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Quilceda Creek

Quilceda Creek is Washington State’s most acclaimed wine producer. Its Cabernet Sauvignons have been earning awards and high ratings from reviewers ever since the 1980s, and Robert M. Parker Jr. has called Quilceda a winery “that remains below the radar of even the most knowledgeable wine enthusiasts. These are prodigious, world class wines.” Based in Snohomish, Washington, not too far north of Seattle, Quilceda Creek’s 32 acres of vineyards are in several Eastern Washington appellations. Alex Golitzin, founder and owner, was born in France at the beginning of WWII but moved to San Francisco during the war with his parents. His uncle was Andre Tchelistcheff, one of Napa Valley’s earliest crafters of fine wines. Paul Golitzin, Alex’s son, is now chief winemaker at Quilceda Creek. The winery’s vineyards are planted in Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Vines are 12 to 23 years old. Some 38,000 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon are produced annually.

1991 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill or better

RP  90   

1992 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   
ST  91   

1994 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

WA  94   
ST  93+    
WS  92   

1995 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WA  92   
WS  90   
ST  90   

1995 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  92   
WS  90   
ST  90   

1996 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WA  95   
WS  94   
ST  91+    

1997 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

RP  94   
ST  92   

1998 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

RP  96   
WS  94   
ST  93   
3 available
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1998 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  96   
WS  94   
ST  93   
2 available
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1999 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98   
WS  94   
ST  93+    
2 available
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1999 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

WA  98   
WS  94   
ST  93+    
2 available
Bid *

2001 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  97   
ST  95   
WS  94   
4 available
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2001 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  97   
ST  95   
WS  94   

2001 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  97   
ST  95   
WS  94   

2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98   
WS  93   
ST  93+    
3 available
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2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98   
WS  93   
ST  93+    
2 available
Bid *

2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98   
WS  93   
ST  93+    

2003 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
WS  95   
ST  95   
WS  #2 of 2006   
4 available
Bid *

2004 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98   
WS  95   
ST  93-96   
WS  #28 of 2007   
6 available
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2004 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  98   
WS  95   
ST  93-96   
WS  #28 of 2007   
2 available
Bid *

2005 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
WS  94   
ST  94-97   
JR  18   
5 available
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2005 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
WS  94   
ST  94-97   
JR  18   

2005 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
WS  94   
ST  94-97   
JR  18   

2006 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  96   
ST  95+    
WS  94   
7 available
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2006 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  96   
ST  95+    
WS  94   
2 available
Bid *