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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 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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