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Quilceda Creek 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

Editors' Choice

Price $125

The flagship wine from Quilceda Creek offers exotic scents of plum, cassis, loam, coffee and pine sap, a rich and evocative blend. The wine delivers all that is promised and more; it is deep and dense with flavor, polished, focused and persistent. Vanilla, espresso, fine tannins, luscious acids and cascading fruits. — P.G. (2/1/2012)

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Quilceda Creek 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

Cellar Selection

Price $125

The 2006 flagship Cabernet from Quilceda Creek is a massive wine that has just begun to emerge from its slumber. When first released the wine seemed to have entered a dumb phase, but six months later it responds to decanting and shows its muscle. Fruit flavors of black, brandied cherries, cassis and bourbon-soaked plums are wrapped in generous, layered oak. The… — P.G. (3/1/2010)

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Quilceda Creek 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

Cellar Selection

Price $135

A bold, muscular, striking wine with nerves of steel, this offers a dense, demanding array of black fruit threaded with veins of espresso, smoke, tar, tobacco and iron. As it bursts with exotic barrel flavor, the fruit seems a bit buried, but time after time these wines unfold over the course of decades into glorious maturity. These are arguably the most long-lived… — P.G. (9/1/2012)

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Quilceda Creek 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon

Cellar Selection

Price $80

Amazing density; the aromas billow up from the glass and weave together sinuously, taking you on a magic carpet ride before the wine even hits your mouth. This wine has the power of a monster California Cab while retaining the subtlety of a first-growth Bordeaux. It is just a massive blast of dark fruit, incredible viscosity, silky textures and soft herbs, pepper… — P.G. (12/15/2005)

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Quilceda Creek 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon

Cellar Selection

Price $95

Lovely color and aromatics, this supremely powerful yet graceful wine sends up a mix of plum, berry, dust, mint and menthol. It’s spicy and young, and surprisingly light on its feet. The concentration here is different from a top-tier Napa Cabernet; the fruit has a pleasing elegance. The acids are firm but unobtrusive, the tannins are ripe, smooth but substantial… — P.G. (10/1/2006)

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Quilceda Creek 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

Cellar Selection

Price $115

Still young, chewy and textural, this stands as a classic Washington 2005 red—lusciously laden with mixed red and black berries, generous and deep; dense and jammy. The mixed berries, red licorice, cherries, layers of butterscotch, toffee and caramel are beautifully integrated and linger seductively into the finish. It has some initial alcoholic heat, but the… — P.G. (12/1/2008)

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Quilceda Creek 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

Cellar Selection

Price $125

This feels slightly softer in the mouth than the massive 2006, but carries the density and gravitas that one associates with Quilceda Creek. Wonderful balance, with a deeply detailed set of flavors that gather strength as they move through the palate. Mixed berries, threaded with chocolate, lingering with black cherry, cassis, smoke, cedar, lead pencil and more. — P.G. (9/1/2010)

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Quilceda Creek 2009 Galitzine Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Red Mountain)

Cellar Selection

Price $110

Quilceda Creek’s Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon opens with a dense, exotic and luxurious nose: a mix of roasted coffee, dark fruit and Asian spice. At first it’s quite dense and unyielding, but it opens slowly over a period of days—not hours—remaining dense and compact, with a remarkable array of dark fruits and barrel flavors. As with its companion reds from… — P.G. (9/1/2012)

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Bordeaux-style Red Blend Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Red Blend

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Having been given almost four years of age prior to release, this deep…

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