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McCrea Cellars 2005 Boushey Grande Côte Vineyard Syrah (Yakima Valley)
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- $36
Always among the very best of the McCrea Syrahs, the 2005 Boushey Grande Côte brings blue fruits, composted earth, unfunky leather, cedar bark, smoked meats and more into play. It’s simply one of the most complex Syrahs made anywhere in Washington, from a grand cru site that is absolutely made for the grape. As with the 2004, the flavor notes just keep on…
— P.G.
(9/1/2009)
McCrea Cellars 2006 Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Syrah (Red Mountain)
- Editors' Choice
- $36
Almost instantly identifiable as the Ciel du Cheval Syrah, this big and spicy wine offers berries galore. Though held back an extra couple of years before release, it has lost none of its freshness or vitality. Smooth and long, it rolls into a generous wash of butterscotch and chocolate, dotted with spice and finished with a mineral base.
— P.G.
(12/15/2011)
McCrea Cellars 2005 Cuvée Orleans Syrah (Yakima Valley)
- Cellar Selection
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- $40
With the extra bottle age, this newest release of McCrea’s Boushey/Ciel blend is powerful, but approachable. The black and blue fruit flavors are pure and spiced with something almost minty; the body of the wine is textural and veined with rock, lead pencil and coffee. This wine has the muscle and concentration to go another decade in the cellar.
— P.G.
(9/1/2009)
McCrea Cellars 2008 Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Roussanne (Red Mountain)
- Editors' Choice
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- $22
Pure Roussanne; plump and spicy, with beguiling accents of cinnamon around rich fruit. Orange, tangerine and apricot fruits are in full display, the wine is round and luscious and the finish quite full and satisfying.
— P.G.
(2/1/2011)
McCrea Cellars 2005 Sirocco Red Wine (Washington)
- $32
The 2005 is 45% Grenache, 35% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah and 5% Counoise. The model is Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Intense, smoky and loaded with jammy fruit, especially lots of ripe raspberry, and nicely delineated tannins, with a smack of baking chocolate in the finish. Once again, the Grenache dominates, an explosion of raspberries, plenty of buoyant acid, and a tart and…
— P.G.
(11/1/2008)
McCrea Cellars 2005 Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Syrah (Red Mountain)
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- $36
Small berries with thick skins give this wine concentration and tannin, making some extra time in bottle mandatory. It’s still tight, and the layers of graphite and earth complement without concealing the lighter floral aromas and pretty, wild berry fruit. It rolls into a complex finish with black fruits, cola, licorice and baking chocolate, all lightly applied and…
— P.G.
(9/1/2009)
McCrea Cellars 2006 Cuvée Orleans Syrah (Yakima Valley)
- $40
Broadly fruity at first, this turns a little loose-knit, like a Grateful Dead jam. It’s compelling but not terribly tight; it meanders into leaf and tea, then chocolate, then back to the light and pretty red fruits.
— P.G.
(12/15/2011)
McCrea Cellars 2007 Grenache (Red Mountain)
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- $30
Small amounts of Mourvèdre, Syrah, Counoise and Cinsault add complexity to this excellent Grenache, grown at the Ciel du Cheval vineyard on Red Mountain. Supple and aromatic, it expresses itself with ripe, sweet strawberry and black cherry fruit, whiffs of pepper and pencil lead, and a full-bodied midpalate that continues cleanly through a lingering finish.
— P.G.
(9/1/2009)
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