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Gorman 2008 The Evil Twin Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah (Red Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $60
This is beautifully aromatic and assertively tannic, with monster fruit that overtakes the 100% new oak and shows no hint of heat from the 15.5% alcohol. It’s big, yet graceful, with veins of smoke and rock wrapped around the dense cassis and berry fruit. Young as it is, this has immense concentration and depth.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
Gorman 2007 The Evil Twin Syrah-Cabernet (Red Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $60
Extremely dark, inky, black, impenetrable; dense in every way, this highly extracted wine is a real tongue-stainer. The fruit is blueberry compote; the tannins grippy and strong, but polished and ripe; the acids and minerality keep the power under a firm leash.
— P.G.
(12/31/2009)
Gorman 2009 Big Sissy Conner Lee Vineyard Chardonnay (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Online Exclusive
- $35
Big, round and lush, this is the fourth vintage for this wine, one of the best Chardonnays in Washington state. In this vintage it did not go through full malolactic, leaving a nice underlying acidity with a leesy, creamy freshness. Golden apples, stone fruits and a lick of butterscotch add to the luscious, generous finish.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
Gorman 2007 Big Sissy Conner Lee Vineyard Chardonnay (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Online Exclusive
- $38
Concentrated with a mix of toasted almonds, pineapple and candied peach fruit flavors; a thoroughly delicious and deeply seductive wine. The finish just goes on and on, with flavors that are complex and layered, the crisp fruit, wet stone and citrus rind components beautifully defined and matched. This is what Washington Chardonnay should be, but rarely is.
— P.G.
(5/1/2009)
Gorman 2005 The Bully Cabernet Sauvignon (Red Mountain)
- Editors' Choice
- $40
This 100% Cabernet is a thick, dense, smoky, chalky, tarry wine with amazing depth and structure. It’s big and chewy, and yet still shows excellent definition and even a bit of finesse. Though the tannins are still somewhat raw and chewy, overall this is loaded with such youthful power and flavor that you can forgive a little rough foreplay.
— P.G.
(3/1/2008)
Gorman 2007 The Bully Cabernet Sauvignon (Red Mountain)
- $42
Wonderfully rich, with a lush and luxurious mid-palate, this young wine is packed with berries and cassis, elevated with some citrusy acidity, and deep with notes of gravel and smoke. This wine is still hard and unresolved. Give it a lot of decanting, or just age for a few years.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
Gorman 2009 The Cry Baby Late Harvest Chenin Blanc (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Online Exclusive
- $25
Opening with fruity, bubble gum scents, this barrel-fermented (in new French oak) old-vine Chenin Blanc has a delicious toasty, bready flavor, sweet lemony acids, and plenty of peachy fruit, without being unctuous or heavy. The broad and toasty mid-palate seems to extend indefinitely; it just never stops.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
Gorman 2008 Zachary’s Ladder Red (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Editors' Choice
- $28
Exceptionally ripe and yet beautifully proportioned, this has a gravelly base under bright red currant and raspberry fruit. Tight and tart initially, it opens into a lush, superripe wine that finishes a bit hard and green but with bright, intense baking spice highlights.
— P.G.
(12/31/2010)
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