2013 Andrew Will Sorella Champoux Vineyard

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• By John Gilman
  Jul/Aug 2018, Issue #76, The Summer of 2018 North American Wines Neo-Classicists and Old School Producers

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• By James Suckling
  3/18/2018, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)

  (Andrew Will Horse Heaven Hills Sorella Champoux Vineyard, Red, United States) Login and sign up and see review text.

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• By John Gilman
  Sep/Oct 2016, Issue #65, October 2016 American Wines Including A Great Lineup of Cutting Edge Wines From Oregon

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• By Stephen Tanzer
  Washington Turns Up the Heat (Nov 2015), 11/1/2015, (See more on Vinous...)

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Full Pull

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull Andrew Will Holiday Deals, 10/15/2018

  (Andrew Will Sorella) Hello friends. [Insert whatever winter holiday you celebrate] has come early this year for Full Pull list members. The support our list members have given Andrew Will over the years has put us on Will Camarda’s nice list. (Will is the Will in Andrew Will). Today, we have a very generous holiday deal on three ‘13 beauties.There are very few ways to taste the oldest blocks of Cabernet Sauvignon from Champoux Vineyard. One way is to make it onto the Quilceda Creek mailing list (their Cabernet Sauvignon uses Block One fruit). Another is to grab a bottle of Woodward Canyon Old Vines Cabernet before it disappears each year. And then there is Sorella. Andrew Will is one of the wineries that joined with Paul Champoux to purchase Champoux Vineyard from the Mercers in 1996 (Quilceda, Woodward Canyon, and Powers are the others), giving winemaker Chris Camarda access to the cream of the vineyard crop, including Champoux’s gnarled vines. The 2013 Sorella is made from 78% Cab, 10% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petite Verdot. It clocks in at 14.5% listed alcohol. The entire package is so wonderfully typical of great Cabernet. A nose full of dark fruit and cassis, graphite, poblanos, leafy tobacco, baking spice, and a touch of citrus. Champoux’s signature palate is like a mouthful of geology class. Yes, there is plenty of dark, brooding fruit there, but the unique beauty of Champoux is found in its layers, many of which are rocky or mineral-driven. And these layers can take years in the cellar (or hours in the decanter) to unfurl, but they truly reward the patient. What’s so special about this deal is that you’re more than halfway there. Five years in and this wine is extremely pleasurable, but it will only continue to evolve steadily and beautifully for years to come.