Community Tasting Notes 5

• jmcmchi Likes this wine:

  March 26, 2024 - Dark spice with a tannic bite, beautiful balance

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• Cabfrancophile Likes this wine: 90 points

  August 18, 2023 - Refined, elegant, balanced. Mulberry with a savory note on the nose, pleasant though not overtly complex. Great palate presence, has a beginning, middle and end. Savory dark fruits, fine tannins, nice viscosity. Mid-weight feel, concentrated without being extracted.
  
  Really like the house style, very finessed and classy.

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• camdawg Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 21, 2023 - Like several of my fellow CellarTracker posters, you might be getting your WineBerserker sample shipments around this time. I just got my W.T. Vintners three bottle sampler.
  
  I've had one of their Syrahs before, so I wasn't surprised the 2017 Syrah from Les Collines was good. But I thought the Mourvedre might be their most stern test of their Rhone style winemaking abilities.
  
  I don't know about you, but I've had some BAD American Mourvedres before. Since it's the Rhone varietal that often has the strongest midpalate, any flaws get easily revealed. Some are very sweet fruity - like it's Crush Grape Soda from back in the day, with booze. Or they're just out of balance or off-putting somehow. Like the grape should just be left to the experts in Bandol.
  
  But this was really nice. There's nice fruit, but it's on the dry and savory side. Good dark red and purple fruit. There's also some nice spice and acidity. The mouthfeel is very smooth. Like the Les Collines Syrah, it easily and gracefully coates the palate.
  
  It's a well balanced wine that should pair nicely with a wide range of food. A great effort here!

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• bikdave Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 14, 2023 - I decanted this wine through a Menu Wine Breather and then put the wine back in the bottle with the cork for a few hours. The wine was about 65F when served.
  
  The wine is pale-ruby colored with medium+ legs. I picked up aromas of clean black fruit, black plum, and a bit of potting soil/earthiness. I noted flavors of black pepper. It had a nice spicy zing to it. The body is medium to full with some chalky tannins that hit front of tongue.
  
  Overall I thought this wine was stand out in the aromas it gave off and was a crowd pleaser.
  
  Day 2, the wine softened up quite a bit with noticeably less tannins. I liked it best on Day 1.

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• ShawnSimons wrote: 90 points

  June 12, 2021 - Nose - licorice and earth, dark red fruit notes
  Palate - medium body with balanced acid.
  Good wine. Club!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer W. T. Vintners
• Varietal Mourvèdre
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Boushey Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Yakima Valley

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• In Cellars 46 (58%)
• Consumed 33 (42%)

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