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| Wine Advocate |
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| Score: 93 |
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| The 2006 Champoux Vineyard is made up of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, and 8% Merlot. Purple-colored, it sports an aromatic array of wood smoke, pencil lead, cinnamon, clove, black currant and blackberry. This leads to a mouth-filling wine bordering on opulence. Rich, ripe, and impeccably balanced, it has the stuffing to evolve for 6-8 years and should offer prime drinking from 2013 to 2026. |
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| Wine Spectator |
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| Score: 92 |
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| Firm, with a tart balance to the bright raspberry and brooding black fruit flavors. A distinctive minerally note emerges nicely on the expressive finish. Needs time to soften. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Best from 2011 through 2016. |
A lot of people have been whispering that this is the finest vineyard in Washington, and while we are always interested in what is being said in whispers and behind closed doors we can't always give as much of our trust to these thoughts as some. Nevertheless we are ready to agree on the terrific sense of body and pronounced strength of the fruit in the wines being made from the various part of Champoux Vineyard. As much as I fall in love with the wines from Champoux, I have to pull myself back and wait for a few years until the true voicing and pitch of these wines comes forward. Again, it is the beauty and compelling nature of this wine as a whole which draws me to it in an almost narcotic way. |
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