Wines from Columbia Valley (OR), Ratings and Reviews

Price $36

Fermented to a plus-size 15.4% alcohol, this rare wine from one of Washington’s oldest and best Cabernet vineyards shows what a gifted winemaker can do with great fruit. The play of flavors, mixing red and purple fruits, toasted nuts, mocha, caramel, bark and earth, is exceptional. The detail is extraordinary for a wine with such high alcohol. The acids and tannins… — P.G. (11/15/2007)

95

points

Sineann 2005 Block One Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (OR))

Cellar Selection

Price $72

Fermented to a plus-size 15.4% alcohol, this rare wine from one of Washington’s oldest and best Cabernet vineyards shows what a gifted winemaker can do with great fruit. The play of flavors, mixing red and purple fruits, toasted nuts, mocha, caramel, bark and earth, is exceptional. The detail is extraordinary for a wine with such high alcohol. The acids and tannins… — P.G. (12/31/2007)

94

points

Sineann 2000 Merlot (Columbia Valley (OR))

Editors' Choice

Price $27

— P.G. (12/31/2002)

94

points

Sineann 2009 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Editors' Choice

Price $39

Old-vine Oregon Zinfandel is not common; in fact, this is all of them. From the Pines Vineyard, planted around a century ago, revived in the 1980s, these wines have a power and unique presence that sets them apart from Zin from anywhere else. Ultraripe fruit flavors of strawberry and raspberry jam, alcohol above 15%, amazing density and beautifully managed tannins… — P.G. (8/1/2011)

93

points

Sineann 2003 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Price $36

Peter Rosback’s old-vine Zin is always dark and dense and unabashedly alcoholic (here, 15.8%). But it is never any better than this. This is Turley without the heat or Portlike flavors. It tastes like the absolute concentrated essence of Zinfandel, with racy, vivid acids, jammy blackberry fruit, and enough new oak to keep it all together. — P.G. (12/15/2004)

93

points

Sineann 2004 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Price $36

Peter Rosback’s old-vine Zin is always dark and dense and unabashedly alcoholic (15.8%). In this vintage more herbal flavors dominate, along with olives, dates, figs and a decidedly salty note. Unique and not for everyone, but absolutely exceptional. — P.G. (5/1/2006)

93

points

Sineann 2005 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Price $36

These are century-old vines—unique in the Northwest. The new vintage brings the alcohol down to a welcome 14.8%, and offers complex, soft, plummy fruit with the grace of old vines. The grapes seem to quietly show their mastery of scents and flavors, lightly liquorous, but laden with plums, cherries, dates and figs. Turley eat your heart out! — P.G. (12/31/2006)

93

points

Sineann 2005 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (OR))

Price $48

Lovers of Cab Franc should track this wine down; it’s a perfect evocation of the grape. Ripe purple plum flavors are annotated with spice and dust; the tannins are ripe and muscular; the wine sits very comfortably in the mouth. Hints of coffee grounds and tobacco liven up the finish, and the core of sweet fruit just keeps on coming. — P.G. (11/15/2007)

Wines from Columbia Valley (OR)

Sineann 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (OR))

Sineann 2005 Block One Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (OR))

Sineann 2000 Merlot (Columbia Valley (OR))

Sineann 2009 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Sineann 2003 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Sineann 2004 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Sineann 2005 Old Vine Zinfandel (Columbia Valley (OR))

Sineann 2005 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (OR))

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