2011 Quilceda Creek "Palengat Vineyard" Horse Heaven Hills Bordeaux Blend 15% Ribolla Gialla and 15%

15% Ribolla Gialla and 15% Malvasia Istriana

Readers lucky enough to find the 2011 can look forward to years of thrilling drinking

and blackberry inform the nose of a ripe

suggests these wines will always have abundant tannin

offering bitter cherry and cassis flavors that slowly become sweeter with air

2011 Quilceda Creek "Palengat Vineyard" Horse Heaven Hills Bordeaux Blend 15% Ribolla Gialla and 15%Good full ruby red. Dark, inviting aromas of blackcurrant, black raspberry and cocoa powder. Shows the lush, fine grained texture of topnotch Merlot, not to mention the black fruit and dark chocolate notes of the variety, along with sexy floral lift from the Cabernet Franc. Seriously good, gripping wine with terrific density and chocolatey length. (ST)