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2015 Spring Valley Vineyard Frederick (Red table wine)

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May 19, 2024 - $27

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RATINGS

93Wine Spectator

Impressively combines a firm, structured backbone with polished and expressive black cherry and dusky spice flavors that take on richness toward broad-shouldered but polished tannins.

93James Suckling

...abundant dark cherries and red plums, as well as mulberries. The palate has very smoothly honed tannins and delivers a long, plush and approachable style.

93Jeb Dunnuck

...gives up slightly more intensity, with notions of cassis, cedary herbs, graphite, and bouquet garni...classic on the palate, with ripe tannins, a balanced, layered texture, and terrific length.

91The Wine Advocate

...offering up aromas of spicy berry fruit and a juicy, medium to full-bodied palate with an attractively textural attack, powdery structuring tannins and juicy acids.

91Stephen Tanzer

Sweet dark red berries on the nose... Boasts very good energy...with its sweet berry and spice flavors lifted by a high note of licorice pastille...promising, with tongue-dusting tannins and noteworthy length.

PRODUCER

Spring Valley Vineyard

Spring Valley is in Walla Walla. It was founded in 1993 when Shari and Dean Derby planted grapes on property originally farmed by Shari’s grandfather. The first vintage was the 2001 Uriah, a Merlot-based blend. In 2007 the estate purchased additional vineyards, bringing the total to 109 acres. The winemaker is Serge Laville, a native of France’s Northern Rhone Valley. The estate makes Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and blends.

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.