Woodward Canyon Wine at Flickinger Wines

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Woodward Canyon

1999

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon

$55

WA 95 (12/2012): I was thrilled to have an opportunity to taste Woodward Canyon’s 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series, inasmuch as this long, relatively cool and even-ripening vintage appears – in hindsight, anyway – as one of the most exciting in Washington’s viticultural history. This bottling featured fruit from Champoux Vineyard along with contributions from Klipsun and Pepperbridge. Scents of still fresh cherry, nutmeg, sealing wax, nut oils, iodine, and tobacco presage the complex and richly-, juicily-fruited palate performance of a wine that scarcely betrays its age. The combination of soothing textural richness with clarity and back-end vivacity is typical for the very best Washington Cabernet; subtle soy and salinity help stimulate the salivary glands, and this stains the palate in a vibrant, veritable peacock’s tail of a finish. Rick Small and Kevin Mott explain that growers got burned (though anything but literally!) in 1993 when for the first time in the memory of most of them, the fruit failed to adequately ripen. Thus, as 1999 stretched on – far cooler than normal – they were willing to take what was then an unusual step of dropping crop, a step that contributed critically to this vintage’s success.

2007

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon

$55

WA 93 (8/2010): The purple-colored 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series contains 1% Petit Verdot. The fruit was sourced primarily from the famous Champoux Vineyard in which the winery is a partner and the Sagemoor Vineyard, one of the oldest in the state. The Sagemoor fruit for this wine was taken from vines planted in 1972. The wine delivers a splendid nose of smoke, mineral, Asian spices, violets, black currant, and blackberry. This is followed by a medium to full-bodied wine with a velvety texture, excellent depth, savory flavors, plenty of volume, and a lengthy finish. It will continue blossoming for another 3-4 years and should provide pleasure through its 20th birthday.

2008

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5 L)

Signed Bottle

$115

WA 93 (8/2011): The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series (which contains 6% Petit Verdot and 4% Syrah) has a superb pedigree with 76% of the fruit coming from the Champoux Vineyard in which the winery is a partner. It is a layered, savory, impeccably balanced effort that will continue to develop for another 3-4 years and drink well through 2023+.

2010

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon

$55

WA 94 (6/2013): More refined and elegant, the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series #19 is 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot and was aged 20 months in 50% new French oak. Very classic on the nose, with plenty of black currant, tobacco leaf, chocolate, cedar and herbs, it is medium to full-bodied, seamless and perfectly balanced, with a light fresh texture that conceals underlying ripe tannin. Enjoy it over the coming 12-15 years. Drink now-2028.

2011

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon

$55

WA 94 (6/2014): One of the standouts in the vintage, the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series comes from a number of vineyards throughout Washington (mostly from, Champoux, Canoe Ridge and Sagemoor) and spent 22 months in French oak prior to bottling. Full-bodied, seamless and layered, with fabulous mid-palate, it offers up classic creme de cassis, lead pencil shavings, black raspberry, toast and dried soil like aromas and flavors. Count me a fan. This beautifully balanced effort will evolve gracefully for 15 to 20 years.

2012

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon

$55

WA 93 (6/2015): A beautiful Bordeaux blend, the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series checks in as a blend of 100% Cabernet, from a number of vineyards (mostly Woodward Canyon, Champoux and Spring Creek), that spent 21 months in 50% new French oak. It’s a classy, full-bodied, seamless and sexy 2012 that exhibits lots of black cherry, black raspberry, toasted spices, licorice and dried herbs. The most approachable and forward of the Bordeaux blends, it will still have two decades of longevity.

2013

Artist Series Cabernet Sauvignon

$55

JD 94 (4/2018): The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Artist Series checks in as a blend of 92% Cab Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot that spent 22 months in 60% new French oak. Like all the wines here, it's inky colored. Exhibiting a great bouquet of fresh blueberries, leafy herbs, violets, and wet stone, with subtle background oak, this beauty is full-bodied, wonderfully pure, layered, and textured. It's one of the standouts in the lineup.

2007

Columbia Valley Merlot

$55

VM 89+ (12/2010): Good medium red. Plum, spices, mocha and nutty oak on the lively nose. Juicy, tight and penetrating, with good purity and lift and an attractive subtle sweetness. The oak element is in harmony with the wine's plummy fruit. Will this very firm merlot blossom and gain in pliancy with some bottle aging? Stephen Tanzer.

2004

Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon

$89

WA 94 (8/2007): The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon – Old Vines (35 years of age) elevates the bar. Composed of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, it is opaque purple-colored and delivers a superb perfume of pain grille, scorched earth, espresso, black currants, and blueberries. This is followed by an extracted wine with richly flavored dark fruits, outstanding concentration, and great balance leading to a 60-second, pure finish. Give this powerful wine 4-6 years of additional bottle age and drink it through 2035.

2007

Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon

$79

WA 94 (8/2010): The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Old Vines is 100% varietal with the fruit sourced from the Champoux (74%) and Sagemoor (26%) vineyards. It was aged in 100% new French oak. Deep purple-colored, it gives up a brooding bouquet of pain grille, pencil lead, truffle, Asian spices, incense, violets, black currant, and blackberry. On the palate it is full-bodied, incipiently complex, silky textured, and impeccably balanced. Give it an additional 5-7 years of bottle age and drink it from 2016 to 2032.

2008

Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon (1.5 L)

Signed Bottle

$149

WA 94 (8/2011): The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Old Vines is a full-bodied, rich, mouth-filling, heavyweight of a Cabernet that offers a drinking window extending from 2015 to 2028.

2005

Special Selection Red

$125

WA 95 (10/2009): The 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection (a cuvee made only in the finest years) is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Champoux Vineyard and 13% Petit Verdot and 12% Merlot from the Estate vineyard. Opaque purple/black in color, it delivers a brooding bouquet of pain grille, pencil lead, crushed stone, incense, black currant, and blackberry, Layered and thick on the palate, it has tons of fruit and structure but remains tightly wound. Stylistically, it is reminiscent of a high level Pauillac from a top vintage. Give it 10-12 years of cellaring and drink it from 2020 to 2040.

2009

Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

$65

WA 92 (12/2012): Woodward Canyon’s Walla Walla 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon comes from their estate with just a 7% contribution from DuBrul, and, rather surprisingly, incorporates small amounts of Syrah and Mourvedre as well as the more predictable Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Iodine and cherry pit intriguingly and successfully serve-up counterpoint to seamlessly rich, ripe cassis and cherry. A vaguely toasty, resinous sense from the 50% new wood is subtly integrated into the rich folds of fruit, and this finishes with a superb sense of energy and invigoration as well as sheer length. It ought to be well worth following for at least a decade.