| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2013 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Private ReserveColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/3/2020 - Laz4wine Likes this wine: 90 pointsI'd like to think the WOMBAT got an off bottle as this was quite juicy with rich cassis-cherry-berry fruits, balanced by integrated toasted vanilla-mocha with mild peppered spices. Typical smooth balanced WA blend profile from the get go, solid winemaking here, no clue why JS suggests waiting till 2025 as this seems ready now and may peak by then. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (6) |
| Red |
2012 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
12/8/2014 - laxman Does not like this wine: 86 pointsbig disappointment following media hype (WS 92). While almost anything in WS needs to be taken with a grain of salt, given their propensity to over-hype plonk (and under-hype great values), this is only marginally better than Columbia Crest's 2012 Grand Estates and that's nothing to be proud of. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
| Red |
2012 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
1/21/2015 - mrfroopy Does not like this wine: 74 pointsthis wine actually has some nice fruit..if a bit over ripe, however.. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
| Red |
2013 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Private ReserveColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/2/2021 - srh Likes this wine: NRSHOULD you be interested, I’ve uploaded info for this vintage which you can peruse at your leisure. 😉 Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2020 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
6/8/2023 - Richard8655 Likes this wine: 91 pointsDry, dark, ruby red cabernet that exceeds its price point. Well-rounded with excellent complexity and nicely balance fruit. Highly recommend at $10. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2012 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
3/3/2015 - junglejuice wrote: 87 pointsSimple, sweet red fruit driven with very little complexity. Very little varietal character. A wine to guzzle. One could do much worse for $11. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2013 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Private ReserveColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/6/2021 - JoeMe Likes this wine: 92 pointsAerated and then decanted for 2 hours before the first sip. The fumes are incredible at the time you open the bottle. There is just so much intense and enjoyable fruit initially when sticking the nose in the decanter. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White |
2014 Columbia Crest Chardonnay Grand EstatesColumbia Valley more |
4/19/2017 - frontenac Does not like this wine: 80 pointsDefinitely not my style, but very popular. I prefer to taste chardonnay rather than oak and butter. The French have a way with chardonnay that, when it works, produces a heavenly wine. I tasted one like that. Since I can't afford such wines, I stick to Macon, or white wines other than chardonnay, like white Bordeaux. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2012 Columbia Crest Merlot Grand EstatesColumbia Valley more |
2/24/2015 - Champagneinhand Does not like this wine: 79 pointsI thought some were being very harsh on a qpr, Merlot from a warm vintage that was most likely fermented and aged in steel with toasted spirals of oak trying to give it some finesse, but really this is one of the worst examples of wA merlot or Merlot in general that is one the market. This isn't a great QPR. This is a very warm vintage, but the flavors from oak are barrel or even barrique flavors but stuff from chips and circular toasted pieces which are really nothing but modern ways to attempt to give a wine, aged appearance. Really not good. Cocoa and chocolate make their appearances, but don't come with consistency or the acids that make a decent merlot. I was harsh reading some of the revues saying look towards Chile, but really good wA and CA Merlot exist but you will pay money to see and rink them and cellar time will be mandatory. Yes Italian greats are there, and the best qpr is from Unbria, in falsetto Merlot or whatever they have it branded for, in Wegman's its La Famiglie. Really unless you want to pay $30 for the better Right Bank bargains in Fronsac and I am speaking of La Vielle Cure or Chateau Fontenil, then you better give up on Melrot as a varietal as this is a piss poor example of what Merlot can offer and more of a warning of what to watch out for. Really, choose the Grand Estates Cabernet or go to the Two Vines Merlot-Cab Franc as a way better bet, than this crap. Faked, as in threaded oak shaving that have been toasted, all being legal in cA, but this isn't representative of real WA Columbia Valley or other Merlot. Shame on CC for letting this crap out on the market and shame even more on WS and others for buying in to this travesty. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2013 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Private ReserveColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/18/2021 - nguyenvx Likes this wine: 84 pointsMerlot (64%), Cabernet (34%) Blend. California, Washington, Columbia Valley. Bark to the nose. Light-Medium body, light toasted oak. Silky, short finish with a touch of acidity. There's a slight hint of tannin to let us know it's red side. I think it's a pleasant, accessible wine for all. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2013 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Red BlendColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/8/2016 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 85 pointsThis is a totally serviceable red blend from Washington State, especially considering it's very appealing $7.99 price tag. This is not a big powerful, blow you away wine. It has serious dark color and a fruity nose. The weight on the palate is only OK. Solid if not overwhelming combination of mostly red fruit that harmonize together. Clean red fruit finish with a touch of oak. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2016 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
