Spring Valley Vineyards Frederick Red Blend
Following our Walla Walla (Washington) AVA Wine Experience week before last, and our visits to Spring Valley Vineyards vineyards and tasting room, we opened this Spring Valley Vineyards Frederick Red Bordeaux Blend for a grilled steak dinner.
As written in my Spring Valley Vineyards blogpost, the branding of Spring Valley wines is based on the rich family history
and heritage. The wine portfolio is comprised of labels named for family members dating back to Uriah Corkrum, who is the inspiration and namesake of their Uriah label, their Right Bank Bordeaux Blend. Their other Bordeaux Blend, a Cabernet based blend in the Left Bank style is this Frederick, named for Uriah's son, father of current vineyard owner Shari Corkrum Derby.
Meeting Dean Derby, son-in-law of Frederick was one of the highlights of our Walla Walla wine region experience. Dean and Shari Corkrum Derby started planting the first grapes at Spring
Valley in 1993 and the first vintage of Estate grown and bottled Spring
Valley
Vineyard wines were released with the 1999 vintage.
We tasted the latest current release of this label, Frederick Red Wine Blend 2015 in the Spring Valley Vineyards tasting room there downtown Walla Walla. This evening we opened a vintage bottle from our cellar ten years older from the 2005 vintage.
Spring Valley Vineyard Walla Walla Columbia Valley Frederick Red Bordeaux Blend 2005 -
Dark inky color, full bodied, big, firm, complex but balanced, brooding ripe sweet dark berry -
blackberry & black raspberry fruit flavors, tones of cassis, spice,
lead pencil - firm but smooth nicely integrated polished tannins on a full lingering
finish.
As I have been writing in my blogposts on Washington wines, like many of the other high quality labels coming from the region, this represents high QPR (quality price ratio) relative to comparable wines from the stories more established Bordeaux or Napa Valley regions.
RM 92 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=425182
At thirteen years of age, this wine is likely at the apex of its drinking window and won't likely improve any further with age, but it should last another five years before falling off, and should be consumable for a decade yet. I wish I had more to try over that time. Pick up this label when you get a chance.
https://www.springvalleyvineyard.com/
Following our Walla Walla (Washington) AVA Wine Experience week before last, and our visits to Spring Valley Vineyards vineyards and tasting room, we opened this Spring Valley Vineyards Frederick Red Bordeaux Blend for a grilled steak dinner.
As written in my Spring Valley Vineyards blogpost, the branding of Spring Valley wines is based on the rich family history
and heritage. The wine portfolio is comprised of labels named for family members dating back to Uriah Corkrum, who is the inspiration and namesake of their Uriah label, their Right Bank Bordeaux Blend. Their other Bordeaux Blend, a Cabernet based blend in the Left Bank style is this Frederick, named for Uriah's son, father of current vineyard owner Shari Corkrum Derby.
Meeting Dean Derby, son-in-law of Frederick was one of the highlights of our Walla Walla wine region experience. Dean and Shari Corkrum Derby started planting the first grapes at Spring
Valley in 1993 and the first vintage of Estate grown and bottled Spring
Valley
Vineyard wines were released with the 1999 vintage.We tasted the latest current release of this label, Frederick Red Wine Blend 2015 in the Spring Valley Vineyards tasting room there downtown Walla Walla. This evening we opened a vintage bottle from our cellar ten years older from the 2005 vintage.
Spring Valley Vineyard Walla Walla Columbia Valley Frederick Red Bordeaux Blend 2005 -
As I have been writing in my blogposts on Washington wines, like many of the other high quality labels coming from the region, this represents high QPR (quality price ratio) relative to comparable wines from the stories more established Bordeaux or Napa Valley regions.
RM 92 points.
https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=425182
At thirteen years of age, this wine is likely at the apex of its drinking window and won't likely improve any further with age, but it should last another five years before falling off, and should be consumable for a decade yet. I wish I had more to try over that time. Pick up this label when you get a chance.
https://www.springvalleyvineyard.com/
