Vinous

• By Stephen Tanzer
  Focus on Washington: The New Normal (Nov 2018), 11/1/2018 (link)

  (Force Majeure Parvata Estate Vineyard (red Mountain) Washington Red) Subscribe to see review text.

JebDunnuck.com

• By Jeb Dunnuck
  Latest Releases from Washington State, 4/5/2018 (link)

  (Force Majeure Parvata GSM) Subscribe to see review text.

JamesSuckling.com

• By James Suckling
  9/19/2017 (link)

  (Force Majeure Red Mountain Parvata, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.

Full Pull

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull Old and New, 3/11/2018

  (Force Majeure Estate Parvata) Warehouse Sale REMINDER: Reminder that Warehouse Bin-Ends Sale III is taking place on Thursday March 15. We’ll have out and available for sale any bottles where our excess is in the 1-3 bottle range, along with a handful of cherries and cult wines (I’m particularly excited about one Northern Rhone unicorn). And we’ll be pouring a different lineup than usual, too, again drawn from wines where we have an excess stash. If the timing works out right (fingers crossed), we will also debut the new (disgorged-last-week, to be offered in April) Full Pull & Friends Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature, a perennial list favorite. It should be a busy scene, so if you intend to pick up your wines that day, please do make a pickup appointment. If you just want to come in and browse, no appointment is necessary. ---- Hello friends. Back when Force Majeure launched (actually, the winery was called Grand Reve back then, pre-trademark lawsuit), the idea was to produce the Collaboration Series of wines while waiting for the estate vineyard (planted crazily high and crazily steep towards the top of Red Mountain) to come online. The Collaboration Series combined different Washington winemakers with plots of beautiful old Ciel du Cheval Vineyard fruit, and they quickly established a rabid following, from both consumers and critics. Well, the estate site is now fully online, and 2013 is the final vintage for the Collaboration Series. From this point forward, it’s all estate all the time. Today is a milestone for Force Majeure: the release of the final Collaboration Series wine. To celebrate, we’re offering that finale (a Rhone blend courtesy of James Mantone from Syncline), along with two new releases from the Force Majeure Estate Vineyard:Like CSVI, Parvata puts Mourvedre in the lead role, here at 46% of the blend. The remainder is 34% Syrah and 20% Grenache. It’s rich and supple (15.0% listed alc), deep and intense, again with loads of exotic Mourvedre notes. Texturally this is a marvel, offering densely packed layers of fruits and savories, all supported by tannins combed to a fine sheen. Wine Advocate: Copyrighted material withheld.