Private Library Cellar Selections
As Washington State’s founding winery, our 50+ years of wine-making has been a long tenured journey filled with defining moments of excellence bridging old world tradition with new world innovation crafting our world class wines. With each vintage, our winemakers place a small quantity of the most exceptional wines into a private library cellar to age these wines until they reach their peak drink-ability. The time has come for us to open the cellar and shares these gems of the world with you.
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AVAEthos Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 3-Bottle Library Vertical
This Columbia Valley set includes:
2009 Ethos Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points - The Wine Advocate, Apr 2013
Primary sourcing for the 2009 bottling came from our renowned 40 year-old Cold Creek Vineyard, which provides power and structure. This dynamic red wine offers layered fruit and complexity with seamless silky tannins.
2010 Ethos Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points - “Editors’ Choice,” Wine Enthusiast, Dec 2013
The 2010 Ethos Cab offers layers of ripe blackberry fruit, dark chocolate notes and silky tannins. A majority of the fruit comes from our acclaimed 40-year-old Cold Creek Vineyard, expressing vibrant, fresh ripe fruit and structure.
2011 Ethos Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points, The Wine Advocate, June 2014
A majority of the fruit for the 2011 Cab comes from our 40-year-old Cold Creek Vineyard, giving power and structure to this compelling Washington Cabernet. This is the most complex of our Cabernets and offers layers of ripe blueberry fruit with silky tannins.- Columbia Valley
2005 Cold Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet from this 30-year-old vineyard always delivers power, structure and rich concentrated black fruit. The 2005 bottle offers dense aromas of boysenberry and brown sugar spice with layers of fruit with nicely integrated, yet very age-worthy, tannins. This is classic Cold Creek and classic Washington state Cabernet. It demands a good rib eye! - Columbia Valley
2014 Cold Creek Vineyard Merlot
Cold Creek’s 45-year-old vines deliver a big, concentrated Merlot. This wine offers black fruit flavors with layers of complexity. This is our most intense Merlot with great ageability. - Columbia Valley
2001 Artist Series Red Wine
The Artist Series Meritage is a wine built for aging by carefully blending the top lots of the vintage for power, elegance and structure. Deep and concentrated, the dense blackberry, fresh raspberry and sweet mint aromas carry over on the palate. A higher percentage of Malbec was incorporated in the 2001 blend than in previous vintages, giving the wine a distinct bright, lush mouthfeel. - Columbia Valley
2002 Artist Series Red Wine
The Artist Series Meritage is a wine built for aging by carefully blending the top lots of the vintage for power, elegance and structure. The refined Bordeaux-style blend was crafted from the finest Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Merlot from Washington state’s Columbia Valley. Abundant aromas of honey and allspice lead to lush, concentrated flavors of black cherry, blackberry and chocolate.
The 2002 Artist Series wine will be one of three labels available. Specific labels cannot be requested and are not guaranteed. - Columbia Valley
2003 Artist Series Red Wine
The 2003 Artist Series Meritage is a blend of Cabernet, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot from the Columbia Valley. Each variety contributes a special attribute to the wine, resulting in a complex wine with sweet aromas of cinnamon and caramel, with refined tannins and rich concentrated flavors of cherry and boysenberry.
The 2003 Artist Series wine will be one of three labels available. Specific labels cannot be requested and are not guaranteed. - Columbia Valley
2012 Eroica Riesling
The 2012 Eroica Riesling offers sweet lime and peach aromas with subtle mineral notes. The mouth-watering acidity is beautifully balanced by flavorful Washington Riesling fruit. Eroica is a blended statement of the finest Riesling vineyards in the state.
94 Points - Wine & Spirits, December 2013
92 Points - "Editors' Choice", Wine Spectator, December 2013
91 Points - The Wine Advocate, June 2013 Private Library Chardonnay 4-Bottle Collection
Aged in our cellar and ready to drink now, this set includes one bottle each of the following single vineyard wines:
2009 Canoe Ridge Estate Chardonnay, Horse Heaven Hills
The Canoe Ridge Estate Chardonnay is refined and elegant and we like to enhance that style in the cellar. It delivers crisp apple and white grapefruit aromas with a clean, refreshing finish.
2010 Canoe Ridge Estate Chardonnay, Horse Heaven Hills
The 2010 bottling displays even more crisp apple character and delicate structure due to the cooler 2010 vintage in Washington. We age the wine in restrained, lighter French oak barrels to maintain its fresh, elegant style. This is a great food pairing Chardonnay
2009 Cold Creek Vineyard Chardonnay, Columbia Valley
Cold Creek Chardonnay is typified by concentration and intensity from the 35-year-old vines and warmth of the site. The 2009 Chardonnay exhibits rich, ripe fruit with notes of roasted hazelnuts. This is our biggest Chardonnay with weight and body, but is also balanced with a restrained finish.
2010 Cold Creek Vineyard Chardonnay, Columbia Valley
This Chardonnay is a decadent style with ripe fruit and a toasty character. The cooler 2010 vintage in Washington provided enhanced acidity with a restrained finish. The combination of a powerful vineyard in a cooler vintage makes for a very balanced and ageable style of Chardonnay.- Columbia Valley
2010 Eroica Riesling
The 2010 Eroica Riesling is aging slowly and gracefully. Aromas of dried peaches and toasted brioche layered on top of flinty minerality give the wine great depth, and the focused acidity creates a classic structure. - Columbia Valley
2011 Eroica Riesling
The 2011 vintage has aromas and flavors of white peach, grapefruit and sweet lime with subtle mineral notes—mouth-watering acidity is balanced by flavorful Washington fruit. After over a decade we have found our Eroica style: beautiful bright fruit with crisp acidity and enhanced minerality. - Columbia Valley
2011 Eroica Single Berry Select
This is an ultra-rich, concentrated yet elegant wine with intense aromas of orange blossom, honey and sweet spice. Appealing flavors of ripe pineapple and honey lead to a long, luscious finish. - Columbia Valley
2009 Eroica Riesling
This Riesling exudes mandarin orange and sweet lime aromas and flavors with subtle mineral notes. The mouth-watering acidity is beautifully balanced by flavorful Washington Riesling fruit. - Columbia Valley
2013 Artist Series Red Wine - Etch Glyph Label
With this warmer vintage, we selected a few cooler sites to add balance, richness and layers − the ultimate goal for the Artist Series blend. Crafted from four varieties in a beautiful, plush vintage, the blend exudes perfect Washington state structure with desired elegance.The Wine Advocate - Columbia Valley
2014 Limited Release Druthers Cabernet Sauvignon
Druthers is one our richest, most exorbitantly extracted Cabernets! Made from the oldest block of Cold Creek Cabernet, this is what Big Cab is all about.
