Deep ruby red in appearance. Dark cocoa and berries on the nose with mulled spices. Medium tannins (6/10) with a balanced body. Spiced palate with blackberries and earth. Medium plus body. Drink till 2026.
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Dense, purple hue. Dark berries, chocolate, plum, twinge of vanilla. Terrific bottling-- longish finish and worth a try. Very consistent and hasn't lost anything overtime. Great bottle.
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I'm going to call this bottle flawed, because it was very astringent with very little fruit left. Maybe it was just a bad bottle, because other posters, who have had it this year liked it. I have 2 more bottles left, and hopefully I didn't let them age too long.
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Drinking great, with notes of red fruit, spice, herbs, leather. A great pairing with our herbal lamb chops. At Craig and Janet’s house. Drink now or hold. I think this was our last bottle.
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Still sitting on three of these acquired back in 2013 and was afraid I had waited too long. Gladly, that was not the case. Soft and lovely on the palate, offering a ripe mouthful of sweet, delicious blueberry, plum and raspberry fruit. A moderate acidity helps keep it balanced. Shows very good depth and focus. Finishes long, with velvety tannins that are well-integrated and linger gently. Round, delicious and very polished. Paired beautifully with the pork roast Kerry's Mom made for us. 50+5+12+17+8=92
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Medium ruby. Focused core of blackberry jam on nose, with baking spices, perfumed sweet wood (but not oak), red licorice, forest bark, cloves, trace of grape seed. Taste is a bit astringent, but otherwise classic berry driven WA merlot blend. More berry without jam syrup. Vanillins that used to be present on taste are gone, leaving a delightfully full right bank style wine. Drinking perfectly right now, perhaps another couple years before it enters a mature phase.
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For some reason, I am not as high on the Uriah's as most. However, I had this with smoked pulled pork tonight and it paired the best I've ever had it. I've always thought SVV wines are better with food than solo, but this one sang tonight. Acidity and tannins cut through the fatty pulled pork great.
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Dense, purple hue. Dark berries, chocolate, plum, twinge of vanilla. Terrific bottling-- longish finish and worth a try. Very consistent and hasn't lost anything overtime.
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Enjoyed with strip steak after 2hr decant. Acidity and tannins paired well with dinner and I prefer this wine with food over solo. Years of life left but balanced well now.
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decanted 3 hours with screen- some but limited sediment. Brick ruby color with great nose. Had without food but I think this would be better with food like a steak given noticable acidity. I'm very big on the wine aromas and this does not disappoint in that area.
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decanted for 2-4 hours and enjoyed with rib-eye steak. aroma and tannins still excellent and this wine drinking very well now. Balanced and smooth is what comes to mind as I sip. Nice redish brick color in glass at rim starting to show some age.
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Nose of dark, dark berries, jam and baking spice. Hints of mocha after it opened it up. I decanted this and drank it up and it was delicious. There's no Cabernet in the blend, Merlot and Franc with a smattering of PV and Malbec. Ready to go, still good and thick, probably 2-3 great years at this stage, and mellower after that.
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Nice flavors from a Merlot/Cabernet Franc blend. Can still taste the oak, but its well balanced. Not sure it will be as long lived as the WA suggests (until 2023), but I think it will provide nice drinking over the next couple of years.
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The was a bit more bold than the typical Walla Walla blend. Had some hints of licorice. Should decant for at least an hour. Went well with a steak dinner.
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Like a perfectly blended raspberry mocha, hope it's decaf. Nicely integrated tannins, full bodied with a smooth and lingering finish. Paired well with a Boca burger.
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No detailed notes. We had this at a tasting with several others and thought it very good. One of our favorites year in and year out. We had a little left and it was still good on night two.
