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Charles Smith 2006 Royal City Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

Price $80

In 2005 Charles Smith introduced three high-end Syrahs. In 2006 Smith has made a wine better than each of these, by combining them into a single wine—Royal City Syrah. Rich scents of purple fruit, smoked meat, cedar, lead pencil, moist earth and so on proclaim a wine with genuine gravitas. There is nothing missing, from the first sniff to the last sip, the wine… — P.G. (12/1/2009)

Charles Smith 2007 Royal City Stoneridge Vineyard Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $140

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Score Chasers: USA 2011

Depth and texture dominate; it’s all whole-cluster fruit, aged in new barriques. This fine follow-up to the 2006 features a little more delicacy, with a lovely floral component and some earth. The depth is astonishing in the weight and texture and the way the wine plays out across the palate. The finish never ends: a glorious mix of black cherry, earth, herb, spice… — P.G. (2/1/2011)

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

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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)

Pirouette 2008 Red Wine (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $50

A stunning Pirouette—63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 9% Cab Franc and 6% Petit Verdot. Full and magnificently rich, it is loaded with dense and thrilling fruit flavors of black cherry and cassis. A streak of iron and a hint of citrus keep the wine evolving through a long, beautifully balanced finish. Retasted after being open for 24 hours, the wine was as fresh… — P.G. (2/1/2012)

Charles Smith 2007 Heart Stoneridge Vineyard Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $120

This initially tastes like young fruit, herbal, with a lot of stem and flower flavors, but with some heat at 16% alcohol. Nonetheless it’s delicious, compact, enormously fruity, focused and flat out amazing. A perfect mix of flesh, fruit, earth, and typicity from this unique vineyard. — P.G. (2/1/2011)

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

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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)

Charles Smith 2008 Royal City Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

Price $140

An Amaro-like mix of bitters and herbs; this is exceptionally dense and dark. The fruit is a grace note; the big flavors come from herb, earth, rock, barrel and more. Licorice, baking spices, smoke, black cherry, Bourbon barrel, and on it goes. Huge and dense and seemingly endless. — P.G. (12/15/2011)

Betz Family 2007 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $60

This Père de Famille is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest split between Merlot and Petit Verdot. Sweet, pure fruit—black currants and black cherry and blackberry—is packed tight, concentrated and polished, but needing hours to breathe open. Dense, dusty, complex, complicated, this wine is sophisticated beyond description. — P.G. (8/1/2010)

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