Craig Becraft

9.2

Another great vintage and bottling from Fielding Hills. Just a wonderful wine.  — 4 months ago

Scott Cowan

9.0

Total Rhône Ranger: 56% Syrah, 16% Mourvèdre, 13% Petite Syrah, 11% Grenache, with 2%, each, smoothing things all together, of Viognier(!) and … Alicante Bouschet. I bet the Alicante was added for color more than for flavor, though also to smooth the tiny ping of pepper notes I assume follow the teensy bit of Viognier. All in all a delightful crowd pleaser. Inoffensive to sensitive palates and yet bold+complexly layered just enough to please those who want some drama in the bowl (present 🤚 ).

Pairs well with… just about everything: mild chicken to game and lamb… also all cheeses from mildest to most piquant — it’s that kind of utility player wine!
For this reason, I give it the full 9.0 instead of the 8.9 I’d planned on mid-dinner last night. I had been straddling that fence between best of a strong platoon player who’d see 80 games a season, some starting and some pinch hitting/fielding, vs an everyday starter who could cover the infield as passably as the outfield and bat just about anywhere in the lineup, 1-8, save the super power 3 and 4 spots — though a few sips hit the spot sweet just right to serve as barely clearing the fence home runs during a brief period that this wine lingered at just-right aeration time.

Darker red pour with flecks of bear black and hues of orange highlight… Bing cherry skin color center to lighter Rainer cherry reds near glass sides. No tears to speak of from alcohol and this wine does not feel as if it’s high in alcohol at all, but the label reads 15.2%. I wonder if someone transposed those last two numbers which straddle the decimal.

Zero cherry flavors — just those colors. The mix of velvety raspberry, very mild dried laurel leaves, under-roasted coffee, and mild chocolate all muddle together more than layer over one another, as I prefer, but they do so in a way that forms a comfy soft blanket of flavors and those tiny peeps of black pepper do make that blanket more interesting. Medium finish says good-bye with a soft wave to the smell of cardboard-surrounding a delicious dark chocolate bar…if that smell could be distilled into a thick liquid that coats the top of the throat before evaporating away slowly.

This 2018 seems to be nearing peak of flavors and has the potential to drink pretty well until 2023; probably not much pizazz will be left to extend its contract after that. I’d be glad to drink this again anytime. A good wine for Justin S. and/or David M.
— 3 years ago

Amanda B.

9.3

Easy drinking, pear forward, syrup like rich texture with the acidic finish, interesting wine for sure. Possibly on the sweeter side of dry — a year ago

cea sol

9.0

Bright yellow with Honey, flowers, ripe fruit.
Ripe melon, peaches in syrup, acetone, honey — 5 years ago

Justin Hart

9.3

Whaluke Slope you never fail to impress. While this wine is only MADE in Chelan, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It is big on plummy flavor, raspberry jammy notes and medium bodied. Peppery finish and nice tannic grip make this especially pleasing to sip. — 6 years ago

with Cherish and Jen

Brett Nelson

9.2

Lovely crisp, smooth, and fresh. Crisp Pear is a good description. Had with homemade dumplings and cut through the saltiness quite nicely. Buy again. — 7 years ago

K Brooks

9.0

Fruity and earthy, delightful with sous vide sirloin, fresh corn and roasted potatoes ($30) — a year ago

Amanda Robinson

9.3

Very yummy!!! — 5 years ago

James Forsyth

8.9

Bright red fruit, plenty of grip and some good potential here. Finishes with a touch of pepper and chocolate cranberries. Attractive from an up and coming region. — 6 years ago

Chris Witherspoon

9.3

Outstanding 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon. Well balanced with a hint of strawberry and tobacco. One of my favorites. — 7 years ago