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Manage Subscriptions2000 DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- Washington
- Columbia Valley
- Red Mountain
Community Tasting Notes 31
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DougLee wrote: 90 points
December 26, 2019 - Had taste at the Family Christmas celebration. A blockbuster with loads of cassis, dark currant, and cedar. A bit too much alcohol for my taste.
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D. Mitchell Likes this wine: 93 points
April 16, 2017 - A great effort by Chris Upchurch and the staff at Delille, year after year this wine just keeps on singing its song. On the nose beautifully ripe fruit, lighter spices, cinnamon, which continue on the palette. Medium bodied, and medium finish with a bit of menthol, and light oak notes, overall nice complexity and balance.
Served Double Blind this was the least expensive, and lowest scoring on CT of our 4 wines last night. My WOTN, and Group 5/8 WOTN Most of the group thought this wine was much younger then its actual age. -
fitchbuck Likes this wine: 94 points
April 26, 2016 - Silken ambrosia in the mouth, this is as purely refined & integrated a wine that has ever crossed these lips. While the flavors may have subsided a wee bit, due to age -- proper storage should see these rocking the purity for a few more years. Still: why wait?
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Tom Myers Likes this wine: 92 points
March 20, 2016 - Needs a minimum 1 hour of decanting
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Mark wrote: 93 points
January 30, 2016 - This is a fantastic bottle of wine. It need a hour to open up and it was drinking at it's peak 4 hours after opening. Good fruit on open, but gains considerable weight over time. At hour 4, it had a velvety thick mouth feel with a long finish. Drinking very well right now, just give it time.
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By Stephen Tanzer
November/December 2003, IWC Issue #111 (link)(DeLille Estate Chaleur Estate Red Wine Red Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2000
- Type Red
- Producer DeLille Cellars
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Chaleur Estate
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Red Mountain
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 255 (42%)
- Consumed 347 (58%)
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- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationRed Mountain
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