Echelon
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Echelon 2010 Collection Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
- $25
A delightful Pinot Noir for drinking now. It’s opulent in raspberries, cherries and peppery spices, overlaid with sweet, toasty oak. Crisp, zippy acidity makes the finish clean and bright.
— S.H.
(2/1/2012)
Echelon 2000 Pinot Noir
- $14
A fleshy-textured, mild-mannered Pinot that offers pleasant cherry, plum and herb flavors up front and a moderate finish. —J.M.
— J.M.
(5/1/2002)
Echelon 1999 Syrah
- $14
In this lightweight but nicely textured wine, decent complexity shows in the tart berry, rhubarb and cocoa aromas and flavors. Mild smoke and leather accents provide palate interest while the tart-sweet close has gentle peppery notes.
— W.E.
(10/1/2001)
Echelon 2002 Chardonnay
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- $10
They managed to get a lot of flavor and oak into this wine. It has flavors of peaches and sweet honeydew, with layers of smoke, vanilla and spice. Very clean and satisfying, and a good value.
— S.H.
(5/1/2004)
Echelon 2003 Pinot Noir
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- $10
The Chalone Wine Group created the Echelon brand in 1997 to offer a range of inexpensive wines to complement Chalone’s single-vineyard bottlings. This Pinot Noir certainly tastes much better than its price would have you believe. With fruit coming mainly from growers in the cool-climate Santa Lucia Highlands above California’s Salinas Valley, the wine is packed…
— R.V.
(11/15/2004)
Echelon 1998 Chardonnay
- $15
The nose is unusually foresty and smacks of orange, tree bark and some camphor. Sweet and full, with some long, spicy notes. A little out of the ordinary.
— W.E.
(6/1/2000)
Echelon 1999 Merlot
- $13
From Chalone’s second label. A perfectly acceptable wine with lots of up-front fruity flavors and quite a bit of elegant structure for this price. It’s dry, round and supple, and has a surprising edge of quality and depth. You have to hand much of the credit to the excellent vintage, which aids all wines, not just expensive ones.
— S.H.
(5/1/2001)
Echelon 2001 Esperanza Vineyard Viognier (Clarksburg)
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- $13
Spice and peach flavors are at the core of this wine. ItÕs got moderate body, some pleasant mineral overtones and a crisp, clean finish.
— J.M.
(9/1/2003)
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