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Gamache Vintners 2008 Estate Riesling (Columbia Valley (WA))
- $18
This ripe and rich Riesling continues a string of successes with this grape from Gamache Vintners. The alcohol is just 12.5%, and the wine has some light sweetness, but what stands out best is the succulent mix of tropical fruits. Big and plush flavors of banana, papaya, guava and pineapple come through, yet the wine retains its balance and detail.
— P.G.
(10/1/2010)
Gamache Vintners 2006 Reserve ‘Gamache – Champoux Vineyard Select’ Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Cellar Selection
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- $40
Traditionally a 50/50 blend of old vines from both vineyards, this has benefitted from extra bottle age. Big and somewhat blocky, it opens with a mix of inviting aromas—sage, desert flower, and black cherry. From there it fills the mouth with tart red fruits and more herbs and blossoms, with proportionate tannins.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Gamache Vintners 2009 Estate Riesling (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Editors' Choice
- $18
With 1.7% residual sugar keeping the alcohol at 12.8%, this fresh and lively Riesling, from veteran growers, has the complex mix of citrus, pineapple, rind and rock that puts Washington’s best in a league of their own. Rich and bracing and fully ready to drink.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Gamache Vintners 2008 Estate Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Editors' Choice
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- $24
Pure Cabernet Franc, boasting truly ripe, lovely red and purple berry fruits, married to peppery highlights. The expected herbal underbrush is there, but tamed and wrapped in polished tannins with a toasty finish. Fine effort.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Gamache Vintners 2007 Estate Riesling (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $18
From the oldest (1983 vintage) estate vines, this is finished off-dry, about 1.7% residual sugar. Off-dry or not, it’s succulent and spicy, mixing melon, apple and citrus with some sweeter notes hinting at honey. Good length and a crisp finish.
— P.G.
(8/1/2009)
Gamache Vintners 2007 Estate Malbec (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $28
This was previewed more than a year ago, and needed the extra time to fill out and show its best. Treated a a pure varietal wine, the Malbec takes well to extended aging in three quarters new oak. That toasty oak wraps around brambly berries, sweet spice, black cherry and plum pudding flavors.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Gamache Vintners 2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $28
All estate-grown Cabernet, this textural, smoky wine weaves its pristine black currant fruit into a more complex display with herbal highlights and a sweet, toasty finish.
— P.G.
(11/1/2011)
Gamache Vintners 2005 Estate Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $28
A lovely bottle, loaded with textures of moist earth and herb. The fruit is tart and spicy, the flavors compact and persistent, with streaks of blueberry and black cherry, light chocolate and earth. Still a little rugged in the finish, it shows some unresolved bacon fat and green herb streaks.
— P.G.
(8/1/2009)
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