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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 137 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by NPBWineGuy on 11/20/2023 & rated 93 points: Delicious, as always. It still needs some time in the bottle to smooth out the tannins. Otherwise it’s all good. (396 views) | | | Tasted by SMHalps on 10/20/2023 & rated 93 points: Part of a WA state Blend night with my wine group, it was opened but not decanted for over 45 minutes before pouring. Just a hair behind the 2007 Betz that we had, it was a big hit with the group. Probably has a few more years of life ahead of it. Balanced as opposed to a full bodied fruit bomb. (490 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 2/22/2023 & rated 88 points: Dense et corsé, sur les fruits noirs et
les épices. Pas mal long et un peu
sur la chauffe. Encore pas mal joufflu
et corpulent. (1429 views) | | | Tasted by Ewhite30 on 2/18/2023: The cork came out in one piece, that alone felt like a victory. Decanted. Sweetly floral, fragrant of cocoa dusted dark berries, cigar box and wet soil. Plum and blackberry fruits, dark chocolate and graphite, and dried tobacco leaf. Textured and rich, retains a vein of acidity - drinking very well.
Notes after eight hours open, drank just well on the second too. Not sure why I don’t own more of these… (760 views) | | | Tasted by snowstrm on 10/29/2022 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured. Big and dense, with mouth coating tannins, dark berry fruits, and a long finish. Even with lots of air in glass, this remains quite tannic and not quite in perfect balance yet. This should get better and better with a few more years in bottle. (1019 views) | | | Tasted by Christian De Lafoye on 6/3/2022 & rated 95 points: As others have noted, corks are bad and have been for over ten years. I bought a case of this soon after it was made available and thats why I have a prong style bottle opener. No problem opening with the two prong opener. This wine was outstanding, as good of a new world bordeaux blend that I've had. Now fourteen years old we are beginning so see the slightest golden edges but otherwise a deep garnet. Red fruits on the nose but the palate is blue and black fruits. Both the tannins and acid are balanced and remain in the background. We get bold fruit with just the slightest oak and pencil shavings with a hint of vanilla. Really outstanding. With a simple cheese platter. (1214 views) | | | Tasted by Paul Giamatti on 4/5/2022 flawed bottle: Cork was for s&%t! Completely disintegrated and having to save the wine from cork detritus was an immediate -10 points off my scoring (come on, Chris Camarada, get some better cork!)...
Paired with steak frites + burrata & heirloom tomato side salad for lunch. Aromatics filled up my house after just an hour decanting, like a diffuser (in a good way). Pain in the ass experience dealing with the cork kinda made the overall rating "meh" though. (1149 views) | | | Tasted by Winiac on 3/5/2022 & rated 91 points: Nice bouquet. Creamy mouthfeel, and extremely pleasant dried cherries and red berries flavors along with integrated wood. Medium bodied. Medium to long finish. Has delicious factor (the quality of the bottle cork was atrocious! Use a cork pull, it is like a piece of cheese)! (1044 views) | | | Tasted by bobadopolis on 11/14/2021 & rated 92 points: Prime drinking window after a brief decant (1247 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_in_HD on 5/8/2021 & rated 92 points: Still dense and brambly. I think a few more years in bottle will improve this wine. As others have mentioned, I had trouble with the cork. Screw went straight through and I finally had to punch it down and strain the wine. Only a minor annoyance. (1433 views) | | | Tasted by NPBWineGuy on 4/18/2021 & rated 92 points: One of my contributions to a tasting event. The tannins are rounding out nicely. The structure is still firm, however, and I believe it still has some years to go. Flavors were strong blueberries and raspberries with a hint of green pepper.
There’s definitely something wrong with the corks used for this wine. This is the fourth bottle of this vintage that couldn’t be opened with a corkscrew. The screw pulls straight through and the cork dissolves. I have to use a twin prong cork puller to remove the cork. (1314 views) | | | Tasted by Rixon on 4/5/2021 & rated 92 points: Mörkt röd till blåröd är färgen fortfarande. Väldigt intensivt i både doft och smak. Tydligt frukt som drar åt tertiära aromer av torkad frukt. Kryddor som skapar komplexitet. Vinet dricks väl nu men klarar fortsatt lagring. Mycket bra. (1322 views) | | | Tasted by djpo on 3/26/2021 & rated 93 points: High toned captures it all. Drinking very well. Why wait. (1273 views) | | | Tasted by Ewhite30 on 11/21/2020: The cork dissolved so a bit of a fight to get in, fortunately the wine was solid. Aged nicely with dark, bramble berries and dusty earth tones. Notes of mocha and pencil shaving too. Resolved tannins, nicely structured - drinking well. (1392 views) | | | Tasted by SMHalps on 10/25/2020 & rated 92 points: Part of a blind tasting. One of the other wines was the 2015 version of this. This bottle, while good, seems to be past it's peak. (1282 views) | | | Tasted by robertgf on 10/10/2019 & rated 91 points: DInner at "The Ranch" 10/9/19, Consumed with grilled steak dinner. Wine seemed more developed than suggested drinking window would imply; yet the wine did develop and open up over time in glass.
