Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews. Learn more.
Manage Subscriptions
Important Update From the Founder
Read message >
Red
2010 Woodward Canyon Merlot
Merlot
- USA
- Washington
- Columbia Valley
Label borrowed from 2009
Label borrowed from 2012
Label borrowed from 2012
Label borrowed from 2013
Label borrowed from 2013
Label borrowed from 2007
Label borrowed from 2006
Label borrowed from 2014
Label borrowed from 2014
Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2015
Label borrowed from 2018
Label borrowed from 2019
Label borrowed from 2001
Label borrowed from 2020
Label borrowed from 1999
Label borrowed from 1997
Label borrowed from 1996
Label borrowed from 1995
Label borrowed from 1994
Label borrowed from 1993
Community Tasting Notes 11
-
cincybt Likes this wine: 92 points
March 31, 2022 - Still sipping beautifully with lots of room to run, if cellared well.
-
cincybt Likes this wine: 91 points
March 14, 2019 - Such a nice wine. The red fruit is just about gone, but still has high acidity that's nicely integrated with dark fruit overtones. Classic NW mid-palate of cedar, tobacco, and roasted kale with a smoky, earthy finish. My last bottle - but I know where to find more.
-
3daywinereview.com wrote: 91 points
February 27, 2019 - Day 1: Heavy on the spice, ripe cherries, oak, vanilla and crushed rock. Again it is the finish of this alcoholic mess of a wine. Charred Bourbon Barrels. Not any better than the last bottle.
Day 2: Might be the strangest wine experience of my life. First bottle of this was almost undrinkable. This one no different. Day 2 finally getting to a classic Washington State Merlot. Subtle funk with tar, shoe leather, spices, minerals and mocha. Really rich and intense wine with 8 years of age. This is why I was so excited to pick this up in the first place. Drinking well on day 2 which tells me these have some years of cellaring. 90 points.
Day 3: Leather, red currants, earth, spice and oak. Medium plus finish. Very concentrated wine and would go really well with a steak. 91 points
Recommendation: Let these sleep for a while. If you drink these on day 1 you will be disappointed from the batch I purchased locally in Minneapolis for $21. -
TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 92 points
October 9, 2018 - Candied black cherry, really rich, finish for days......oh, I love Woodward Canyon!
-
iByron Likes this wine: 89 points
January 11, 2018 - Dark, glass-clinging garnet red-purple. Nose of boysenberry syrup and pie crust, echoed on the palate with a bit of ash. Full body, medium plus tannins, and medium long finish. Another great Washington Merlot (though the alcohol is a wee bit high). Perfect with my beef stew.
1 - 5 of 11
More notes
Pro Reviews 3
Add a Pro ReviewVinous
-
By Stephen Tanzer
November/December 2013, IWC Issue #171 (link)(Woodward Canyon Winery Merlot Columbia Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
i-WineReview.com
-
Report 38: The Wines of Washington State, 9/1/2013 (link)
(Woodward Canyon Merlot Columbia Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
Washington Wine Report
-
By Sean Sullivan
12/5/2013 (link) **** points(Woodward Canyon Merlot Columbia Valley) Aromatically closed up with brooding notes of spicy oak, coffee, plum, chocolate, and red currant. The palate is exuberant with a mixture of cranberry, cherry, and red fruit with chewy tannins and fresh acid. Give two years. 98% Merlot, 2% Grenache. Weinbau (71%) and Woodward Canyon Estate vineyards. 14.9% alcohol. 619 cases produced.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2010
- Type Red
- Producer Woodward Canyon
- Varietal Merlot
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Columbia Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 37 (35%)
- Consumed 70 (65%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 4 votes
More About This Wine
Articles
- ProducerWoodward Canyon
- VarietyMerlot
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationColumbia Valley
Add Articles
- Wine2010 Woodward Canyon Merlot (add)
- FamilyWoodward Canyon Merlot (add)
- ProducerWoodward Canyon
- VarietalMerlot
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationColumbia Valley