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Betz Family 2007 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $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)
Betz Family 2006 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))
- $58
This is taut, muscular, toasty, young and tight; the fruit is concentrated, pure and evocative, with earthy flavors that add notes of soil, spice and mineral. The most complex of all the Betz blends, in this vintage it includes 84% Cabernet Sauvignon—far and away the dominant flavor. The fruits unfold in a rich panoply of reds and blues; the tannins are rich and…
— P.G.
(8/1/2009)
Betz Family 2006 La Serenne Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Cellar Selection
- $55
Toasty, dense, dark and complex, this is suffused with a complex mix of coffee, earth, butterscotch, cherry and mineral, with an underlayer of game, roasted almond, herb and earth. Still a baby, young and tight, it opens out with decanting, turning silky and supple. The balance is impeccable, and herbal nuances are preserved, despite the 14.7% alcohol.
— P.G.
(3/1/2009)
Betz Family 2008 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $60
Seductive and complex, the inviting aromas mix incense, blueberries, cassis, licorice and threads of herb and graphite. Flavors are wrapped tightly and unfold gracefully through a long finish. The herbal side of Cabernet is noted without being intrusive. Classic, deep and expressive.
— P.G.
(9/1/2011)
Betz Family 2008 La Côte Rousse Syrah (Red Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $55
This Red Mountain Syrah spent a year in French oak, half new, half once-used. The fruit is wrapped in smoke and coffee, graphite and mineral scents and flavors. Crystal clear and densely packed, this shows none of the funk common in many Washington Syrahs, but an almost claret-like structure and grip. It should age well for a decade or longer.
— P.G.
(4/1/2011)
Betz Family 2008 Clos de Betz Red (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $48
Tight and precise, with sharply defined edges, this needs hours of breathing time. Dense black fruit, pretty herbal grace notes, supple, slightly grainy tannins. Built for the long term.
— P.G.
(9/1/2011)
Betz Family 2006 La Côte Rousse Syrah (Red Mountain)
- $55
A mix of four clones, it is deeper, more concentrated, and less accessible than the La Serenne bottling, with bass notes of rock, iron and clay. Dusty, tannic, herbal, earthy and slightly metallic, this is a unique expression of Washington Syrah, with black and purple fruits, Asian spices, coffee liqueur, licorice and coal tar, green tea and herbs.
— P.G.
(3/1/2009)
Betz Family 2007 La Côte Rousse Syrah (Red Mountain)
- $55
This is the Betz Family winery’s Red Mountain Syrah. Supple, firm, compact, with black olive, mineral, red licorice, currant and pomegranate fruits. It adds bass notes of rock, iron and clay rather than the more earthy, composty flavors of the La Serenne, with a finish that’s dusty, tannic, herbal, earthy and slightly metallic.
— P.G.
(12/31/2009)
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