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This bottle was graciously provided by Michael Herman-Smith with dinner at the Black Diamond clubhouse. Very elegant and under-stated, both on the nose and palate. Pretty aromas of dried red berries, savory herbs and vanilla. Full-bodied, but quite feminine in style and weight. There's lots of Merlot character to this. Plenty of ripe, semi-sweet plum and blueberry fruit, with subtle hints of vanilla and spice. Round, soft and very polished, this finishes with excellent length. The oak and velvety smooth tannins are integrating nicely. A lovely, seamless Merlot-based Bordeaux blend from Walla Walla Valley. This paired beautifully with the roasted duck breast. 50+5+12+16+8=91
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Hard to believe with all my years in WA -- but this is my first Spring Valley. Thankfully it did not disappoint. My notes are akin to most previous here: immediately approachable upon pnp, with gobs of vanilla & plum; light on its feet, tannins in the background. This is an elegantly staged new world blend. Love the polished style & texture.
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This took about an hour in the decanter to open up. Fairly light in its feet for a Washington red blend, with blackberry, black cherry, and vanilla oak flavors. Not particularly tannic, with moderate acid and a pleasant lingering finish. We enjoyed it.
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Dense, purple appearance. Notes of fresh and dried, black currants, chocolate, and vanilla are equally showcased under a dense core of ripe, black fruit, a crisp mid-palate, and a long, tangy, plum finish that tapers off into a dusting of graphite. Suave, seductive, and stylish, this is impressive for its lithe, streamlined texture and polished, well-sculpted qualities, where each individual component is as expressive, elegant, and delicious as the sum of its parts. This is all class. Outstanding.
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A glorious, full-bodied Merlot driven Bordeaux style wine from Walla Walla, WA. We served this with a very difficult to match herb crusted (lots of Rosemary) rack of lamb with a balsamic/Dijon drizzle. We tried many bottles of multiple types of wine before we decided this was the one. And was it ever! It paired beautifully and was well appreciated by our dinner party of ten.
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Not as impressive as the '08 overall. Maybe needs a little more time as the tannins were pretty strong. Beautiful, enticing nose however. Still enjoyed this Merlot driven Bordeaux style wine from Walla Walla, WA. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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On night one this was almost over the top carmel, blueberry, blackberry and cherry syrup, coco and vanilla. On day two this rounded out a lot. Showing ripe but not syrupy fruit leaning more to cherry and the SV hay quality. The acidity on the back end was more noticable too. Not the velvet glove wine it used to be but still enjoyable.
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Long and smooth, this wine is more compact that many WA reds. Easy to drink, there is plenty of fruit and good focus. Could use a bit more secondary flavors, which may come with time. A very nice wine. PDQ92+
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WA style BDX blend. Powerful, but nicely restrained. Opend up well and the nose grew with good fruit and spice balance. Few flaws and smooth palate and finish. A little more excitement would have elevated the score further.
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12/27/2022 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 90 Points
Deep ruby red in appearance. Dark cocoa and berries on the nose with mulled spices. Medium tannins (6/10) with a balanced body. Spiced palate with blackberries and earth. Medium plus body. Drink till 2026.
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12/10/2020 - williamswhine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dense, purple hue. Dark berries, chocolate, plum, twinge of vanilla. Terrific bottling-- longish finish and worth a try. Very consistent and hasn't lost anything overtime. Great bottle.
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2/23/2020 - JuliannaDHS wrote: 91 Points
Plenty of red and dark berry fruit, moderate tannins, acidity a touch astringent. Nice.
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7/29/2019 - SMHalps wrote: flawed
I'm going to call this bottle flawed, because it was very astringent with very little fruit left. Maybe it was just a bad bottle, because other posters, who have had it this year liked it. I have 2 more bottles left, and hopefully I didn't let them age too long.
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3/11/2019 - MoreWinePlease Likes this wine: 92 Points
Although it had a tiny bit of VA (as it's been known for in the past) it had plenty of elegant fruit, a very nice midpalate, and a long finish.
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3/3/2019 - TashNYC wrote: 92 Points
Drinking great, with notes of red fruit, spice, herbs, leather. A great pairing with our herbal lamb chops. At Craig and Janet’s house. Drink now or hold. I think this was our last bottle.
