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Cougar Crest 2005 Estate Grown Reserve Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (OR))

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Price $55

This reserve wine is a selection of blocks from the two estate vineyards. With extra concentration and intensity, this leads with tart, juicy red fruit flavors that expand into softer, rounder, almost creamy caramel tones. — P.G. (12/15/2009)

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Cougar Crest 2005 Estate Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (OR))

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Price $32

Cougar Crest prefers to give their wines a bit more bottle age than many producers Here is the pay-off— this recently released estate Syrah has softened up its tannins, and shows pleasing spice, tart cranberry and pretty cherry fruit. — P.G. (12/15/2009)

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Cougar Crest 2007 Rosé Grenache (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Price $18

This tasty rosé is a creative blend of 75% Grenache and 25% Viognier. They complement each other well, making a round, full-bodied wine that is not heavy, with fresh fruit flavors. — P.G. (11/1/2009)

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Cougar Crest 2001 Hangartown Select Merlot (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

Price $26

Dark, deep, extracted to the point of being liqueur-like, with oily, sweet, alcoholic flavors. Plenty of very ripe fruit; not too much oak. This is a style that has its fans, but it’s not a food wine, not an aging wine, not a varietal wine. For the aficionados. — P.G. (9/1/2003)

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Cougar Crest 2001 Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

Price $30

Big wine, big fruit, and really big oak. This is very young and showing a lot of power; it sort of bludgeons you with flavor, but the style has its fans. — P.G. (9/1/2003)

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Cougar Crest 2002 Stellar Vineyard Reserve Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

Price $45

Very toasty new oak overrides the fruit scents; in the mouth the flavors are light strawberry and rhubarb, with some surprising sweetness and a soft, approachable finish. Strikes this taster as too much oak for the light fruit. — P.G. (12/15/2005)

Most Reviewed Designations

Estate Estate Grown Reserve Hangartown Select Rosé Stellar Vineyard Reserve

Most Reviewed Varietals

Grenache Merlot Syrah

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