2004 Cabernet Savignon: Wine Advocate

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Review Score

92 Points

2004 Cabernet Sauvignon

Tamarack Cellars' winery is located by the Walla Walla airport on a former military base. It offers some of the best red wine values among all the Washington wines in my tastings.

For those who want to experience high quality Cabernet Franc without paying Cheval Blanc or Dalla Valle Maya prices, this is the one. The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon is dark ruby colored with a nose of toasty oak, red currants, and black cherry. This is followed by a spicy, elegant, medium bodied wine with light tannins, and very good balance. Cellar it for 23 years and drink it through 2022.

Kudos to Tamarack Cellars for an outstanding, individualistic lineup of well priced wines.

2004 Syrah: Wine & Spirits, February 2008

Wine & Spirits February 2008

This wine is really all about chocolate, especially when first opened. A ripe black raspberry-jam scent emerges from underneath, with candied plum flavors giving buyancy to that cocoa'd base. With time this wine becomes more ample and fresh, both juicy and mouthfilling. A syrah for barbecued ribs.