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Reviewed By David Schildknecht
December 29th, 2012
Winemaker-vineyard manager and self-styled “old world traditionalist” Chris Upchurch has been the guiding spirit of DeLille Cellars since its early-’90s inception, although the ostensibly Old World models followed have evolved significantly in both marketing and winemaking terms. Early-on, DeLille, unsurprisingly, – like so many other U.S. wineries – focused exclusively on a Bordelais vision. That said, Upchurch and his partners had been in business for nearly a decade before they purchased a vineyard: Grand Ciel, adjacent to Ciel du Cheval and Galitzine and managed by the accomplished and (seemingly in Red Mountain at least) ubiquitous Ryan Johnson. DeLille also vinifies and bottles separately the fruit of Harrison Hill’s antique vines (for more about which see my tasting note on the 2009 vintage) and a second estate vineyard project is afoot. The established if misleading name Chaleur Estate was retained for DeLille’s flagship wine crafted from contract fruit (second wine: D2); while the designation Doyenne – utilized from early-on for Syrah – morphed into an officially separate winery for experimental-minded exploration of themes inspired by Southern France. (For database purposes, we at The Wine Advocate / eRobertParker.com treat Doyenne as part of the relevant wines’ descriptions and a DeLille sub-label, which reflects the way those wines are marketed and the spirit in which they were presented to me. Comments on Upchurch’s vinificatory approaches can be found sprinkled though my tasting notes.)
2010 DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc
A Proprietary Blend Dry White Table wine from Columbia Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 92
DeLille’s 2010 Chaleur Estate Blanc – a blend of Sauvignon with 23% Semillon from four manifestly superbly well-managed sites – is dominated by lime peel-laced fig and honeydew melon, to which honeysuckle and heliotrope perfume add allure, and an aura of smokiness and high-toned suggestion of almond extract and peppermint add further pungent intrigue. The palate impression here manages adroitly to balance waxy texture, zesty piquancy, and infectious juiciness. “If you made the quantity of Semillon equal, it would take over the blend,” notes Upchurch, channeling precisely the hypothesis I was myself entertaining at that moment. Everybody’s giving up on Semillon,” he adds with (what I at least hope is) hyperbole, “Californians, South Americans, even Australians; but I love working with it.” Upchurch is proud of the particular assortment of barrels he has assembled to suit his Chaleur white, and it came as a big surprise to me after tasting this installment to learn that 70% of them were new; but the trick is that the wine spends only four months in them, based on what Upchurch, by analogy with baking, calls the “TODD” principle: take it out when it’s done, dummy! This is likely to reward and morph significantly over a decade of cellaring.
2009 DeLille Cellars D2 Proprietary Red Wine
A Proprietary Blend Dry Red Table wine from Yakima Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 92
Serving as second wine to the corresponding Chaleur Estate bottling, DeLille’s 2009 D2 comprises 55% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot sourced from seven different vineyards, each prestigious. Tea, mint, and pungently high-toned herbal essences swirl around scents of cassis and cherry, all of which have their counterparts on a finely-tannic, lusciously juicy palate on which nutty, lentil sprout-like, and subtly saline savor adds depth and saliva-inducement that persist into a long finish. Those who can’t afford the corresponding grand vin need hardly feel cheated, and I suspect this will be well worth following for at least ten or a dozen years.
2009 DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate
A Proprietary Blend Dry Red Table wine from Red Mountain, Yakima Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 93
Comprising 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot – sourced from Ciel du Cheval and Klipsun Vineyards – the 2009 Chaleur Estate red is dominated by lusciously ripe morello cherry, with accents of peat, tobacco, licorice, allspice, and tactilely sizzling cinnamon. Plush though with underlying chew, it finishes with an invigoration and energy one scarcely anticipates from these grape varieties much less in such a warm vintage. Upchurch suggests that most of the tannin in a wine like this comes from the seeds and that the proclivity in Washington of seeds to truly ripen to nutty crunchiness (granted that precisely in 2009 this proved challenging) is what makes for wine with this sort of amazingly vibrant and stimulatingly tannic personality. And, he believes, incidentally, that punch-downs as opposed to pump-overs make for more advantageous extraction that preserves these virtues.
