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Where's the love for Washington wines, chess?

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Finally had one a couple of weeks back, one that i can remember.
Columbia Crest Chardonnay. VERY oakey, buttery, clove flavours and fanstatic with our smoked cheese and sherry white sauce over pasta and seafood.

Has anyone heard of the Californian company Faust? Or had one?
We gambled on a buy for the cellar two weeks ago which is now the priciest bottle we have on hand.

I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I've read some great reviews on it. It was just introduced in March to Ruth Chris Steak House wine selection from Quintessa Winery. Let us know what you think of it, if its good I'll have to track down a bottle.

Tried a new wine last night that the wife and I enjoyed very much, Root 1 Cabernet from Chile, very rich and spicy dark fruit tastes with a touch of pepper. At around $11.00 to $12.00 dollars a bottle I'm going to add a case to our collection for an everynight type of wine.

I had my first Cakebread a couple nights back. It was a 2003 Merlot. Damn good wine. It was the most complex, full bodied and wonderfully tasty Merlot I’ve ever had. Lots of black fruits on the nose with a slight vanilla finish. It hit just about every spot on my tongue with taste, very slight hint of tannins which at first made me think I was drinking nicely aged cab. I’ve always walked by them at the store because they usually run about $50 a bottle, but a friend brought it over so I felt obligated to try it…..

I’m looking forward to trying their cabs now.

I also had a Yulumba red and I went and pitched the bottle without writing down what it was. It was a combination of three grapes with a screw on top. Light body, almost like a Pino. 2004. I only had one bottle too…dangit. Any ideas what that was?? Man it was good and I don’t normally go for light bodied reds.

Cakebread whites are some of the best I've tasted. Their chard -- and I'm not normally a fan of chards -- is excellent.

I appreciate you guys very much.

I think that Washington Reds (especially Cabs and blends) are generally better than Washington Whites.

I'm extremely bitter that the Wine Thread has five stars and the Beer Thread only four.

Ya that sucks about the star rating for sure.

I'm still working towards finding some good Chilean wines but the Concha y Toro brand is a good place to start.

I've heard of Cakebread wines but haven't ventured one. Aren't they on the expensive side of the fence?

I checked out the Cakebread Chard that Peter recommended - $55 in Ontario. I'd be afraid to bring it in in case Ian liked it! ;-)

Cakebread is on the expensive side if you think a $50 bottle of wine is expensive. To me it’s expensive. I tend to look for bottles in the $20 – $40 range and walk by the ones that are higher than that. And then of course the bottles that are under $20 are always fun to try because it doesn’t hurt too much if they suck.

I must be lucky today. Sarah saved that bottle of Yalumba I liked so much. You guys got to try this stuff. I won it in a silent action bundled with a dozen other bottles at a Special Olympics support thing a few weeks ago. I’m just now getting to the bottles………Point being is that I never would have bought this bottle. I think they cost about $35 a bottle.

It doesn’t’ really have a name; I don’t know what to call it. I’ll just type what’s on the label.

Yalumba

Hand picked

90% Tempranillo + 5% Grenache + 5% Viognier

Barossa Valley

2004………..14.5% alc

http://www.yalumba.com/product.asp?p=153&b=18

Wow, The Cakebread Chard runs from about $30.00 to $35.00 here with the Cabs and Merlots at the lowest around $56.00 going up to $70.00 depending on the vendor.