3/4/2023 - kcsteve Likes this wine:

Last bottle was 11/2021. It was fabulous. The wine has settled since then and it is in a great drink window. Tannins have settled and the fruit has receded somewhat Bramble, earth, blackberry, blueberry and vanilla. Finish is like velvet. Decanted 1/2 hour and needed more as it improved as consumed.

2/16/2021 - TallMikeWine wrote:

Amazing brightness here. I am going to go out on a limb and say these are ready to drink and 3 more years of this freshness. Drink by 2024. Blue fruit and a ton of floral notes. Great finish!

8/21/2020 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

Wrong wine- oops!

Very good, drank over three days, best on day three, fleshed out and still very full of vigor. Loads of black fruits: cherry and plum, damp herbs and old wood. Very fresh. In the mouth, the wine is full bodied, +acid, med tannin, salty black plum, cherry, wet stone, liquorice, nice progression. Still very, very young. Needs a few more years, but is very approachable now. Had with grilled pork chop and asparagus.

7/25/2020 - Francophile wrote:

This wine was rather watery and acidic. We hoped this would blow off after a while but did not. There was little evidence of fruit and overall very disappointing. Given its Cellar Tracker score was over 90 we were looking forward to a pretty decent wine. We ended up dumping half the bottle and drinking a different WA wine that was better. Sorry Soos Creek this did not do it for us.

5/9/2020 - kcsteve Likes this wine:

Evolved over 3 hours. Plum, blueberry, dusty tannins and metalic finish.

5/9/2020 - Josch48 Likes this wine:

56% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 20% Mourvèdre, 4% Cinsaut, with a barely translucent dark cherry color and the uplifting and graceful fragrance of a (this is not sexist) feminine Chateauneuf-du-Pape or perhaps a sweet and delicate smelling Spanish Garnacha without the additional earthiness or leather saddle smell.
The fruit is round and sweet with appropriately balanced acidity, soft supportive tannins, and a medium bodied supple mouthfeel.
This is not a fully extracted, in your face, bruiser of a wine, but a sophisticated and expertly crafted beauty. I must confess a lack of credible experience of tasting Yakima Valley wines, but I have very much enjoyed every wine I have had from this region and my Foodie-Oenophile Seattle brother in law started me on this regional quest and I hope to expand my search, especially with wines from Owen Roe.

4/15/2018 - RWG Likes this wine:

Great QPR. Young, fresh, and unique. Tasting notes are a bit hazy as it was the 3rd bottle drank.

5/10/2018 - SpoochMan Likes this wine:

This drank very nicely, super smooth. It is food friendly too. The fruit veers slightly toward sweet/pruny, but not so much to be offputting. The wife does not like pruny wines at all and did not complain about this one. Good value at $24 and ready to drink. Will probably hold for a few years, but I'm not sure about the 2030 drinking window end date here. That seems a bit much.

1/23/2015 - kcsteve Likes this wine:

A steal of a wine. Deep, dense in color. Nose showed grape, herbs and spice. Palate was med-full body, light on palate, prunes, black fruit, spice and a touch of earth. Drying tannins and super acidity. Need substantial food, but so good just by itself. Holding other 2 til next year to see development.

1/16/2014 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

I really liked this - for the first hour, then it closed down and nail polish aromas waded in. Seems like it's got the structure, balance and beauty to age, and the first glass was flat out delicious, but when it shut down, and withdrew, it was rather unforgiving, and not very pleasant. Would love to revisit anytime between 2022 and 2030.

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5/11/2014 - kcsteve Likes this wine:

Consistent with notes on 3/4/2014.

2/26/2014 - kcsteve Likes this wine:

Bottle was leaking from under foil and dripping on other bottles. Opened and cork had no wine around edges...it was leaking through the cork itself, a first for me. Poured to examine and wine was garnet and clear. No sign or taste of oxidation. Still has very present but soft tannins and nice acidity. Get some black cherry, blackberry and spice. Nice long finish. Forced to drink early in the afternoon....some days are just good days.

3/4/2014 - kcsteve Likes this wine:

Nose was closed until wine warmed slightly and was still not near as impactful as the palate. Peaches and cream, granny smith apple, a bit of pear and passive minerality. Fantastic acidity and tartness and just right sweetness that balanced with the alcohol. I Buy this wine every year and it never disappoints. Would like to lay down some bottles but it never happens. Too luscious.

2/23/2013 - kcsteve Likes this wine:

Decanted 1 hr. Returned to open bottle for 3 hrs. Medium weight and color. Blackberry, cocoa, spice on palate. Tannin were a bit overbearing but settled as time passed. Good for the price.