2009 DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill
A Proprietary Blend Dry Red Table wine from , Yakima Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington, USA,
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 96
From a basaltic outcropping dominated by a small 1962 planting of Cabernet (the state’s second oldest vines and oldest Cabernet) and officially included as an appendage to the as-is relatively tiny Snipes Mountain AVA, the DeLille 2009 Harrison Hill – latest in a 15 vintage line – incorporates 26% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. Talk about the brightness and lift that seem, in the best instances, singularly possible with black Bordelais grapes grown in Washington, here’s the best instance I’ve met – and from the 2009 vintage no less! Violet, rose, lily and heliotrope perfume and high-toned herbal essences waft from the glass and persist billowingly inner-mouth, accompanied by palate-staining, juicy, fresh cherry and cassis, the whole underlain by sweet-smoky evocations of leather, black tea, peat, tobacco and steel shavings. The umami level here is so high you won’t be able to stop salivating between sips, and the finish is a veritable magic carpet ride. Yeah, yeah, I know: ‘old vines, big mystique fool critic into inflating rating.’ May you be lucky enough to taste this for yourself, o ye of little faith! I’m dreaming of an opportunity to experience a vertical of this bottling, but meantime, as this is my first encounter, all I can go on is intuition when I suggest that it will be worth following for at least the better part of two decades.
2008 DeLille Cellars Grand Ciel
A Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Red Table wine from Red Mountain, Yakima Valley, Washington, USA,
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 95
Unblended with any other cépage and entirely from the DeLille estate vineyard, the 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Ciel (their fifth) was as usual bottled after around 20 months – like the corresponding Harrison Hill and Chaleur – but held even longer before release. There is a hard-to-pin-down sense of meaty, mineral density underlying the sweetly-concentrated dark berry fruit of this seamless, ultra-finely tannic Cabernet, almost as though there were extracts of iron-rich beef liver and chard – not to mention crushed stone and metal filings – in the blend. High-toned evocations of herbal and floral distillates add to the multi-layered, oscillating complexity on a captivating, palate-staining performance, culminating in a positively reverberative finish in which all the stops of the organ are pulled and both feet are pumping the pedals with all their might. To prosaically suggest an admittedly far-from-perfect analogy, this put me in mind of the marriage between a great Pauillac and a Madiran, but with a sense of sheer energy one can seldom derive from either. Pending further experience on my part, I can but go on intuition in suggesting that this is likely to merit at least 15 years of repeated (and rapt) attention.
2011 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Roussanne
A Roussanne Dry White Table wine from Red Mountain, Yakima Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 91
Latest in a nearly decade-long line-up sourced from Tablas Creek clonal material planted at Ciel du Cheval Vineyard and vinified in older barriques, DeLille’s 2011 Doyenne Roussanne offers a delightful and very varietally typical nose of lime zest, honeysuckle, orange blossom, bee’s wax, and white peach whose fuzz seems to coat the palate as an invigorating adjunct to inner-mouth floral perfume, faint waxiness, and luscious juiciness. A telltale nip of white pepper adds to the stimulation of a vibrantly persistent finish, and the too-frequent tendency with very ripe renditions of this grape toward bitterness or finishing flatness is entirely avoided. This tongue-tingler ought to prove delightfully versatile at table for at least 3-4 years, though in the process it’s likely to take on a honeyed and more richly-textured patina.