My initial response, compared to the previous wine, 07 BV Tapestry, was that this was a less acidic wine, the suggested fruits were blue, as opposed to BV's red. There is also a black peppery finish. Definitely a Boreaux blend. Nice wine. (2156 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 10/9/2019 & rated 91 points: Fall Fishing Day (The Ranch, WI): Very dark red/purple color. PNP, drank a glass plus over 3 hours. 72CS, 15CF, 10M, 3PV. Drinking this next to the '07 Tapesrty and '10 Two Blondes, this was the wine seemed the most different. A more distinctive green nose stands out, dark cherry, plum, woodsy and peppered. The palate is quite spicy and peppery, blackberry, plum, a bit grapey, green, high toned, dense and full bodied The green edge does mellow, but you still can't totally shake it and that's one of those things that bugs me. 90+ to 91pts. (1970 views) | | | Tasted by SMHalps on 8/30/2019 & rated 96 points: Opened and decanted at a NYC restaurant for over 30 minutes before starting to drink. Notes of cooked blueberries on the nose and palate. It was really enjoyable, right from the first sip, but it just kept getting better though out the evening. By the end of the evening the cooked fruit notes seemed to be replaced by more non-cooked fruit flavors. Nice structure, long finish. We had this alongside a 2010 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard, and this was the better wine of the night. (1642 views) | | | Tasted by dankrems on 4/21/2019 & rated 92 points: A straightforward cab nose of cassis and moderate oak. In the mouth the wine comes alive, with plenty of dark plum and juicy blackberry balanced against shades of tobacco and hints of pepper and baking spice. A full bodied, juicy wine with nice balance and rounded edges. Very good now and for at least a few more years. (1675 views) | | | Tasted by Schiffy on 3/14/2019 & rated 94 points: This wine changed in the glass like an old world Bordeaux...and that was after an hour decant. Lots going on here starting with dark blackberry fruit with classic old world notes of leather, cassis and barnyard...with a touch of mushroom on the finish. Lots of structure and wonderfully balanced with super smooth tannins...this will only get better with even more age. (1595 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 3/1/2019 & rated 88 points: Semble avoir vieilli prématurément, pas mal de tertiaire et animal,
je n'ai pas aimé celle-ci. (1816 views) | | | Tasted by phils_hobby on 12/25/2018 & rated 93 points: Very nice, but not quite up to expectations for a 11 year old sorella. Just not as much depth of flavors as hoped. Also cork was dry and crumbled. Bottle had been on its side for at least the last 7 years.
Time to drink up if you have any. (1372 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 5/30/2018 & rated 89 points: Moins bien que mes autres, semble s'essoufler.
Fruit en retrait, tannins fondus, un peu de tertiaire...je n'attendrai pas trop pour mes autres! (2499 views) | | | Tasted by bobadopolis on 5/29/2018 & rated 93 points: Splash decant. Incredible juice. Improved over the hour we drank it. Will decant a bit longer in the future. (1903 views) | | | Tasted by StraightnoChaser on 12/6/2017 & rated 91 points: Coravin into Riedel BDX and let the glass sit for an hour. Black cherry, leather and Shiitake mushroom. A little funk at first but that mellowed over the course of 1/2 hour. Mild tannins and a very smooth entry followed by a whiff of cedar. (2422 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JebDunnuck.com, Washington State’s 2020s (6/14/2023)
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(Andrew Will, Sorella Horse Heaven Hills Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2010, Issue #29, In Search of California’s New and Old Schools of Terroir
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(Andrew Will, Sorella Horse Heaven Hills Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, November/December 2009, IWC Issue #147
(Andrew Will Winery Sorella Red Wine Horse Heaven HIlls) Subscribe to see review text. | By Sean Sullivan
Washington Wine Report (6/7/2010)
(Andrew Will Winery Sorella Horse Heaven Hills) Nose is marked by light graphite, herbal tones, licorice, and light red fruit. Palate is beautifully refined with polished tannins and intensely focused fruit flavors. Give three to five years. 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot. Champoux Vineyard. Aged twenty-one months in French oak (35% new). 14.3% alcohol. 958 cases produced. ***** points |
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| Andrew Will Producer website
Andrew Will Winery was started in 1989 and is owned by Chris Camarda. The winery was launched out of a love for wine that Chris had developed while working in the restaurant trade for almost 20 years. Named after the Camardas’ son Will and nephew Andrew, Andrew Will has been a major contributor to the success and notoriety in recent years of Washington State wines. Initially, the winery consisted of 900 square feet of rented industrial space in Seattle.
