Windy Point

Sort By:

Windy Point 2003 Estate Cabernet Franc (Yakima Valley)

Price $18

Firm, young fruit with coffee, cassis and blackberry. Still tight and compact, showing good structure and aging potential. Just 155 cases made. — P.G. (4/1/2006)

points

Windy Point 2003 !Exclamation Point! Red (Yakima Valley)

Price $15

Sixty percent Cab Franc and 40% Merlot, it’s firm and deep, with flavors of coffee, blackberry, light herb and damp earth. Just 209 cases produced. — P.G. (4/1/2006)

points

Windy Point 2002 Merlot (Yakima Valley)

Online Exclusive

Price $15

This handsome new winery makes a worthy estate Syrah and a pleasant Cab Franc, but I was most utterly charmed with the Merlot, which includes Portteus grapes as well. Sweet cherry pie never tasted so good. — P.G. (11/15/2005)

points

Windy Point 2004 !Exclamation Point! Red (Yakima Valley)

Price $19

A blend of 60% Cab Franc and 40% Merlot, this pleasant, screwcapped red is all estate grown and produced. It’s a good, quaffable red, smooth and flavorful. It comes across as generic, in that it shows no specific identity, relating to grapes or terroir, that marks it as distinct from the myriad other red blends in the market. Just 220 cases produced. — P.G. (5/1/2007)

points

Windy Point 2004 Estate Syrah (Yakima Valley)

Price $20

This pure, estate-grown Syrah is marked with grapefruit rind and citrus—sure signs of cool-climate Washington Syrah. Despite its healthy (14.8%) alcohol, it lacks sweet fruit. In fact it’s a bit of a sourball, grainy, herbal and tannic. There’s plenty of color and varietal pepper, but it’s a bit too heavy with acid and tannin. — P.G. (5/1/2007)

points

Windy Point 2004 Reserve Cabernet Franc (Yakima Valley)

Online Exclusive

Price $29

Extremely tight, compact and tart, this remained acidic and lean even after 24 hours of breathing time. Hints of pickle barrel don’t add much pleasure to the tannins, and the wine simply refuses to come out of its shell at this point in time. I’m sure the winemaker tasted something in these barrels that seemed like reserve, but I can’t find it. — P.G. (5/1/2007)

Most Reviewed Designations

!Exclamation Point! Estate Reserve

Most Reviewed Varietals

Bordeaux-style Red Blend Cabernet Franc Merlot Red Blend Syrah

2010 Écluse Lock Vineyard

California Cabernet simply doesn’t get richer or riper than this. It…

(Sponsored)