2011 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Roussanne Winemaker's Reserve
A Roussanne Dry White Table wine from Red Mountain, Yakima Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 92
After having been floored by the seductive success of DeLille’s Doyenne 2011 Roussanne from Ciel du Cheval, I was amazed to turn right around and be confronted with a 2011 Doyenne Roussanne Winemaker Reserve, 150 cases from rows on this site cropped at a drastically lower level, and vinified in tank rather than barrel. “I’m looking for concentration,” says Upchurch, “and I’m not talking about weight, ripeness or alcohol, I’m talking about dry extract and focusing that dry extract.” One could get a good argument going with me, for one as to whether dry extract per se has the sort of significance Upchurch is presupposing, but there isn’t any question that we not only have a very different wine here, we also have one in which already in describing the nose it’s impossible to avoid mineral descriptors. A maritime amalgam of alkaline, saline, and kelp-like notes mingles with floral perfume, here more bittersweet in shading – suggesting gentian – than was the case with the corresponding “regular” bottling. Lime and white peach flood the palate leaving a waxy coating as well as invigoration of peach fuzz, lime peel, cress, and white pepper impingement. There is fullness but no heat or roughness from 14.1% alcohol, and, in fact, the overall effect here is remarkably buoyant, though in terms of sheer energy and refreshment the less-concentrated, “regular” bottling has a slight edge. If you’re lucky enough to have some of each, what a treat it will be to follow their parallel evolutions at table over the next several years, and perhaps beyond!
2011 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Rose
A Proprietary Blend Dry Rosé Table wine from Yakima Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 90
Composed of Grenache plus 37% Mourvèdre (which has dominated earlier, Bandol-inspired installments), all grown at Boushey or Ciel du Cheval, the 2011 Doyenne Rose delivers strawberry and purple plum fruit on a full, glossy, glycerol-rich, infectiously juicy palate, with Darjeeling tea, jasmine, and faint toasted nuttiness adding further interest and allure in an at once soothing and refreshing – not to mention lingering – finish. Enjoy this fine value over the next 9-12 months, though lay-in lots if you expect it to last that long!
2009 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Signature Syrah
A Syrah Dry Red Table wine from Yakima Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 91
Originating in Grand Ciel and Boushey vineyards and co-fermented with a dollop of Viognier from Ciel du Cheval, the 2009 Doyenne Signature Syrah delivers complex scents of black tea, violet, cherry, raspberry, lavender, and grilled red meats, a cast which reappears in a delightfully rich, polished palate performance that utterly belies the wine’s 15% alcohol. (Asked if he watered the must even to achieve that, Upchurch replied, “If I was going to water, believe me I wouldn’t stop at 15%!”) The carnality as well as a subtle salinity serves for strong saliva inducement in a handsomely long and interactive finish. I suspect that this will be worth following for the better part of a decade.
2008 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Syrah Grand Ciel Vineyard
A Syrah Dry Red Table wine from Red Mountain, Yakima Valley, Washington, USA
Review by David Schildknecht
WA # , #204 (Dec 2012)
Rating: 93
A complex and positively animal scent rises from the glass of 2008 Doyenne Syrah Grand Ciel Vineyard, suggesting roasted red meats, smoked meats, and raw liver reminiscent of Cornas. Black tea, black pepper, cherry and cassis add to the impressive aromatic display, and each of these features has its fluid counterpart on a richly-fruited, glossy, full, yet brightly juicy and irresistibly saliva-inducing mid-palate and finish. This superbly complex, glowingly intense, and next sip-compelling Syrah ought to be worth following for ten or a dozen years. (Interestingly, in contrast to most DeLille lots, this relied largely on spontaneous fermentation.)
DeLille Cellars and Chris Upchurch –
Wine Masters of Washington
Posted by winedup on Friday, November 2, 2012
“Winemaking is a lifelong endeavor.” This truthful and passionate statement was made by professional winemaker and owner of DeLILLE Cellars Chris Upchurch. He has devoted the majority of his life to the art of growing premium grapes and making exceptional wine. DeLILLE Cellars is located in Redmond, Washington, a state which has been producing fine wines and experiencing well-deserved increasing popularity as a result. In contrast with many winery websites, DeLILLE Cellars does not provide a lengthy history or focus on a vast list of achievements, rather their sight is set on future wine vintages; perfecting grape growing and wine production.