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2/18/2019 - Bam_Man wrote: 92 Points
Still sitting on three of these acquired back in 2013 and was afraid I had waited too long. Gladly, that was not the case. Soft and lovely on the palate, offering a ripe mouthful of sweet, delicious blueberry, plum and raspberry fruit. A moderate acidity helps keep it balanced. Shows very good depth and focus. Finishes long, with velvety tannins that are well-integrated and linger gently. Round, delicious and very polished. Paired beautifully with the pork roast Kerry's Mom made for us.
50+5+12+17+8=92
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1/2/2018 - JasonG Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still fantastic, and much better day 2. Lots of life left, extending window to 2022. Whoever wrote 2018 was dead wrong.
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11/24/2017 - EvanRose Likes this wine: 95 Points
A bit of earthiness and wet leaves on the nose, sweet red fruit, absolutely round and lucious mouthfeel. Sorry I only have one!
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11/1/2017 - golfhawk Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautiful Boudreaux blend from WA that has aged gracefully.
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6/17/2017 - JasonG Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium ruby. Focused core of blackberry jam on nose, with baking spices, perfumed sweet wood (but not oak), red licorice, forest bark, cloves, trace of grape seed. Taste is a bit astringent, but otherwise classic berry driven WA merlot blend. More berry without jam syrup. Vanillins that used to be present on taste are gone, leaving a delightfully full right bank style wine. Drinking perfectly right now, perhaps another couple years before it enters a mature phase.
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2/20/2017 - Wine Lover 1964 Likes this wine: 92 Points
For some reason, I am not as high on the Uriah's as most. However, I had this with smoked pulled pork tonight and it paired the best I've ever had it. I've always thought SVV wines are better with food than solo, but this one sang tonight. Acidity and tannins cut through the fatty pulled pork great.
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2/10/2016 - williamswhine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dense, purple hue. Dark berries, chocolate, plum, twinge of vanilla. Terrific bottling-- longish finish and worth a try. Very consistent and hasn't lost anything overtime.
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11/5/2015 - Ed B wrote: 91 Points
Took to a dinner party. PnP. No detailed notes. Rich, earthy, full-bodied.
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8/22/2015 - Wine Lover 1964 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Enjoyed with strip steak after 2hr decant. Acidity and tannins paired well with dinner and I prefer this wine with food over solo. Years of life left but balanced well now.
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7/16/2015 - Wine Lover 1964 Likes this wine: 89 Points
decanted 3 hours with screen- some but limited sediment. Brick ruby color with great nose. Had without food but I think this would be better with food like a steak given noticable acidity. I'm very big on the wine aromas and this does not disappoint in that area.
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5/28/2015 - Wine Lover 1964 Likes this wine: 92 Points
decanted for 2-4 hours and enjoyed with rib-eye steak. aroma and tannins still excellent and this wine drinking very well now. Balanced and smooth is what comes to mind as I sip. Nice redish brick color in glass at rim starting to show some age.
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5/9/2015 - TallMikeWine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nose of dark, dark berries, jam and baking spice. Hints of mocha after it opened it up. I decanted this and drank it up and it was delicious. There's no Cabernet in the blend, Merlot and Franc with a smattering of PV and Malbec. Ready to go, still good and thick, probably 2-3 great years at this stage, and mellower after that.
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4/11/2015 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nice flavors from a Merlot/Cabernet Franc blend. Can still taste the oak, but its well balanced. Not sure it will be as long lived as the WA suggests (until 2023), but I think it will provide nice drinking over the next couple of years.
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4/11/2015 - BHathaway Likes this wine: 91 Points
The was a bit more bold than the typical Walla Walla blend. Had some hints of licorice. Should decant for at least an hour. Went well with a steak dinner.
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1/21/2015 - JuliannaDHS Likes this wine: 89 Points
Like a perfectly blended raspberry mocha, hope it's decaf. Nicely integrated tannins, full bodied with a smooth and lingering finish. Paired well with a Boca burger.
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9/21/2014 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 90 Points
subtle instead of aggressive in its dark currant and mocha flavors - mild tannins and graceful finish help as well. Pairs well with filet.
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8/9/2014 - tantotinto wrote: 91 Points
No detailed notes. We had this at a tasting with several others and thought it very good. One of our favorites year in and year out. We had a little left and it was still good on night two.
