2009 Sauvignon Blanc “Croft Vineyard” (Willamette Valley) $20
My 11^th vintage of the Croft Sauvignon is, as always, rich and racy, but perhaps a bit softer and more voluptuous than last year’s. Superbly intense Sauvignon, very round with impressive length, this is already delicious. Certified organic grapes.

2008 Roussanne (Columbia Valley) $20
This new release, my seventh, shows classic aromas of stone fruits and minerals, with a palate that sacrifices a bit of 07’s stoniness for pure lush fruit. With its simply gorgeous texture, this wine should continue to gain in complexity over the next several years. Tanzer 89 
 
2008 Tabula Rasa White (Washington/Oregon) $15
An unorthodox blend, for those warm summer evenings when you can’t decide what you want to drink. Gewurztraminer announces the wine with rose and other floral aromas; the mid-palate weight speaks clearly of Roussanne; while Viognier whispers softly on the finish

2007 Pinot Noir Cuvée B Willamette Valley $24
Cuvée B is always my first Pinot Noir to be released and is made in a soft, pretty style for drinking over the near term. This vintage includes fruit from every Willamette Valley AVA except one. Tanzer: “Extremely easy to drink, finishing with very good cut and tangy persistence." 89

2007 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $35
Our flagship Pinot is a selection of the most balanced, complex, and harmonious barrels in the cellar. The red-fruited elegance of the vintage dominates in a wine that, in summer 2010, is just coming into its own and should drink well over the next three to five years. Tanzer: “Light in body but deep in sweet red and dark berry flavor, with a refreshingly bitter cherry skin quality adding grip. Finishes with a strong echo of cherry and very good clinging persistence.” 90 Also WS: 89

2006 Coup d’Etat (Columbia Valley) $24
With this, the sixth vintage of the Coup, we continue to “épater le merloisie.” Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Syrah (60, 25, and 15 percent) are once again comrades in arms, fighting the good fight against the Cab-Chard hegemony.

2007 Gewürztraminer Dessert Wine (Columbia Gorge)  $24
Made from frozen grapes, the ’07 entices with exotic aromas of pineapple, citrus, and flowers. Perfectly balanced. Tanzer: “…utterly delicious and sexy wine.” 91

2007 Counoise Columbia Valley $25
Only the third time we’ve bottled this oddball Rhône varietal on its own—and it will be the last: Devotees, stock up! Luscious and heady, with a peppery streak running through it, this is a bit like a floozy slurping on a cherry (in a good way).

2007 Grenache Ciel du Cheval Vineyard $25 (Sold out)
This vintage, only the second to be bottled on its own, is serious and succulent and perhaps more complex and better balanced than the ’05, deftly straddling the line between new world and old.

2007 Cabernet Franc $25
We are now sourcing our Franc from the famed Red Willow Vineyard near Yakima. This block was planted in 1989 on a rocky east-facing slope, where the poor, well-drained soil (not to mention Mike Sauer and his sons and crew) helps control vigor and yields. Rich and powerful, the wine can be drunk now with decanting, but a year in the bottle should work wonders. Tanzer 89; Wine & Spirits: 92

2007 Petit Verdot Ciel du Cheval Vineyard $30 (Sold Out)
Scarcely any of this fruit was available to us in ’07, and what there was looked like blueberries on anorectic stems. Like the ’02 and the’05 before it, the resulting wine is intense, sauvage, and nearly black. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I suspect this is the wine to drink while watching Where the Wild Things Are. 23 cases.

2006 Syrah Columbia Valley $24
Our ‘everyday” syrah includes fruit from three vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills and two on Red Mountain, the deft blending of which yielded ripe, New World fruit with Rhône-like aromatics and definition. Tanzer: “Sweet and lush in the mouth…with good persistence to the spicy, peppery finishing flavors. Tannins are ripe and fine.” 89

2006 Syrah “Les Vignes en Face” $35
Whoa! Purple-black, with a wild, opulent, sexy nose that makes you ask, “Really? Tell me more.” Aromas and flavors of smoke, black fruit, and anise dominate. It seems serious and flashy at the same time, with the power and balance to age for many years. Tanzer: “Sweet, dense and deep, with lovely intensity and definition to the black fruit and spice flavors…Finishes tangy and long, with tannins that are firm but not dry.” 92

2007 Malbec Columbia Valley $25
These days who doesn’t love Malbec? The vintage at hand is understated, with density and richness, pure blackberry flavors, and tannins that will soften over time. Our finest Malbec to date? I think so. 112 cases. Tanzer: 90

2007 Mesalliance Columbia Valley $20
Our version of a right bank Bordeaux, relying primarily on Merlot and Cabernet Franc, but with a slug of Syrah because, well, everything’s better with Syrah. (It’s the bacon of wine.) Though the components may seem disparate, they do indeed “marry” harmoniously. Tanzer: “ Lush, supple and sweet but not at all overdone. Quite suave and easy to drink, finishing with fine-grained tannins and very good verve.”
Wine & Spirits: 93