Despite DeLILLE Cellars’ modesty, it is clear from the information available and numerous positive reviews, that they are making desirable wines. DeLILLE’s wines are served in over 100 restaurants in the Seattle area and state of Washington. Additionally,Seattle Magazine has included positive mention, the most recent being “Wine of the Year” for DeLILLE Cellars’ 2006 Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon. One wine consumer who recently visited DeLILLE Cellars wrote, “We visited 7 wineries in one day and by far this was the best. The quality of the wine, the knowledge of the Washington varietals was excellent.” One reputable review site listed DeLILLE Cellars at an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5.
Grand Ciel
The Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon was first produced by DeLILLE Cellars in 2004 with tremendously successful results. That year International Wine Cellar rated this wine at 91 points. Wine Enthusiast and Wine Advocate concurred with 93 and 94 points, respectively. Since 2004, the Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon has been on an unchallenged winning streak. In 2005, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate rated the 100% Cabernet Sauvignon vintage at 95 points. Moreover, the prestige continued with the gold medal at Seattle Wine Awards. The years 2006 and 2007 were also marked by the Grand Ciel receiving high ratings from many wine experts.This wine can be purchased for around $108 to $165 a bottle depending on the vintage. Visitors to the winery also agree with the exceptional nature of the Grand Ciel. The sentiment was enumerated by one reviewer who enthusiastically stated, “Brilliant wines!”
Doyenne Signature Syrah
The Doyenne Signature Syrah is another of DeLILLE Cellars’ award winning wines. At an affordable $20 to $39 per bottle, this wine has unanimously pleased Syrah lovers. One wine taster said he was a, “Big fan of the Syrah!!!” Another reviewer elaborated saying the, “Syrahs were so silky and flavorful.” She continued by stating they, “had so much character without being too fruity.” Wine Spectator gave the Doyenne Signature Syrah 94 points adding that this wine was, “Focused, intense and detailed…” Wine Enthusiast rated Doyenne Signature Syrah at 93 points confirming it is, “A wine to savor.” Since its tenure starting in 1999, the Doyenne Signature Syrah has never earned less than a 90 point rating from wine tasting professionals. But you don’t have to be an expert to enjoy its plum fruitiness and espresso tones or choice savory herbs and earthy notes.
Chaleur Estate Blanc
If you enjoy white wines, you may relish the toasted almond and cardamom flavors of the Chaleur Estate Blanc. DeLILLE Cellars created, yet again, another superb white wine blend. Both critics and wine tasters confirm the quality of this wine through their written admiration. A wine taster recently wrote, “Their Chaleur Estate Blanc was possibly the best white I’ve ever tasted.” Yet another reviewer listed the Chaleur Estate Blanc among their favorite wines. Wine Spectator describes the wine as “rich in texture and spicy in flavor.” adding a rating of 88 points. That review was of the 1999 Chaleur Estate Blanc and the acclaim has only increased with subsequent years. More recently, the wine was rated at 92 points by Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate and 95 points by Wine Enthusiast Magazine which remarked that the Chaleur Estate Blanc is “consistent year after year.” The Chaleur Estate Blanc is also one of DeLILLE Cellars’ more economical wines pricing at around $19 to $30 per bottle based on the year of production.
DeLILLE offers many ways to relate to their winemaking efforts other than simply enjoying their delicious varietals. They endeavor to work with the environment and take the time to explain their goals. Their interest in green farming, sustainable vineyards, bio-dynamic methods, and organic produce is discussed on their site. In addition, DeLILLE Cellars is aligning themselves with non-profit organizations who are dedicated to environmentally friendly practices. On their informative website, DeLILLE has the Story of the Grape, which gives an interesting timeline and description of the grape growing process. When you read about the amount of time and effort that is put forth to produce such premium wines, your appreciation peaks.
Another way to experience DeLILLE Cellars is through the Carriage House Tasting Room. Quaint and inviting, the staff will assist with varietal knowledge and food pairings. DeLILLE Cellars also offers reserve tasting and private tastings at the Carriage House Tasting Room for $50 or $35 per person. Wine tasters note that the tasting room is, “Beautiful, a must see.” Another person explained, “Tasting fee starts at $15 per person and is refundable with the purchase of their wine. We had owners talking to us and their wine and service were both super.” To further support the winery, you can join either the Grand Estate Wine Club for approximately $140 quarterly or the Grand Cellar Red Wine Case Club for around $550-$650 twice a year. Whatever method of enjoyment you choose, it would be wise to experience DeLILLE Cellars and their award-winning wines.