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6/21/2014 - Bam_Man Likes this wine: 91 Points
This bottle was graciously provided by Michael Herman-Smith with dinner at the Black Diamond clubhouse. Very elegant and under-stated, both on the nose and palate. Pretty aromas of dried red berries, savory herbs and vanilla. Full-bodied, but quite feminine in style and weight. There's lots of Merlot character to this. Plenty of ripe, semi-sweet plum and blueberry fruit, with subtle hints of vanilla and spice. Round, soft and very polished, this finishes with excellent length. The oak and velvety smooth tannins are integrating nicely. A lovely, seamless Merlot-based Bordeaux blend from Walla Walla Valley. This paired beautifully with the roasted duck breast.
50+5+12+16+8=91
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2/28/2014 - phillyboyP wrote: 91 Points
Velvet. Almost too pretty, if that's possible. Sweet tannins and lush fruit. No need to wait. Very Good. 91
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12/28/2013 - fitchbuck Likes this wine: 93 Points
Hard to believe with all my years in WA -- but this is my first Spring Valley. Thankfully it did not disappoint. My notes are akin to most previous here: immediately approachable upon pnp, with gobs of vanilla & plum; light on its feet, tannins in the background. This is an elegantly staged new world blend. Love the polished style & texture.
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11/25/2013 - mreinitz wrote: 90 Points
This took about an hour in the decanter to open up. Fairly light in its feet for a Washington red blend, with blackberry, black cherry, and vanilla oak flavors. Not particularly tannic, with moderate acid and a pleasant lingering finish. We enjoyed it.
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11/11/2013 - williamswhine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dense, purple hue. Dark berries, chocolate, plum, twinge of vanilla. Terrific bottling-- longish finish and worth a try.
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10/11/2013 - Baron Slick wrote: 93 Points
Dense, purple appearance. Notes of fresh and dried, black currants, chocolate, and vanilla are equally showcased under a dense core of ripe, black fruit, a crisp mid-palate, and a long, tangy, plum finish that tapers off into a dusting of graphite. Suave, seductive, and stylish, this is impressive for its lithe, streamlined texture and polished, well-sculpted qualities, where each individual component is as expressive, elegant, and delicious as the sum of its parts. This is all class. Outstanding.
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9/21/2013 - The13thGryphon Likes this wine: 92 Points
A glorious, full-bodied Merlot driven Bordeaux style wine from Walla Walla, WA. We served this with a very difficult to match herb crusted (lots of Rosemary) rack of lamb with a balsamic/Dijon drizzle. We tried many bottles of multiple types of wine before we decided this was the one. And was it ever! It paired beautifully and was well appreciated by our dinner party of ten.
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4/17/2013 - The13thGryphon Likes this wine: 89 Points
Not as impressive as the '08 overall. Maybe needs a little more time as the tannins were pretty strong. Beautiful, enticing nose however. Still enjoyed this Merlot driven Bordeaux style wine from Walla Walla, WA. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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3/23/2013 - jmcmchi wrote: 89 Points
Maybe I am being stingy with the mark on this - drunk with a spicy pasta sauce. Rich aromatic nose, lots of spice on palate
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2/5/2013 - bajayngo wrote:
On night one this was almost over the top carmel, blueberry, blackberry and cherry syrup, coco and vanilla. On day two this rounded out a lot. Showing ripe but not syrupy fruit leaning more to cherry and the SV hay quality. The acidity on the back end was more noticable too. Not the velvet glove wine it used to be but still enjoyable.
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12/20/2012 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 89 Points
A little lighter than expected with more vanilla notes;definitely new world;qpr better at 30.00;not sure I would pay more
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11/10/2012 - pdemaio wrote: 93 Points
Long and smooth, this wine is more compact that many WA reds. Easy to drink, there is plenty of fruit and good focus. Could use a bit more secondary flavors, which may come with time. A very nice wine. PDQ92+
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11/6/2012 - pdemaio wrote: 92 Points
WA style BDX blend. Powerful, but nicely restrained. Opend up well and the nose grew with good fruit and spice balance. Few flaws and smooth palate and finish. A little more excitement would have elevated the score further.
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