Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley Reserve 2005

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95 points Wine Spectator: Ripe in flavor, with a vivid array of black currant, blackberry, violet, black tea and blac...

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Finally had to pop my only bottle open for my birthday. Wine of the year indeed. Lovely, smooth, rich and just as a great cab should be. All in ... Read more

Much different style than the napa cabs I have been drinking lately. The only word that comes to mind right now is that they're (Washington wines)... Read more

Rich nose - light dustiness, plum, strawberry. Good body. Delicious - accessible, new world style, complex. Smooth, balanced tannin and acid. Ager?... Read more

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Snooth User: VegasOenophile
20275911,893
4.50 5
05/25/2010

Finally had to pop my only bottle open for my birthday. Wine of the year indeed. Lovely, smooth, rich and just as a great cab should be. All in balance. Wonderful. I wish it weren't so scarce and expensive now.


Snooth User: VegasOenophile
20275911,893
4.50 5
12/30/2009

Much different style than the napa cabs I have been drinking lately. The only word that comes to mind right now is that they're (Washington wines) "heavier". Deeper somehow. This is a great cab, black currant, blackberry, black everything you can think of. Hints of licorice. Great! - Tasted at Marche` Bacchus 8/22/09


Snooth User: joshwoodward
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4.50 5
05/15/2009

Rich nose - light dustiness, plum, strawberry. Good body. Delicious - accessible, new world style, complex. Smooth, balanced tannin and acid. Ager? Not overdone.


Snooth User: moviegal226
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4.00 5
05/21/2009

I was very skeptical of this wine too, especially since it is priced so affordably (under $40). I think this is one of the best wine values I've ever seen! This big, rich Cabernet can stand up to California's "big boys" that charge well over $150 per bottle. Amazingly good wine - and not just for the price! If you held a blind tasting, you'd swear this wine was easily in the over $100 price range.


Snooth User: phillywine06
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5.00 5
08/12/2009

Absolutely amazing value for the price point, but hard to find. Solid fruit up front with a lingering cocoa finish - really wonderful stuff.


Snooth User: akstevea
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0.00 5
08/25/2009

No Question. CC's Grand Estate Cab. is superb. The local retailer up here had a post holiday close out at $200 a case. I think it was a "goof". Anyway I thought a case was a "safe buy". Wrong! I blew through that (with help from my wife) in about two months. If you can find it Buy it! SA


External Reviews for Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley Reserve

External Review
10/07/2009

95WS See above next screen for discounted case price


External Review
02/25/2010

Columbia Crest Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005: Jahrgang: 2005Inhalt: 0,75 LRegion: Washington StateWeingut: Columbia CrestRebsorte: Cabernet SauvignonRestzucker: trockenRestsäure: Alkoholgehalt: Rotwein


External Review
03/06/2009

Ripe in flavor, with a vivid array of black currant, blackberry, violet, black tea and black pepper aromas and flavors that zoom through to a long, expressive finish. Shows subtlety in the layers of complex flavor against a refined structure. Tannins... Wine Spectator. A Cabernet Sauvignon wine from Washington in USA. 2005 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 750ml


External Review
03/24/2011

Tiefgründiges Purpur-Granat. Pflaumenkompott und Zimtgebäck in der komplexen Nase, unterlegt mit nobler Tabakwürze und Heidelbeergelee. Kompakte Tannine im druckvollen Gaumen, Lakritzeartiges Extrakt und wieder viel schwarze und blaue Frucht, Brombeeren,


External Review
10/07/2009

Ripe in favor with a vivid array of black currant blackberry violet black tea and black pepper aromas and favors that zoom through to a long expressive finish. Shows subtlety in the layers of complex favor against a refined structure. Tannins are present but nicely contained. Best from 2010 through 2015. From Washington.H.S.


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12/16/2009

Winemaker's Notes:

95 points Wine Spectator: Ripe in flavor, with a vivid array of black currant, blackberry, violet, black tea and black pepper aromas and flavors that zoom through to a long, expressive finish. Shows subtlety in the layers of complex flavor against a refined structure. Tannins are present but nicely contained. Best from 2010 through 2015. (2/28/09)

95 points Wine Spectator: Ripe in flavor, with a vivid array of black currant, blackberry, violet, black tea and black pepper aromas and flavors that zoom through to a long, expressive finish. Shows subtlety in the layers of complex flavor against a refined structure. Tannins are present but nicely contained. Best from 2010 through 2015. (2/28/09)

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