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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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Betz Family 2006 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

Price $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)

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Betz Family 2009 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $65

A portion of the Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from vines planted in 1973, with additions of 10% Petit Verdot and 8% Merlot. It’s an exceptionally fine-tuned blend, with pinpoint fruit flavors, sappy acids and complementary barrel notes. The classic structure, which is the hallmark of all Betz wines, suggests a long life ahead. — P.G. (9/1/2012)

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Betz Family 2006 La Serenne Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $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)

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Betz Family 2008 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $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)

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Betz Family 2009 Clos de Betz Red Wine (Columbia Valley (WA))

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Price $52

A blend of 65% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Petit Verdot, this is slightly more open and accessible than the companion Cabernet Sauvignon, but it’s clearly structured for cellaring. The plump, expressive midpalate opens generously and spreads fully across the tongue, offering notes of cherry, cassis, licorice and pepper. — P.G. (9/1/2012)

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Betz Family 2007 La Serenne Syrah (Yakima Valley)

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Price $55

This is 100% Syrah from the Boushey vineyard. It’s so compact that it’s almost impenetrable, but the gorgeous aromas portend a glorious wine given appropriate bottle age and/or breathing time. A dark, dusty mix of black fruits, black olives, black coffee and licorice, this has such density that it’s almost impossible to separate out all the fruit layers, let alone… — P.G. (12/31/2009)

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Betz Family 2007 La Côte Rousse Syrah (Red Mountain)

Price $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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Bésoleil Bésoleil Red Wine Clos de Betz Clos de Betz Red Wine La Côte Patriarche La Côte Rousse La Serenne Père de Famille

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Bordeaux-style Red Blend Cabernet Sauvignon Grenache Red Blend Rhône-style Red Blend Syrah

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