DeLille Cellars
14208 Woodinville-Redmond Road N.E., Redmond, WA 98052
www.delillecellars.com
contact@delillecellars.com
Tasting room: (425) 877-9472
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Written By Sarah Meadows
Images Courtesy of WineMatch.Com
October, 2012
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WINE OF THE YEAR! DeLille Cellars 2006 Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon |
Take a look at the recent article in Seattle Magazine for our tasting room, The Carriage House. Seattle Magazine, August 2010
"Top 100 Washington State Wines", Paul Gregutt, Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, November 29, 2009
#40 DeLILLE Cellars 2006 Chaleur Estate
#54 Doyenne 2006 “Signature” Syrah
Winemaker of the Year
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Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Enthusiast Wines for 2008
#73 – 94 Pts DeLille Cellars 2006 Chaleur Estate Blanc
Wine Spectator’s 2008 Top 100 At A Glance
#48 - 93 Pts $37 DeLille Doyenne Aix Red Columbia Valley 2005
“1001 Wines You Must Taste Before You Die”,
Universe Publishing, 2008 Preface by Hugh Johnson, and wines selected and reviewed by “Leading International Critics”. DeLille Cellars 2005 Chaleur Estate Red (page 518).
The 2008 Jefferson Cup Invitational Wine Competition
In the category of Red Vinifera Wine, Doyenne 2006 Aix has been awarded a
2008 Jefferson Cup Nomination (equal to a Double Gold Medal)
“DeLille Cellars” 2005 Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon envelopes the senses like a warm hug.— ”
Braiden Rex-Johnson
Braiden Rex-Johnson is a bestselling cookbook author; the long-time food-and-wine-pairing columnist for Wine Press Northwest; a regular contributor to Pacific Northwest, The Seattle Times' Sunday magazine; the former food editor at Seattle Homes & Lifestyles magazine; and an active member of Les Dames d'Escoffier (LDEI).
Wine Spectator DeLille Cellars 2005 Chaleur Estate, 93 Pts. September, 2008
Smooth, round and harmonious, offering an elegant mouthful of creamy, spice-accented black cherry currant and plum flavors, nicely fashioned to breeze through a veil of fine tannins on the beautifully focused finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2015. - H.S.
Wine Spectator Doyenne 2005 Grand Ciel Vineyard, 92 Pts. September, 2008
Rich, ripe and generous, offering a huge mouthful of coffee-accented plum and blueberry flavors. Finishes spicy, with hints of licorice and cardamom. Needs time to soften a bit. Best from 2009 through 1016. - H.S.
Sunset Magazine
DeLille Cellars 2005 Chaleur Estate, "Critic's Choice Red Wine of the Year" award
September, 2008
This year the competition was exceptionally stiff. Working in teams, our judges (wine writers, educators, and sommeliers from up and down the West Coast) blind-tasted more than 200 wines nominated across four price ranges – a veritable Western wine hall of fame. Chaleur Estate stood out in the lineup!
The Top 100 Northwest Wines Seattle Metropolitan September, 2008
To create a list of the best Pacific Northwest wines currently in release, Seattle Metropolitan enlisted wine critic Condé Cox, a current candidate for the prestigious master of wine certification, who braved serious palate fatigue from tasting over 1,000 different bottles.
