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Va Piano 2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Dark, baking chocolate aromas are wrapped into thrilling cassis and black cherry fruit. The chocolate flavors run right through the core of the wine and into the tannins, smooth and supple. Still tight and dappled with peppery herb, this is a wine to cellar. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

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Va Piano 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

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All five Bordeaux grapes are in the blend. From a great Washington vintage, this is complex, with compelling scents—compact, concise, balanced, yet dense with flavor. Drinking beautifully, this elegant wine captures the vibrant cassis and berry fruit flavors of Washington, coupled with the streaks of earth and mineral that reference Bordeaux. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

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Va Piano 2009 Estate Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Spice rules this pure, estate-grown Syrah, which boasts a classic nose with streaks of compost, cured meats and oolong tea. Though the stem and herb flavors are abundant, they are swaddled in ripe black fruits and highlighted with licorice and coffee grounds from 22 months in barrel. — P.G. (5/1/2013)

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Va Piano 2009 Estate Uniti Red (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Only estate-grown grapes go into this blend that’s one third each Cab Franc and Merlot, plus one third a mix of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. It’s already drinking well, with super fruit concentration bringing raspberry, blueberry and cherry together in a wine finished with luscious chocolaty oak flavors. Smooth and forward, it gathers itself and focuses… — P.G. (5/1/2013)

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Va Piano 2006 Syrah (Columbia Valley-Walla Walla Valley)

Price $38

This has lovely raspberry and cranberry fruit, with beautifully laid-in highlights of baking spice, white pepper and dried herb. Some early suggestions of cured meat are also starting to show, but the fruit is the real star, sappy and juicy and deep without being heavy or hot. — P.G. (8/1/2008)

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Va Piano 2008 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Young, tannic and not yet quite resolved, this wine needs more time in bottle. The components are good—cassis, black cherry, natural acidity, some earthy streaks of bark and astringency. They all need time to knit together; the aromas suggest that they will — P.G. (7/1/2011)

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Va Piano 2007 Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

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The wine is impenetrably dark, the aromas loaded with sharp berry fruit flavors, streaks of iron, rock and coffee grounds. In the mouth it’s sweet and spicy, with plenty of acid and mouth-drying tannins. It has benefited from extra time in the bottle, smoothed out somewhat, but still has a long life ahead. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

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Va Piano 2008 Estate Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Young, tart, bright with blackberry and black cherry fruit flavors, dappled with pepper. The aromas give you a taste of the complexity; in the mouth there is primary fruit, a wash of acidity, and yet the promise is so much more. Give it some time in the cellar. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

Most Reviewed Designations

Brunos Brunos Blend Bruno's Blend III Red Wine Estate Estate Uniti Red Uniti Red

Most Reviewed Varietals

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Red Blend Sauvignon Blanc Syrah

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