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2016 Charles Smith K Vintners The Creator

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March 24, 2024 - $43

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RATINGS

97Jeb Dunnuck

...Lots of bloody black and blue fruit, black olive, beef blood, and pepper herb aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, rich, and concentrated, it has silky tannins and shows surprising elegance and finesse on the palate...

94+ The Wine Advocate

...opens to a generous black-fruited nose of black spices, dusty plum, savory olive and blackberry jus aromas. With a structured juicy core of fruit on the palate, the wine offers up a generous, full-bodied expression that lingers long with a hot and tannic finish that will age for more than a decade.

92Stephen Tanzer

...Wild, musky aromas of plum and caramel plus a whiff of minerality. A very silky, mouthfilling style of wine--especially considering the higher-elevation site--with its dark raspberry and tar flavors enlivened by a note of flinty minerality....Finishes with round tannins and noteworthy persistence...

REGION

United States, Washington, Walla Walla Valley

Walla Walla Valley AVA likes to call itself the Napa Valley of Washington, and given the concentration of well-reviewed wineries in the appellation, the comparison is understandable. The Walla Walla appellation is comprised of 340,000 acres, of which 1,200 acres are vineyards. Walla Walla is located in the southeastern corner of Washington and it extends slightly into northeastern Oregon. It is named after the Walla Walla River Valley, and the city of Walla Walla is the commercial center of Washington’s wine industry. The city was founded in the 1840s by the Hudson’s Bay Company as a trading post, but as early as the 1850s farmers were planting grapes for winemaking. Prohibition shuttered winemaking in the early 20th century, but a winemaking renaissance started in the 1970s when Leonetti Cellars, still one of the state’s most acclaimed wineries, started producing acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon. Walla Walla’s AVA status was awarded in 1984 and today there are more than 100 wineries. Cabernet Sauvignon is the most frequently planted grape, followed by Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Sangiovese Chardonnay and Viognier.