Community Tasting Note

• Motz wrote: 92 points

  March 15, 2014 - This is huge! It put my mind to 2008 offerings from Pepper Bridge and Va Piano. Most big Walla Walla reds are more acidic than tannic; this wine features an ample jolt of fine-grained tannin and excellent acid beginning at the mid palate that continues through an agreeable, if somewhat hot finish. The wine is not yet resolved and probably needs three or more years to show what it will be. Between the tannin, acid, and heat there is a balance issue. The wine could evolve beautifully and score 92-93 points. It could remain highly acidic and the tannic structure could fade, or it could reach a peak and unwind quickly. I suspect the tannic structure will help this evolve nicely, thus the score, but it is always difficult to tell with wines sourced from Walla Walla and made in this style.

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