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Arbor Crest 2007 Stillwater Creek Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $25

A single vineyard, 100% varietal Cabernet Sauvignon, this is deep, dark, dense, chewy and tannic. Yet it still captures some delicate floral aromas as well as smoke and rock and black fruits. You go from flower to fruit to earth and black olive in a rush of full-bodied flavor. — P.G. (9/1/2010)

Arbor Crest 2008 Connor Lee Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $18

Single vineyard, pure varietal, with the focus and tight profile you might expect. Mineral flavors abound—chalk, graphite, and granite— which underscore the bright cranberry and currant fruit. This is a strikingly pure and well-defined Cab Franc. — P.G. (2/1/2011)

Arbor Crest 2009 Three Vineyards Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $20

A gorgeous wine, dense with flavor. Smooth and plummy, it’s loaded with thick streaks of licorice, chocolate, baking spices and coffee liqueur. Long and flowing, it just seduces from the first sip to the last swallow. — P.G. (12/15/2011)

Arbor Crest 2005 Dionysus Red (Columbia Valley (WA))

Price $45

This Meritage blend is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 10% Cab Franc, 4% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot, and barrel aged for a couple of years. Dark, sappy, loaded with ripe cassis and black cherry fruit, perfect, silky tannins, juicy acids, this Bordeaux blend is beautifully integrated and will age for many more years. — P.G. (6/1/2009)

Arbor Crest 2007 Four Vineyards Merlot (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $15

This is still a little hard and tight, but shows great ripe red berry fruit and well-balanced tannins. Another Arbor Crest wine with a fine, fragrant bouquet, clean and bursting with fresh fruit scents. It was barrel aged for 20 months in 40% new oak, adding some strength to the tannins and hints of toast to the finish. — P.G. (9/1/2010)

Arbor Crest 2009 Dionysus Vineyard Riesling (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $8

This is fruit sourced from a 1972 planting—single-vineyard, old-vine Riesling at an amazing price. Done in a big, round, fruity, off-dry style, it’s loaded with sweet pineapple, Meyer lemon and honey peach flavors. The fruit concentration is spectacular, and yet the wine retains enough acidity to feel balanced against the 3.5% residual sugar. Serve with hot and… — P.G. (10/1/2010)

Arbor Crest 2009 Bacchus Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $8

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Pungent aromas of concentrated stone fruits, bubble gum, a whiff of diesel and pine tar introduce a multidimensional wine with lip-smacking acidity. All stainless fermented, no malolactic, no acidification—just a clean, pure, natural and richly delicious wine, loaded with ripe, luscious peach, pear, papaya and apricot fruit. — P.G. (2/1/2011)

Arbor Crest 2008 Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $20

Stillwater Creek, Conner Lee and Bacchus vineyards provided the fruit for this young, sappy and rich Syrah. It captures the varietal character of the grape, especially as expressed in Washington State. Inviting aromas of berries and chocolate, bright and fresh, lead into brambly red fruits, umami-soaked mushrooms and moist earth. — P.G. (9/1/2010)

Prominent Designations [All]

Bacchus Vineyard Conner Lee Conner Lee Vineyard Connor Lee Vineyard Dionysus Dionysus Red Dionysus Vineyard Five Vineyards Four Vineyards Klipsun Vineyard Stillwater Creek Three Vineyards Wahluke Slope Vineyard

Most Reviewed Varietals [All]

Bordeaux-style Red Blend Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay Malbec Merlot Petite Sirah Red Blend Riesling Sangiovese Sauvignon Blanc Shiraz/Syrah

Most Reviewed Regions

Columbia Valley (WA) Red Mountain Wahluke Slope

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