| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2017 Cadence Pinot Noir Anna's VineyardChehalem Mountains more |
3/9/2024 - Eric wrote: NRESTG does Oregon Pinot (Newcastle, WA): Very grapey, quite klunky, very concentrated. This is Pinot? Sour but heavy. |
| Red |
2000 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/9/2008 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 92 pointsThis is a really solid bottle of wine. Julie finished this before I could drink much of it. My one sip tells me of a great future. |
| Red |
2000 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/13/2009 - Eric wrote: 92 pointsGorgeous bottle of wine. Strong vitamin scents are followed by piercing floral notes. This features a gorgeously polished palate of blackberry and violet, very pure fruit, silky tannins, beautifully balanced. |
| Red |
2000 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/25/2010 - JasonG Likes this wine: 93 pointsFirst off, you must decant this for three hours. Any less, and it will dominate with a funky, almost moldy forest floor, covering any fruit that's there. (we actually had to open another wine while this was waiting to have with dinner) After decanting, it becomes an even, velvety mouthfeel wine, with super dark fruit, gentle tannins and mild oak. You can really taste the Red Mountain cherry oil (Ceil du Cheval and Klipsun) and remarkably, you can even taste the Walla Walla (some Spring Valley in '00 and '99 reserves). This is a great wine for WA wine lovers, shows off every characteristic you'd want and hope for. You just have to be patient when you open this. I expect this will hold for another 5 years, but I would open and decant it now, otherwise you risk losing the fruit to not enough acid in this vintage. Stellar. There are better wines being made today, but at the time, this shows Ben was way ahead of the boutique wine industry. |
| Red |
2000 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/17/2010 - Average Joe wrote: 93 pointsNot much more time left for this one, but it was excellent. Recommend decanting. |
| Red |
2000 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/24/2011 - GlenviewGSW wrote: 91 pointsAgree with previous posters that a good decant is needed to blow off the initial sharpness of the nose and taste. Once decanted wine displays nice flavor profile and clean finish. Still has quite a bit of acifdity which may allow the wine to continue to age but may also lead to it becoming unbalanced. Don't think it will improve with more age |
| Red |
2000 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/10/2012 - devman wrote: 93 pointsFantastic wine! If this was poured blind, I would have guessed it as a 2007 wine. Tons of power and finesse. Great nose of toasted wood, cherry and that lovely Red Mountain earthiness. On the palate it was lively, striking a good balance between the fruit, tannin and acidity. Cherry, blackberry and a touch of oak. |
| Red |
2000 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/30/2014 - KenK Likes this wine: 90 pointsDark tense aromas of black toast, new lather, and black cherries. Nice hit of dark sour candy cherries quickly subsides and likes good medium bodied textured flavors with good spices before fallong away. In nice place, but think its time to drink up. |
| Red |
1999 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/21/2006 - Mark wrote: 87 pointsWell, I’m not exactly sure what to make of this. I tried a bottle several years ago but it was young, tight and unyielding. Now, not much has changed. Initial nose of deep dark red fruit but that quickly faded into a big brawny closed, tannic and tight wine. Six hours later, I see no sign of any change. I suggest holding this for several more years (2009?). Right now, it’s just not a terribly enjoyable bottle to drink. |
| Red |
1999 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/20/2011 - devman wrote: NRFruit is starting to fade, but there is still a great deal of complexity in this wine. It'll probably be fine for another couple years, but after that it'll be over the hill. |
| Red |
1999 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/25/2012 - zovizule wrote: NRNice. A little bricking but otherwise not showing too much age. Opens with an hour of air. Before that was a bit tight and restrained. But 2 hours later and plenty of fruit still there to go with the tannin and good acidity. No rush to drink the other bottle I have. |
| Red |
1999 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/8/2013 - zovizule wrote: NRThis bottle was really excellent. Still has a very full bodied texture, with food dark fruit and mostly integrated but still noticeable tannins. Sorry this is my last bottle - if it was representative, there should still be at least several good years ahead fo rit. |
| Red |