In 1994, the Camardas moved to Vashon Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle, where they built the present winery. The fruit however comes from the mainland, across the Cascades in Eastern Washington, where all the significant vineyards lie in the rain shadow of the mountains.
Klipsun and Ciel du Cheval vineyards are adjacent on the loam and gravel soils of Red Mountain but produce different styles of wine. Klipsun makes massive, opulent wine to appreciate early. Ciel du Cheval possesses a slightly more tannic structure and great ageing potential.Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.Washington Washington Wine Commission | Credit to Washingtonwine.org for this article
Washington Wine
Washington State is a premium wine producing region located in the northwest corner of the United States. Although a relatively young wine industry, it is now the nation's second largest wine producer and is ranked among the world's top wine regions. Washington wines are found nationally in all 50 states and internationally in more than 40 countries.
Wineries
With 30,000+ acres planted, the state has ideal geography and conditions for growing premium vinifera wine grapes. Primarily grown on their own root stocks, the vines produce grapes of consistent quality, resulting in strong vintages year after year. While its focus is on Chardonnay, Riesling, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, the region also produces a wide range of other spectacular whites and reds.
Growers
Winemakers from all over the world have chosen to establish themselves in Washington, where they can create wines reflecting this region's unique characteristics. Their hand-crafted wines are receiving wide acclaim from critics regionally, nationally and internationally for their consistently high quality. Many of them have received scores of 90 and above from the major wine media. Overall this is a higher percentage than other leading wine regions.
Regions
As the state's fourth largest fruit crop, the Washington wine industry is an important contributor to the long-term preservation of Washington agriculture. The industry is committed to sustainable agricultural practices and conservation of water resources.
Washington State is a premium wine producing region located in the northwest corner of the United States. Although a relatively young wine industry, it is now the nation's second largest wine producer and is ranked among the world's top wine regions. Washington wines are found nationally in all 50 states and internationally in more than 40 countries.
Varieties
Washington produces more than 20 wine grape varieties - a ratio of 56 percent white to 44 percent red. As the industry matures and experiments, it finds many grape varieties that thrive throughout Washington's microclimates. There are more than 16,000 vineyard acres of red wine varieties statewide.
History & Vintages
Washington's wine future is limitless. As consumers discover the quality of Washington wines, demand continues to grow nationally and internationally. New acreage and wine varietals are being planted and new wineries are opening at a remarkable pace. Washington State is recognized as a premium viticultural region around the world.
State Facts
Washington's wine industry generates more than $3 billion to the state economy. It employs more than 14,000 people, directly and indirectly, with projections to add nearly 2,000 more jobs by 2006. In terms of tax revenues accrued to the state and federal government, wine grapes are among the highest tax generators of any agricultural crops. Furthermore, Washington wine tourism attracts nearly two million visitors annually contributing to the positive growth of local and regional economies.
Washington State - the perfect climate for wine = ideal growing conditions, quality wines, business innovation, lifestyle, and social responsibility. All are key elements of this world-class wine industry.
Vintages
"2008 and even more so 2010 and 2011 were cool, even cold vintages (think: 2002 in the Barossa) without the extreme ripeness, extract and higher alcohol that had become the norm in the state’s post 1995 world. 2008 was manageable but the duo of 2010/2011 nearly caused a “great depression” in Washington State." - Jon RimmermanColumbia Valley Columbia Cascade Winery Association
The Columbia Valley AVA lies mostly in Washington state, with a small section in Oregon. The Cascade Range forms its western boundary with the Palouse regions bordering the area to the east. To the north, the Okanogan National Forest forms a border with the AVA and Canada. It encompasses the valleys formed by the Columbia River and its tributaries, including the Walla Walla River, the Snake River, and the Yakima River. The Columbia valley stretches between the 46th parallel and 47th parallel which puts it in line with the well known French wine growing regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy. The northern latitude gives the areas two more hours of additional daylight during the summer growing season than wine regions of California receive. The volcanic and sandy loam soil of the valley offers good drainage and is poor in nutrients, ideal in forcing the vine to concentrate its resources into the grape clusters.Horse Heaven Hills About AVA (Wikipedia) |
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