Stop by this week and taste the wines of PAGE CELLARS from Woodinville. On the schedule are: ****************** SENTIMENTAL BLONDE - $16.99 (Sauvignon Blanc) Klipsun Vineyard. 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Semillon. LIBRA DE CARTA - $24.99 - A winemaker's blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 8% Malbec, and 4% Syrah. "LICK MY LIPS" SYRAH - $26.99 - ....... a smashing success for Page for several vintages, takes our brooding, stony WA profile and stuffs it into a whole produce stand of juicy, ripe berries. This has the chewiness and sheer heft of a Monterey or Napa Syrah, with a distinct shower of the sort of pure, clear fruit flavors that the Columbia Valley is famous for. Everything you expect in a Syrah is there: coffee, pepper, leather, grilled meat, dried cranberries, tar, Bing cherries, black currants, licorice, cedar, sandalwood, baking spices, and wood smoke. The mouthfeel is like pancake syrup and the finish is almost ridiculously long. It should age beautifully for 8-10 years but, trust me: you'll never keep your hands off it that long. (from The Pour Fool - Seattle PI) PREFACE - $ 37.99 - a smoky, chewy Cab that gets supporting doses of different grapes in different years but always as background to this grand core of blackberry, black cherry, currant, figs, road tar, baseball mitt, toast, coffee, bittersweet chocolate, mild pepper, and that oaky-smoky finish. For the texture, I lamely fall back on that most-hackneyed term used by casual wine drinkers everywhere: smooth. This wine is Major Smooth, Sam Perkins-Smooth, Bing Crosby-Smooth. It’s viscous and warm and spreads like an oil slick across your tongue. I’ve now tried it four times in 18 hours and it gets even silkier as it aerates. And the balance is near-perfect; tannins providing great structure and age potential and acids enough to make it caress a grilled steak the way Bogart touched Bacall. At $38 retail, this is probably the most reasonable top-tier Cab in Washington, easily earning membership in that exclusive stratum that includes Dunham, Sparkman, Whitman, Woodward Canyon, Leonetti and the like. (The Pour Fool) SYRAH - $37.99- Purple/black and compact, this wine needs plenty of breathing time to reveal its layers. Klipsun vineyard fruit brings power and tannic muscle. The aromas are intriguing; a bit over ripe and raisiny, but also offering truffle, smoked meat and burnt toast. (P.G. The Wine Enthusiast)
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