Owen Roe, Red Willow Vineyard 1973 Block Cabernet Sauvignon, Yakima Valley

Owen Roe · Washington › Yakima Valley › United States of America

Red · Cabernet Sauvignon Red Bordeaux Blend
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LWIN 1602755
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90 /100
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Taster #4051 · Apr 16, 2025
90/100
Cab Franc certainly dominates with green pepper and black currant fruit. Medium weight, tannins still evident but riding out of town. Would not hold this much longer but still very good now.
2012 vintage
Taster #2144 · Sep 21, 2023
89/100
A solid Washington State blend but (in my estimation) the Cabernet Franc outshines the other grapes a bit too much. Overall the blend just didn't hit me right but I can see how others would enjoy it.
2012 vintage
Taster #4051 · Jul 12, 2022
91/100
Same as earlier note. Great wine at $33.
2012 vintage
Taster #4051 · Feb 20, 2022
91/100
A PLCB special priced at half the CT tariff shown. Cellar patience rewarded based on the comments here. Medium body, dark cherry provides primary fruit flavor, Cab Franc supplies just a touch of pepper. Tobacco and eucalyptus on the nose. Good depth, medium finish.
2012 vintage
Taster #5392 · Aug 11, 2020
89/100
Yakima Valley Bordeaux Blend. (38% Cabernet Franc, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Merlot. Organically forward nose shows aromas of tobacco, mint, green pepper and dark cherry. Flavors of dark cherry, cassis, green pepper, graphite and dark chocolate. A bit lower in body (Medium) and tannin than expected.
2012 vintage
Taster #4929 · Mar 5, 2020
90/100
Solid wine but still feels very young and tannic.
2012 vintage
Taster #1334 · Aug 11, 2019
89/100
Closed down. Ran through the Menu decanter and back into the bottle twice to see if it would wake up. Definitely the least approachable of the 2012 single vineyard blends tonight. Red fruit: cranberry, currant. Spice, oak, vanilla. Drink now with air - 2028.
2012 vintage
Taster #0396 · Apr 30, 2019
Uncorked ≈45 min prior 38% C.F., 33% C.S., & 29% Merlot grown in "ancient basalt soils;" Aged for 19 mos in FR oak barrels (33% new); N: RIPE berries melded with earth & probably choc, pyrazines way underneath, but tough to parse; A brightness to all of this! P: Med, poss LM, body; Very NICE, almost swtish frt met by puckerish astringency which, fairly seamlessly, pretty much resolves by the LONG, slightly spicy, ult pleasant finish to the few, dusty …
2012 vintage
Taster #6171 · Mar 28, 2017
Be a showcase of the vineyard. Is the design. Smells of it's 24 months in new oak. Still has some cherry. And green notes. And the palate is there but I like the elegance of he less expensive tier.
2012 vintage