2015 Spring Valley Vineyard Frederick

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  12/28/2023 - vandal16 wrote: 92 Points

  Walla Walla Bordeaux-Style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (48%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (14%) and Malbec (8%). Totally opaque ruby color with purple highlights. Aromas of dark fruit, cedar, dried herbs and graphite. Abundant dark cherry/plum/currant/berry flavors with additional notes of those dried herbs, iron and wet soil. Ripe, plush, nicely structured and well-layered. Smooth tannins and an extremely long finish. Alcohol is noticeable right out of the bottle but does calm down with aeration.

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  9/1/2023 - Nfmds Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Holding strong. Same nose and flavors as 2020 tasting but mellower

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  8/20/2023 - Thebigbaby wrote: 87 Points

  One of my favorite Washington blends. This one need a to be drunk on either day two or three. Really shines and shows it’s true colors (pun intended) on a very long decant or over a few days. Deep dark and handsome with a great balance of fruit, spice and character. Yum

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  5/11/2023 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points

  An excellent WW Cab that had a lot of Napa Cabernet flavors. Some smoke, some tar, vanilla, cedar. A very nice wine. Needs a 1-2 hour decant.

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  12/8/2022 - ibglowin Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Plenty of life left in this bottle. Needed about 30min of air but opened up nicely after that. WE gave this 88 (blind taste) and WS gave it a 93 (blind taste) I think its definitely come together nicely (as usual for this wine).

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