Don’t miss this trio of spectacular wines from Desert Wind Winery including the 97-Point Ruah red blend, the 93-point Carmenere and the 94-point Heritage Series Merlot.
Desert Wind is back and they’ve hit the trifecta with today’s trio of estate reds including…
The 2018 Desert Wind Winery Ruah, a smooth and very tasty blend of 40% Merlot, 33% Syrah, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Carménère, 4% Tempranillo, 4% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot from their estate Wahluke Slope vineyard. It spent an incredible 30 months in neutral oak and stainless steel and the 2018 is a multiple Gold and Double Gold medal winner receiving 94 points from the Seattle Wine Awards and 97 points from Great Northwest Wine. Incredibly, it also has an SRP of just $25. The 2019 Desert Wind Winery Carménère, a variety that is not normally found outside of its first home in Bordeaux and its second home in Chile. This extremely impressive wine also comes from the Desert Wind estate vineyard in the Wahluke Slope and retails for $35. It spent 19 months in neutral French oak and might be one of the best examples of the variety we’ve ever tried, from anywhere! It received 93 points from the Seattle Wine Awards and we score it similarly. Just 325 cases were produced. The $45 2019 Desert Wind Winery Heritage Series Merlot, currently featured in our “Perfect 10” pack. This is a beautiful, smooth, juicy, dusty example of the variety from two of
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