Community Tasting Notes 5

• DSmol Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 28, 2018 - This is a very pretty wine that seems more French than Washington. Spice, soft, lighter bodied, integrated tannins. Reflective of a cooler vintage, showing how well-made Washington wine can age gracefully. A nice food wine, but also pleasing to drink on its own. If you're lucky enough to have any left, decant for two hour or more, and then, enjoy. I think this wine is at its peak.

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• Merrit wrote: 89 points

  November 22, 2015 - Classic tasting rustic Rhone blend, with a mix of plum, cherry, cranberry, strawberry, anise, pepper, canned black olives and earth. Stunningly well balanced: not too tart, not too tannic and not uncomfortably smooth. However, it does feel and taste a touch too thin, a touch too metallic and possibly a touch too rustic. Paired impeccably with a homemade minestrone.

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• KeithAkers wrote: 90 points

  April 9, 2014 - Nose: The nose has a real attractive savory quality with black fruits, olives, black cherries, spice notes, and a touch of violets. The nose is wound a little tight, but there is good depth and style.
  
  Taste: Medium/full bodied with medium acidity as well as youthful and chewy tannins. The savoriness continues with black fruits, olives, black cherries, leather, and some violets on the back end.
  
  Overall: This is a wonderful rhone based blend. While this harkens to a more rustic side of the southern rhone, there is still a real attractive dark red fruit core that shows its new world-ness.

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• VinLancaster wrote:

  January 18, 2014 - Captivating spiced black fruit, subtle earth tones and cherries, stacked with a quarry full of minerals. Opened up nicely after 2 hours. This lovely blend finished with powder soft tannins that went on for a full swoop of the second hand. I like this is even better than the 2009 vintage. This will certainly hold up for many years to come. Drink next 2015

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• Jason Karnes wrote: 88 points

  January 16, 2014 - Complex with high tannin and some pepper. Good stuff.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Gilbert Cellars
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Allobroges
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Wahluke Slope

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• In Cellars 15 (22%)
• Consumed 52 (78%)

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