Tasted Blind. Straw colored, very light. Stony, apple, melon nose. Dry, nice acidity and minerality with crisp clean fruit. Really enjoyable. A number of people guessed Riesling.

Golden yellow, densely aromatic with sweet peachy mineral water, rose, lychee, apple, pear all showing on the nose. Sweet and low acid so this comes across as a little flaccid. Not bad for domestic Gewurz but a little too syrupy to be elegant. A nice after dinner wine though.

"The Sister" Deep purple, surprisingly youthful color for a 14 year old wine. Fairly classic personality for a Bdx blend; currant, cedar, cherry, spice. Nice berry component on the palate complemented by a woodsiness on the long finish. Sizeable but not overgrown, this is elegant and nicely balanced. Medium weight. In a nice window right now, maturing but still holding some fruit and tannins. 91-92 points.

Interesting old WA Cab; aged but still pretty dense. The drinking window is clearly wrong on this one, it has a ways to go yet but it's approachable now. Green olive & bell pepper nose, a little sour. Good structure, long finish. I'd pair this with food for sure.

Decanted for 3 hours. Youthful purple color, nose of dusty, smoky black cherries, chocolate, oak. Pretty generous fruit-forward nose that verged on being overdone. Thankfully, this was very composed on the palate showing cherry, spice, plum, beautiful structure and balance. 91- 92 points is certainly conservative but this could stand to mellow some and integrate the oak better.

Served blind; restrained and elusive. Very dark, almost black. Hints of sweet tobacco, leather?, and dark fruits on the nose. A pronounced spiciness, nice fruit, chocolate on the palate. This was elegant, balanced, and beautiful. Tasted between two very showy and ostentation wines, this really held its own and then some. 92-93 WOTN

Dark, lush, Merlot-driven. Ripe cherry, plum fruit, chocolate, burnt coffee. Unlike the other Washington wines tasted, this one failed to conceal it's alcohol and come across as almost nosehair-curling and overripe. Still very much enjoyed but not in balance.

Dark fruit, spice, oak. A little thin. Similar to my previous note. Hard to get excited about, especially with so many strong showings on the table.

This was *weird*. Very polarizing - I can't decide if I like it or hate it. Bizarre nose of tamari, rubber, seaweed, sushi, iodine, and an interesting green streak like the Cab was underripe. On the palate pepper, spice, broth, umami richness. Not a lot of fruit but not flawed. Medium-light body, some structure but not the sturdy spine I expected. Might need more than 30 minutes out of the bottle to come together...78-93 points.

Popped and poured. Dense dark purple. Berries, meat, flowers, dense. Big bodied and some amount of oak. Consumed late in the evening - I know I'm not doing this justice. Sorry Charles.

Berry, cherry, spice palate. Ugh, 11th wine of the night and my notes all suck. Too many! This had too much oak but also probably showed poorly next to a lineup of big Cab/Syrahs from Washington.

Honeyed apricot nose. Searingly sweet but with great acidity to back it up. Really nice dessert wine.