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• Jamesgold Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 18, 2020 - Big vibrant fruit with all the hard edges smoothed out. Very cool to see what a WA wine can taste like 23 years past vintage. Solid now but still probably has a number of years left.

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• Bunch wrote: 89 points

  December 16, 2009 - Nose: very intense blueberry, forest floor, black cherry, fruit pie and pine notes. Rather sexy. Palate: balanced tannins, not super ripe, a bit watery on the mid palate, but otherwise nice aftertaste and the bottle in general showing well. 30 min: intense blueberry perfume, darkens up, chocolate on top. 1 hour: The oak becomes more and more pronounced over a couple of hours, also to an extent, where it is a bit too much. Tannins a bit more focused. 2 hours: Oak and sweetness too pronounced. Probably peaking now (but maybe even more 2 years ago) but should drink well over the next 3 years.

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• Shiraziste wrote: 80 points

  June 23, 2004 - Crap!!! !
  Stemmy, bitter green bell pepper, flattening fruit, astringent acid.......soooo sad for me . I had bought 4 of these on release and drank 3 over the first couple of years in cellar, however it has been at least 3 years since I last visited it and boy did it turn into a sucker.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Seven Hills Winery
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Klipsun Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Red Mountain

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• In Cellars 18 (30%)
• Consumed 42 (70%)

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