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By Stephen Tanzer
(Gorman Winery Proprietary Blend The Albatross Red Mountain) Login and sign up and see review text.
November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159, (See more on Vinous...)
Washington Wine Report
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By Sean Sullivan
(Gorman Winery The Albatross Red Mountain) Dark to the point of being opaque. A perfumed wine full of earth, soil, floral notes, and dark fruit. On the palate, a gigantically rich, intense wine that packs a huge wallop with focused fruit flavors and textured, ripe tannins. Though not for the faint of heart, this wine stands with the best in the state and is high on the list of the best wines I have had this year. 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Petit Verdot. Kiona Vineyard. Aged in 100% new French oak. 140 cases produced.
8/29/2011, (See more on Washington Wine Report...) ***** points -
By Sean Sullivan
(Gorman Winery The Albatross Red Mountain) A perfumed nose with blackberry, balsamic, pencil lead, and licorice. Again, a monstrous, big beast of a wine that is an exclamation point on the palate. Hugely tannic and drinking very young right now. Give two to three years. 66% Cabernet Sauvignon; 34% Petit Verdot. Kiona Vineyard. Aged 20 months in new French oak. 120 cases produced.
9/30/2010, (See more on Washington Wine Report...) ***** points
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Wine Definition
- Vintage2008
- TypeRed
- ProducerGorman Winery
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- DesignationThe Albatross
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationRed Mountain
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10/11/2022 - sanjuanlewis Likes this wine: 90 Points
Seems to be shutting down. This was my last bottle. If I had another I would hold for at least a year.
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11/6/2021 - sanjuanlewis Likes this wine: 92 Points
I had high hopes for this one. Good, but not great. I’m not sure I can agree with the 95 points from wine spectator. In a good place right now. Well balanced, medium body, medium finish, nice bright fruit, but the acidity is too dominant at this point. Hopefully it will settle down. I’ll wait at least a year for my last bottle.
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12/31/2017 - curtr Likes this wine: 91 Points
The 34% Petite Verdot seems to work in this wine. I have rarely had a wine with greater than 5% that I enjoyed. Drink for at least 2 more years.
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12/30/2017 - garambler Likes this wine: 92 Points
Friends brought this to our 12/30/17 belated Christmas dinner. It had a big, rich, fragrant bouquet of cassis, black cherry, licorice, black pepper and spice aromas. The palate was rich, dense powerful and dry with flavors of black cherry, black currant, blackberry, licorice, pepper and spice.
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9/8/2017 - curtr Likes this wine: 91 Points
Great balance & character.
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