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| Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2025 (based on 5 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 32 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by corkscrews on 5/10/2021 & rated 90 points: A nose of dark fruits and spices, dark purple in color. A medium to full bodied Bordeaux blend, with blackberry, black cherry, herbs, spices on long finish, very good. www.winelx.com (1230 views) | | | Tasted by TampaMark on 6/5/2020 & rated 91 points: LOVED IT (1734 views) | | | Tasted by Squizno on 5/31/2020 & rated 92 points: Always like Baer. Fresh fruit but good weight for Washington cab. (1510 views) | | | Tasted by stevemar on 12/31/2019 & rated 92 points: Deep purple, good legs. Blackberries, black cherry, cocoa on the nose. Dark fruits, minerals, medium tannins with lush and silky mouthfeel (2208 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Washington: Various Shades of Hot (Oct 2017) (10/1/2017)
(Baer Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Arctos Washington Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Paul Zitarelli
Full Pull, Full Pull Arctos (8/30/2018)
(Baer Arctos) Hello friends. We have fantastic pricing today on a list-favorite wine from Baer Winery. It took a combination of several factors—our willingness to commit to a significant quantity, the desire to push our TPU discount a bit deeper than normal—to hit the tag today. We think our list members will be enormously pleased.(For a good primer on Baer, whose story is one of tragedy and renewal, I highly recommend Andy Perdue’s article in Great Northwest Wine.) This wine is normally offered at its $43 release price. For the last few years, we’ve been offered one shot each year at considerably better pricing if we’re willing to commit to a sizeable parcel. Which we are (that’s about as easy as “Yes” gets for us). All Baer wines are 100% sourced from Stillwater Creek Vineyard, a fantastic site whose grapes are used by wineries like Corliss, Saviah, and Rotie. Planted in 2000, the vineyard’s 235 acres sit southward facing on the Royal Slope of the Frenchman Hills. Arctos, Baer’s left-bank Bordeaux blend, is crafted from Stillwater’s Cabernet Sauvignon, (81%), Petit Verdot (15%), and Merlot (4%). The wine spent nearly two years in French oak—the Cabernet in some new barrels—before bottling in summer 2016. It has now had another two years to mature in bottle. Listed alc is 14.8%, and this begins with a nose combining black plum and cherry fruit with touches of violet, earth, spice (clove and anise), and dark chocolate. How wonderfully Washington Cabernet. It’s a downright supple, palate-staining wine that elegantly straddles brute strength and balance. A silky attack and robust mid-palate emerge, all with a dark brooding core of fruit, and it finishes long and vibrant with black-tea tannins and graphite minerality. International Wine Report (Owen Bargreen): “This wine is a fantastic blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon with 15% Petit Verdot and 4% Merlot. Needing more than a two hour decant, this wine emerges from its slumber with aromas of black tar, black currant, creme de cassis and mocha aromatics. With a lovely minerality and polished tannins, this silky Cabernet wine glides along the mid-palate, leading to a long, dark fruit and mineral driven finish. Try to resist this beauty for at least another year. Drink 2018-2030. 93pts.” As you can see, Mr. Bargreen suggests waiting another year at least to drinks this wine. His review was written in June 2017, so we have hit that mark and then some. His suggestion makes sense—even still, the brooding nature of the fruit and the prominence of the powerful tannins both suggest a wine whose best years are ahead. Still, this wine is already balanced, classy, and well-proportioned. For list members whose usual buying ceiling is $20, this is a wine to consider a splurge on. Those extra ten bucks get you a wine that drinks every bit like its $43 release price. |
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| Baer Winery Producer websiteCabernet 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 RimmermanColumbia Valley Columbia Cascade Winery Association
The Columbia Valley AVA lies mostly in Washington state, with a small section in Oregon. The Cascade Range forms its western boundary with the Palouse regions bordering the area to the east. To the north, the Okanogan National Forest forms a border with the AVA and Canada. It encompasses the valleys formed by the Columbia River and its tributaries, including the Walla Walla River, the Snake River, and the Yakima River. The Columbia valley stretches between the 46th parallel and 47th parallel which puts it in line with the well known French wine growing regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy. The northern latitude gives the areas two more hours of additional daylight during the summer growing season than wine regions of California receive. The volcanic and sandy loam soil of the valley offers good drainage and is poor in nutrients, ideal in forcing the vine to concentrate its resources into the grape clusters.Columbia Valley Columbia Valley Winery Association |
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