2015 Andrew Will Sorella Champoux Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  10/29/2023 - Mdog Likes this wine: 94 Points

  85% Cab Sav,6%Merlot,6%Cab Franc,3%petit verdot 14.5%
  
  Deep ruby
  Initial opening dark red fruit, light oak fine tannins that coated the tongue on initial finish but quickly faded with pleasant hints of rose and dark cherry. Decanted for 4 hrs in the cellar at 55. Poured back in the bottle and brought to room temp ( diner and 6 other reds)
  Nose with big red fruit subtle vanilla, hints of cedar
  At one point over the 3 hr dinner the nose held but fruit disappeared with some graphite noted, fruit on palate returned with a bang. Some of the other wines had a more interesting nose but this was in my top 2 of the night.
  4oz in bottle-fridge 24 hrs then brought back to room temp
  Color darker ruby
  Medium full body but definitely lighter than some Bordeaux blends
  Fresh dark cherry nose with plum undertones of rose and cedar
  Palate- integrated tannins with cherry and plum and pomegranate hints of graphite light astringency on finish that fades to fruit
  One last comment-this wine was perfectly priced.

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  8/26/2023 - PDXinSEA wrote: 95 Points

  My favorite in a blind tasting of ten 2015 Bordeaux blends
  Tremendous power and balance. Massive fruit persists despite considerable ripe tannins. Has the stuffing and proper proportion to improve for at least a decade. 95+

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  7/5/2023 - corkscrews Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A nose of some dark fruit and spice, dark garnet in color. A medium to full bodied red blend, with black cherry, plum, licorice and some herbs on spiced finish, still young, needs a decant. www.winelx.com

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  5/14/2023 - JJYoyo wrote: 92 Points

  1 hr air. Similar notes to last time. A little more depth and an edge of tar and maybe graphite that I didn’t notice before. A very nice WA cab, worth seeking out for more.
  
  Score: 92. Relative to expectations: ++

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  4/9/2023 - americanstorm Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Opened 3 hours before the party but didn't decant because it seems ready to go on sampling. I was amazed by how much weight this put on over the course of the evening. 16 people and no one guessed this was a Bordeaux blend from Washington state, but everyone liked it. My first bottles from andrew will and I would definitely buy again. Consumed 18 bottles of wine in all so my memory is pretty fuzzy on details! LOL

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