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OS Winery 2009 Champoux Vineyard Riesling (Horse Heaven Hills)
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- $15
A unique balance—9.8% alcohol and 2% residual sugar—with the subtle flavors of old vines a bonus. A gorgeous wine, tasted with escalar (white tuna) served as sushi. The buttery fish and the light, elegant Riesling are a stunning match. Neither overtakes the other.
— P.G.
(2/1/2011)
OS Winery 2003 Sheridan Vineyard Ulysses Red (Yakima Valley)
- $50
OS (formerly Owen-Sullivan) has hit a home run with the 2003 Ulysses, a voluptuous red that is 60% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Extracted and volatile, it’s not a bashful wine, but it has many layers of nuanced flavors that expand in the glass, filling the nose with dried herbs, mineral, leaf, coffee and scorched earth.
— P.G.
(12/15/2005)
OS Winery 2008 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Horse Heaven Hills)
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- $28
The aromas are less volatile than the 2007 version; this captures the essential varietal character of the Cab Franc grape, with elements of bark, herb and earth. It is more of a wine for purists, where the 2007 is for those who like hedonistic reds.
— P.G.
(2/1/2011)
OS Winery 2004 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Horse Heaven Hills)
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- $30
OS consistently makes one of the best Cab Francs in the state—for me it is always their best wine. Here again the flavors are a powerful mix of ripe berries, cherries, strawberry jam and streaks of coffee and tobacco. Firm and confident, drinks well right now.
— P.G.
(3/1/2007)
OS Winery 2007 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Horse Heaven Hills)
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- $28
Very deep, very dark, with high-toned aromatics and dense black cherry and black fruits. Smoke, toast, dark chocolate, mocha flavors all through it. Good length; the volatility is most apparent in the nose, not in the flavors. Exceptional fruit ripeness and depth.
— P.G.
(2/1/2011)
OS Winery 2005 Dineen Vineyard Syrah (Yakima Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $42
Dark, sappy and syrupy, this jet-black, 100% Syrah mixes superconcentrated raspberry compote with espresso, smoke and hints of pepper bacon. There is nothing shy here, but the wine is authoritative and splashy, a Syrah that does not taste like all the other Syrahs made in Washington. Despite alcohol levels just under 15% the wine keeps its shape and its detail, and…
— P.G.
(5/1/2008)
OS Winery 2005 Champoux Vineyard Cabernet Franc (Horse Heaven Hills)
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- $30
This excellent red is 75% Cabernet Franc, blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. O•S generally produces one of the best Francs in Washington, lifted and intense, occasionally a bit high-toned, but always packed with juicy red fruits and barrel highlights of coffee and tobacco.
— P.G.
(5/1/2008)
OS Winery 2005 Meek Vineyard Petit Verdot (Columbia Valley (WA))
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- $42
Not many winemakers attempt a 100% varietal Petit Verdot; the grape is inky, tannic and unyielding, and the finish can be tongue-tyingly scrapey. But OS does well by it, putting together a steakhouse wine that promises to cut through the fattest, juiciest cut of beef you can toss at it. It’s got the fruit too—blue plum, cassis, boysenberry—along with a dash of…
— P.G.
(5/1/2008)
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