Wine Advocate Review
Rated 92
Quilceda Creek's 2011 Red Wine - which includes 15% of Merlot and near-negligible amounts of Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc - nicely integrates preserved walnut, toasted pecan, and green herbal elements into a matrix of cocoa powder, chocolate syrup, and confitured dark berries. There is a hint of heat to the finish of this plush, plump offering, but neither that nor the wines torrefied elements detract from a torrent of sweet berry juiciness, nor preclude a sense of energy and a dynamic interaction of myriad elements. I suspect, based on intuition as well as reliable reports - although I have scarcely any personal experience as yet with older Quilceda Creek wines - that this will remain well worth following for at least a decade.
The Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley Red Wine is a blend of declassified lots from an extraordinary vintage. The resulting wine displays savory black cherry fruit, marzipan, roasted herbs, minerals and smoke. Approachable now, this blend will best be enjoyed over the next 15 years.
81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot, 1% Malbec
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