best of our flight with delicious deep black fruits and beautifully integrated French oak. This one was smooth, silky and rich with a long finish of black fruit and vanilla. It was especially good on the second night. Very good to excellent. (3528 views) | | | Tasted by Spencer on 8/29/2007 & rated 91 points: Still quite young, with some prominent oak and tannin, but there's a great raw material here and this wine improved significantly by the second day. Distinctively Washington cabernet. I would either decant the hell out of it, or wait another 5 years before opening another. Very good wine with a lot of potential. (3671 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 10/13/2006 & rated 89 points: Blackberries, currants, cedar, dark chocolate, and spicy american oak on the nose with a rich deep palate. This wine initially seemed a bit flat and heavy handed on the oak side but it improved with air over two hours and was drinking quite nicely at the end of the evening. Very nice. (3995 views) | | | Tasted by Tom_B on 4/8/2006 & rated 91 points: This wine is deep ruby-red, clear with a dark hue to it. Aromas of black currant, spice and a vegetal note on the nose. Medium bodied, with plenty of acidity and flavors of plum and red currant tingle the medium finish. (2157 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 4/1/2006 & rated 89 points: This is a delicious wine with big red and black fruits on the nose and palate with oak influences that are well integrated. (chocolate, vanilla, smoke) This is a much more typical Washington Cab than the 2001 Cadence Tapteil that Mrs. Greenblanket and I tasted with it. Watch out for sediment because this was definitely unfiltered and unfined. (4367 views) | | | Tasted by Spencer on 1/13/2004 & rated 92 points: Deep ruby. Cassis and bitter chocolate on the nose and palate. Tannins were a little coarse last year, but now they're much finer. Much silkier and more balanced as well. I think Tanzer underrated this wine. I haven't tried the Old Vines cab yet, but I'll be interested to see how it compares to this. This wine will be better in a couple years, and should drink well until 2015. (5085 views) | | | Tasted by R2-D2 on 12/17/2003 & rated 87 points: Burnt rubber, simple nose. Blackberries, herbs, caramel and toast ... nothing (308 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, November/December 2003, IWC Issue #111
(Woodward Canyon Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series #9 Washington) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Woodward Canyon Producer website
Located in the Walla Walla Valley appellation of Washington State, Woodward Canyon Winery was started in 1981 by Rick Small and his wife, Darcey Fugman-Small. Since that time, the winery has consistently produced premium, award-winning cabernet sauvignons and merlots as well as chardonnays. Early on Rick determined that quality would take precedence over quantity. Consequently, Woodward Canyon has remained small, increasing its production from 1,200 cases in 1981 to our current production of about 17,000 cases. About 7,000 of this total production is Nelms Road, Woodward Canyon's second label.
Woodward Canyon is a founding member of the Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance and of Walla Walla Valley Vinea, the Winegrower's Sustainable Trust. Woodward Canyon Winery is located in Lowden, about 13 miles west of Walla Walla, Washington. Our tasting room is a restored 1870's farmhouse.Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.Washington Washington Wine Commission | Credit to Washingtonwine.org for this article
Washington Wine
Washington State is a premium wine producing region located in the northwest corner of the United States. Although a relatively young wine industry, it is now the nation's second largest wine producer and is ranked among the world's top wine regions. Washington wines are found nationally in all 50 states and internationally in more than 40 countries.
Wineries
With 30,000+ acres planted, the state has ideal geography and conditions for growing premium vinifera wine grapes. Primarily grown on their own root stocks, the vines produce grapes of consistent quality, resulting in strong vintages year after year. While its focus is on Chardonnay, Riesling, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, the region also produces a wide range of other spectacular whites and reds.
Growers
Winemakers from all over the world have chosen to establish themselves in Washington, where they can create wines reflecting this region's unique characteristics. Their hand-crafted wines are receiving wide acclaim from critics regionally, nationally and internationally for their consistently high quality. Many of them have received scores of 90 and above from the major wine media. Overall this is a higher percentage than other leading wine regions.
Regions
As the state's fourth largest fruit crop, the Washington wine industry is an important contributor to the long-term preservation of Washington agriculture. The industry is committed to sustainable agricultural practices and conservation of water resources.
Washington State is a premium wine producing region located in the northwest corner of the United States. Although a relatively young wine industry, it is now the nation's second largest wine producer and is ranked among the world's top wine regions. Washington wines are found nationally in all 50 states and internationally in more than 40 countries.
Varieties
Washington produces more than 20 wine grape varieties - a ratio of 56 percent white to 44 percent red. As the industry matures and experiments, it finds many grape varieties that thrive throughout Washington's microclimates. There are more than 16,000 vineyard acres of red wine varieties statewide.
History & Vintages
Washington's wine future is limitless. As consumers discover the quality of Washington wines, demand continues to grow nationally and internationally. New acreage and wine varietals are being planted and new wineries are opening at a remarkable pace. Washington State is recognized as a premium viticultural region around the world.
State Facts
Washington's wine industry generates more than $3 billion to the state economy. It employs more than 14,000 people, directly and indirectly, with projections to add nearly 2,000 more jobs by 2006. In terms of tax revenues accrued to the state and federal government, wine grapes are among the highest tax generators of any agricultural crops. Furthermore, Washington wine tourism attracts nearly two million visitors annually contributing to the positive growth of local and regional economies.
Washington State - the perfect climate for wine = ideal growing conditions, quality wines, business innovation, lifestyle, and social responsibility. All are key elements of this world-class wine industry.
Vintages
"2008 and even more so 2010 and 2011 were cool, even cold vintages (think: 2002 in the Barossa) without the extreme ripeness, extract and higher alcohol that had become the norm in the state’s post 1995 world. 2008 was manageable but the duo of 2010/2011 nearly caused a “great depression” in Washington State." - Jon RimmermanWashingtonRattlesnake Hills |
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