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Fielding Hills 2003 Merlot (Columbia Valley (WA))

Editors' Choice

Price $28

A phenomenally brilliant effort from this emerging superstar winery. The Merlot is enhanced with 17% Cabernet, 5% Syrah and 2% Cab Franc. You wonï¿½t find Merlot from anywhere else in the country that shows so much supple power and structure. Vibrant fruit is polished to a fine luster with perfectly applied oak ï¿½seasoningï¿½ that adds toast, butter, coconut… — P.G. (12/15/2005)

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Fielding Hills 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon (Wahluke Slope)

Price $30

Dark, tannic and smoky, this has more tarry tobacco flavor than the other two reds in this series. Muscular, dense and tight, it offers cassis, raspberry and sappy, delicious red fruits. This is very young, very tight, but already nuanced with extraordinary notes of leaf and clean herb. It’ll be interesting to see where it goes in 5–10 years. — P.G. (12/31/2006)

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Fielding Hills 2007 RiverBend Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Wahluke Slope)

Price $38

This is a spicy take on Cabernet, with some of the pepper and smoked meat character of Syrah coming through, despite the fairly small amount in the blend. The concentration of cassis and black cherry fruit is astonishing, matched with ripe tannins that hint at black olive. Despite the somewhat heavier oak influence, it is the fruit that stands front and center. — P.G. (12/31/2009)

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Fielding Hills 2008 RiverBend Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Wahluke Slope)

Editors' Choice

Price $42

Though the blend includes small portions of other grapes—9% Syrah, 3% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc—this really champions the essential character of great Washington Cabernet. Its core fruit is supple and compact cassis and black cherry, with a spicy top note that resonates well into the finish. Concentrated and beautifully proportioned, with black olive and just a… — P.G. (12/31/2010)

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Fielding Hills 2003 Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

Editors' Choice

Price $32

A stunning leap forward in quality from the pleasant 2002. This Syrah includes a bit of Cabernet and Merlot; they fill and smooth it out. The wine is supple, silky and plump, with luscious fruit that is wrapped in powerful, toasty/buttery new oak. It makes a big statement; the kind of wine you can’t stop reaching for. Absolutely riveting. — P.G. (12/15/2005)

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Fielding Hills 2003 Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))

Editors' Choice

Price $26

The Cab Franc anchors a blend that includes equal parts of Cab Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Here’s a quick list of what’s going on in this amazing wine: smoke, coffee, spice, currant, cinnamon, chalk, earth, tobacco, cherry, graphite, butter and toast. It is just a flat out beautiful effort. — P.G. (12/15/2005)

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Fielding Hills 2004 Merlot (Wahluke Slope)

Price $32

Ripe, tangy berries, consistent with the house style—a tight spine of firm tannin and bright acid. There’s a good meaty quality in the midpalate, and plenty of vanilla. I think there is a lot of compact flavor in hiding, right now it’s showing a lot of spice (from the 12% Syrah blended in?) and vanilla (from the barrel). — P.G. (12/31/2006)

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Fielding Hills 2004 Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))

Price $32

This is classic Washington Syrah; the nose explodes the glass, and it has all the marks of what makes Washington the best in the country. It’s big, it’s loaded with intense spicy notes, and there are plenty of grace notes of meat and smoke and some of the French stuff going on. Young and packed with flavor, hinting at gravel and soy and a bit of earthy funk. — P.G. (12/31/2006)

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Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah Merlot Red Blend Syrah

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