1999 Cadence ReserveWashington Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/7/2019 - norsktorsk wrote: 94 pointsThis wine is drinking beautifully. Wow. Held up no problem. |
| Red |
2002 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/11/2004 - SGates wrote: 88 pointsA very nice red blend. I liked this one better than the Three Legged Red and the Trutina. Starts sweet and fruity and gained structure and complexity on the second day. Much softer than some cabernet sauvignon based blends. |
| Red |
2006 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/7/2009 - benny wrote: 90 pointsunique blend. Enjoyable with lambchops. |
| Red |
2006 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/17/2009 - NPWolfe wrote: 88 pointsA good friend of mine is the kind of guy who actually builds all of those projects in the back of Popular Mechanics and Popular Electronics, so I was not surprised to find that he was engaged in a project with his son when I dropped by. I was surprise to find out that the project was inserting a fluorescing gene from a jellyfish into a bacterium. When I expressed admiration at his ability he dismissed it with the comment that this was the kind of project that some high schools teach their students. A quick check of the Internet showed he was correct. Gosh, if a guy in rural Central Texas is doing gene splicing in his workshop how long is it going to be before individuals with far more skill are inserting flavor genes into grapes. It cannot be too much harder to pull a flavor gene or multiple flavor genes from other fruits and put them into grapes. Will I care or will I applaud the more nuanced flavors in the wine. I don’t know; but I am sure I am going to have to make that decision before too long. |
| Red |
2006 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/23/2008 - winenewb068 wrote: 86 pointsPopped for dinner and left open for a few hours. Lots of ripe fruit and a bit of an alcoholic bite at the end. Needs either more time in the bottle, or an extended decant. Nonetheless, a pleasant enough bottle. |
| Red |
2006 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/19/2008 - mreinitz wrote: 89 pointsEarthy, with nice fruit. I liked it better than last year's coda. |
| Red |
2006 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/29/2008 - mkparker wrote: 84 pointsDrinkable, but nothing to write home about. Purchased at winery event, where it tasted better than at this sitting. |
| Red |
2003 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/10/2005 - CP wrote: 90 pointsThis is a 70% Cab Franc and 30% Cab Sauvignon blend. The Cab Franc earthiness really comes through but is balanced nicely by the brightly fruited CS. Complex but approachable today, will benefit from some growing up time. A very different wine from its 2002 big brother, but another winner from Ben Smith. |
| Red |
2003 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/17/2006 - CP wrote: 90 pointsDecanted for about two hours. Very purple with a hint of red, quite cloudy, fairly dense. Nice aroma of really dark cherry, hint of chocolate, leather, tobacco. More of the same on the palate, little more dominated by the leather note, just a little cling on texture and tannin, and a huge dark fruit finish. Drinks well now, probably good for another couple years. |
| Red |
2003 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/5/2009 - cmonki wrote: NRLovely Wine Very fresh Cabernet Franc/ Merlot This wine still has nice fruit with a good acid backbone and dusty tannin Silky with nice Franc funk Drink now untill 2012 Popped and pour chunky sediment |
| Red |
2003 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/28/2009 - last chance wrote: 91 pointsTasted blind from magnum. The nose had aromas of currants, cherries, tobacco and earth. The palate had ripe red fruit flavors, with spices and a dusty earth note. Still fairly tannic, but had a good mouthfeel that progressed nicely through a fairly long, mouthwatering finish. This is drinking well on it's own, but it would also be a very nice food wine. This is the second time that I've had the 03 Coda, and I think that it's my favorite wine from Cadence. It certainly is more approchable than the Cadence Taptiel at this point. I didn't even come close to guessing such a high percentage of Cab Franc in this wine. |
| Red |
2003 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/6/2010 - cmonki wrote: 90 pointsNice Funk I love Cab Franc we want the funk gotta have that funk. Good wine for the $$$ |
| Red |
2003 Cadence CodaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/13/2013 - Jhloregon Likes this wine: 90 pointsDrinking week into the decade. Lots of sediment needed decanting. cab franc comes through with a tannic finish. Bouquet not big but finish is good. Some fruit but well balanced. |
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