12/27/2018 - KillerJones Likes this wine: 86 pointsThis wine tastes juicy & delicious. However, the RS is a bit high. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2009 Columbia Crest Merlot H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
6/4/2014 - slubgob wrote: flawedCorked. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2004 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon ReserveColumbia Valley more |
9/27/2017 - prasm Likes this wine: 91 pointsBought 3 bottles of this way back in the Summer of 2008, drank the first two within a year and sat on this one (passive cellar in the basement) until this evening. Pop and pour, consumed over 3 hours. Nose: Medium expressiveness, chocolate, toffee, lavender, and dark fruit - black raspberry and blueberry. My notes from 2008-9 indicated a strong oak presence which has definitely integrated quite well 8 years on. Palate: Medium-full bodied, surprisingly youthful showing a spicy dark fruit attack with enough acid to maintain balance, good persistence through the mid-palate, with leather and tobacco notes in the back-end. Finish: Medium length dominated by spicy dark fruit, tobacco, and earthiness. The years have been amazingly kind to this mid-level Washington cabernet, hard to imagine this getting any better though. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2010 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
9/30/2013 - no leashes wrote: 89 pointsThere must be some bottle variation going on here - I don't taste any of the problems some other reviewers have identified. We paired this with grilled marinated flat iron steaks on a Monday night and it worked beautifully. Smooth and polished cherry, spice and chocolate, drinking very nicely. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2008 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon ReserveColumbia Valley more |
7/24/2018 - Bam_Man Likes this wine: 93 pointsFirst one of these in 18 months. Brought with us to the Black Diamond clubhouse to share over dinner with Joe O’Toole. Now halfway through a case purchased back in 2012. A rather youthful-looking, opaque crimson in color, lightening noticeably at the edge. Sweet scents of berries, spice and cherry candy on the nose. Full-bodied and velvety in texture, this retains a definite sense of elegance and class. Still offering a generous amount of ripe, delicious blueberry, plum and dark currant fruit, with a mild-to-moderate acidity. Shows just a touch of oak now and silky tannins that are beautifully integrated. The long, polished finish is drenched with sweet fruit and alluring notes of vanilla, earth and mint. Complex, harmonious and delicious, this Columbia Valley beauty still seems to have plenty of life left ahead of it. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2005 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon ReserveColumbia Valley more |
9/28/2013 - dfresh wrote: 86 pointsOak dominates entire experience. Fruit never shows up. Finish is a cliff dive. Bottle is not bad but questioning consistency of this bottling? Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2010 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
9/12/2013 - gordongarlic wrote: 88 pointsaverage on the first day, very good on the 2nd. Initially was overbearing and hot with acid and tannin, but by day two these issues subsided and some nice cranberry and plum notes came forth. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2008 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon ReserveColumbia Valley more |
11/16/2018 - GoBlue2002 Likes this wine: 91 pointsBought on clearance for $19, opened this for a wine novice guest. Boy did I underestimate it. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2006 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Grand EstatesColumbia Valley more |
11/30/2010 - Jason Rzutkiewicz Likes this wine: NRnot enough formal notes to score this but I wish I had another case. Nice eucalyptus with plum and oak on the nose. Well structured throughout with a pleasant, barrel driven soft tannic finish. A very nice wine that couldn't be drinking much smoother than it is now. Shame it was my last bottle as the quality is well beyond $8 price point right now 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2005 Columbia Crest Merlot H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
4/29/2010 - RobertDwyer wrote: 91 pointsAfter being impressed with prior vintages of the Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot ('03/'04) and also the '07 Columbia Crest H3 Cabernet I've been on the hunt for the H3 Merlot. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2014 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Grand EstatesColumbia Valley more |
6/11/2016 - tomoem Likes this wine: 90 pointsHad at my brother-in law's 80th party among a variety of lower priced wines most between $ 17.00 & $ 25.00. I am recording my tasting notes from these. First are my tasting notes then is the listing of the wines opened.We also popped a 1936 Vega Siciliano ! 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2013 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Private ReserveColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/19/2020 - bluepeter2020@outlook.com Likes this wine: 91 pointsAn excellent full-bodied WA merlot. Perhaps a bit too extract / grapey, jammy and a bit excessive with oak for my taste, but incredibly enjoyable for the style. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2012 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Private ReserveColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/17/2018 - jmcmchi Likes this wine: 92 pointsA surprise. A lot of alcohol (14.8%) which does not really become evident until late 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2013 Columbia Crest Walter Clore Private ReserveColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/17/2020 - WineBurrowingWombat Does not like this wine: 80 pointsNose: Tons of fruit (like blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, currants and plums) on the red and purple of the color spectrum, almost sweet damp earth in a forest floor with all the grass and moss, gentle spiced oak and sour tobacco, some smoke meat and leather, silvery minerals with a bit of graphite (but coated in gobs of fruit) and a touch of sea breeze. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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