Wine #5: DeLille Cellars 2005 Chaleur Estate Red
Wine #15: DeLille Cellars 2006 Chaleur Estate Blanc
Wine #17: DeLille Cellars 2005 D2
Wine #46: Doyenne 2005 Aix
Wine #56: Doyenne 2005 Métier Red
Seattle Magazine August 2008 Issue features Doyenne 2006 Roussanne
In the August 2008 edition of Seattle Magazine, the Doyenne 2006 was included in the article entitled “What to Drink Now: 37 Best New Washington Wines”. You can find the following listing on Pages 104 – 105, under “Hot [NEW] Wines, White Blends. This issue is not on-line yet, but the review says:“#1. DeLille Cellars Doyenne 2006 Roussanne. Roussanne is not usually respected as a single varietal wine, but winemaker Chris Upchurch has created this 100 percent Roussanne from Red Mountain’s Ciel du Cheval Vineyard to prove naysayers wrong. A refreshing but rich and aromatic wine full of lime and lemon scents, the lush palate offers fresh peach and apricot flavors and crisp acidity. Pairs with: Wild greens salad with fresh chèvre rolled in toasted pecans.”
Doyenne 2006 Roussanne featured in The Seattle Times Column
Seattle Times columnist Paul Gregutt wrote about white Rhône-style varietal wines in his column on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Doyenne 2006 Roussanne was mentioned as a noteworthy Roussanne in Washington state. Click here to read the article and learn more about this exciting single varietal.
Robert Parker scores June 2008
2005 DeLille Cellars Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain Red J.M 95 Points2004 DeLille Cellars Grand Ciel Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain Red J.M. 94 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Yakima Valley Red J.M. 93 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill Yakima Valley Red J.M. 92 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars D2 Columbia Valley Red J.M. 90 Points
2006 DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate Blanc Columbia Valley White J.M. 91 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Grand Ciel Syrah Red Mountain Red J.M. 91 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Grand Ciel Syrah Red Mountain Red R.P 90+ Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Syrah Yakima Valley Red R.P. 91 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Syrah Yakima Valley Red J.M. 90 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Métier Red Mountain Red J.M. 91 Points
2005 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Métier Red Mountain Red R.P. 90 Points
2006 DeLille Cellars Doyenne Roussanne Red Mountain White J.M. 90 Points
Top 100 Washington Wines 2007 Paul Gregutt, Wine Adviser December 19, 2007
From Paul Gregutt’s list of the Best Washington Wines for 2007!
Wine #8: DeLille Cellars 2006 Chaleur Estate Blanc
Wine #46: Doyenne 2006 Roussanne
2004 D2 Chosen as one of the TOP 100 wines of 2007 in the Wine Spectator
Each year, Wine Spectator editors survey the wines they have reviewed over the past 12 months and select the most exciting for their Top 100.
Directly from the Wine Spectator Website - they explain their judging method;
"In 2007, we reviewed more than 15,000 wines from around the world in blind tastings. More than 3,500 of them earned outstanding ratings (90 points or higher on our 100-point scale). They we narrowed the list down based on four criteria: quality (represented by score); value (reflected by release price); availability (measured by case production or cases imported); and an X-factor we call excitement. But no equation determines the final selections: These choices reflect our editors' judgment and enthusiasm about the wines they tasted.
Thirteen countries are represented in their 2007 list, tying it with 2006 for the most diverse group in the history of the Top 100, which debuted in 1988. The average price for the wines on this year's list is $42, down from $49 last year, yet quality remains at the same level, with an average score of 93 points."
DeLille Cellars is proud to have our 2004 D2, with a score of 92, included in the Top 100 for 2007.
2005 Chaleur Estate Blanc chosen by Wine Enthusiast as one of the top 100 wines of 2007
The editors of Wine Enthusiast chose the top "Drink Now" wines of 2007. They stated "The 100 wines on the pages immediately following are of such outstanding quality and craftsmanship that cellaring them for a few years is an option, but all are ready to be enjoyed now."
November 2007 Robb Report
The November 2007 edition of the Robb Report showcases DeLille Cellars as chosen amongst the Top 100 Winemakers in the world. The Robb Report is a magazine about luxury lifestyle in the United States, offering "the best of the best"
to its readers. Only four Washington State wineries are featured, and our 2004 Harrison Hill is recommended as one of the best wines produced by DeLille Cellars. The Report states: "While DeLille makes several Rhone style whites, it's big, lusciously layered Bordeaux reds steal the show. The Harrison Hill is especially gratifying, with volumnious tannins, round black cherry, and smoky depth."
