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Adamant Cellars 2006 Winemaker’s Select Red Blend (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Price $30

Lovely concentration and texture make this a standout and the best wine yet from newcomer Adamant Cellars. Berries and cassis fruit flavors are crisply defined and annotated with smoke and earth; the wine has grip and length. — P.G. (3/1/2009)

Adamant Cellars 2006 Red Blend (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $23

Spicy, slightly resinous with notes of leaf, clove and licorice that complement good dark cassis fruit. Some coffee and smoke enter into the middle and finish, though the flavors fall away rather quickly. It’s well balanced and a pleasure to drink, but not built for cellaring. — P.G. (3/1/2009)

Adamant Cellars 2006 Spofford Station Vineyard Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Price $35

This is 100% Syrah from an excellent vineyard. It’s chewy and even a bit salty in the mouth, with a mix of bell pepper and black pepper over streaks of berry and cassis. Most of the flavor is front-loaded, and the wine fades away into an earthy, fairly tannic finish. — P.G. (11/1/2008)

Adamant Cellars 2007 Bliss White Wine (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $18

This is a juicy, fruity white blend, with more than a hint of honeyed sweetness. Ripe fruit captures flavors of peach flesh and skin, along with tropical suggestions of guava and papaya. In short, this is not your typical, grassy, herbaceous style of Sauv Blanc/Sémillon. I’d serve it as an aperitif, well-chilled. — P.G. (11/1/2008)

Adamant Cellars 2008 Winemaker’s Select Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $35

From the Portteus vineyard, this offers deep fruit flavors from older vines. Cassis, blueberry, black cherry and more are sunk into a bed of smoke and coffee grounds. Though it’s a bit stark and unsophisticated, the fruit shines, highlighted with some sharp volatility. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

Adamant Cellars 2008 Syrah (Walla Walla Valley)

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Price $25

Tannic and earthy, with a burst of tart black cherry fruit in the midpalate. There is an interesting combination of elements here—the juicy fruit, the earthy accents, the high-toned edge to it all—but it does not knit together. The impression is jagged rather than seamless. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

Adamant Cellars 2008 Winemaker’s Select Cabernet Sauvignon (Walla Walla Valley)

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Price $35

A relatively light wine from a high-acid vintage. Still tart and showing some youthful jaggedness, it has a sweaty undercurrent that somewhat undermines the fruit. Very tart raspberry/strawberry flavors seem to crack up through the finish, a mélange of acid, toast, heat and chalk. — P.G. (7/1/2011)

Adamant Cellars 2006 Syrah (Walla Walla Valley (WA))

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Price $29

This unfiltered Syrah carries a strong streak of earth and green, vegetal flavors. They almost bury the pleasing fruit, with its suggestions of cherries and plums. The blend includes 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, which may be contributing the excess earthiness. Perhaps this wine just needs another year of bottle age? — P.G. (11/1/2008)

Prominent Designations [All]

Bliss White Wine Red Blend Spofford Station Vineyard Winemaker’s Select Winemaker’s Select Red Blend

Most Reviewed Varietals [All]

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Red Blend Shiraz/Syrah White Blend

Most Reviewed Regions

Columbia Valley (WA) Walla Walla Valley Walla Walla Valley (WA)

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