Sip Northwest, Fall 2016
42 S I P N O R T H W E S T C O M sweet wine with a riff of pear skin and acidity to help cleanse the palate and pair with food 20 375ml lavellevineyards com 2ND PLACE Chateau Ste Michelle Winery 2014 Ethos Late Harvest Riesling Columbia Valley 40 375ml 3RD PLACE Alloro Vineyard 2014 Vino Nettare Muscat Riesling Chehalem Mountains 40 375ml PANEL PICKS Torii Mor Winery 2011 Port Rogue Valley 45 375ml Rocky Pond Winery 2014 VSPN Late Harvest Riesling Lake Chelan Valley 21 375ml Kiona Vineyards and Winery 2014 Chenin Blanc Ice Wine Red Mountain 32 375ml Walla Walla valleys Grapefr uit and lemon light up the glass and the sur lie maturation creates a luscious creamy textural component to the zesty fi nish 24 baselcellars com 2ND PLACE South Stage Cellars 2014 Romeo Juliet Rogue Valley 24 3RD PLACE Drink Washington State 2015 Northern White Blend Columbia Valley 19 PANEL PICKS Helioterra Wines 2015 Starthistle Cuvée Willamette Valley 18 Moon Curser Vineyards 2014 Afraid of the Dark Okanagan Valley 17 DeLille Cellars 2014 Chaleur Estate Blanc Columbia Valley 38 BEST DESSERT 1ST PLACE LaVelle Vineyards 2014 Autumn Nectar Late Harvest Riesling ORIGIN Elmira OR CHARACTER The oldest bonded winery in the Southern Willamette Valley LaVelle Vineyards is family owned and operated This late harvest Rieslings concentration is partially due to the use of fr ozen grapes and the remainder a result of the regions generous sunshine Apricot pear and baked apple carry this mid Best Northwest Wine Festival Salud The Oregon Pinot Noir Auction Sherwood and Portland OR With a mission to provide access to health care services for Oregons seasonal vineyard workers and their families the 25th annual auction for Salud receives wine donations from a large compilation of Oregon wineries each donating exclusive cuvées in honor of helping the cause With a grand tasting and barrel auction plus the swanky celebration gala and auction guests can mingle sip and savor with winemakers this Nov 11 12 saludauction org BEST SINGLE VARIETAL WHITE 1ST PLACE Ransom Wines Spirits 2015 Auxerrois Sunnyside Vineyard Willamette Valley ORIGIN Sheridan OR CHARACTER Ransom began life as a distillery an acclaimed project for which the Sheridan company is best known They supplemented the spirits with vines in 2010 and also purchase grapes fr om sites in the Willamette today This is a small lot Auxerrois off dry with delicate white fl owers baby powder perfume and orange notes Brisk herbal spicing keeps things fr esh and character driven 18 ransomspirits com 2ND PLACE Castillo de Feliciana Vineyard Winery 2015 Albariño Columbia Valley 18 3RD PLACE TIE J Scott Cellars 2015 Albariño Eola Amity Hills 18 Bjornson Vineyard 2015 Auxerrois Eola Amity Hills 18 Ancestry Cellars 2014 Le Cortège Chenin Blanc Columbia Valley 20 PANEL PICKS Joel Gott Wines 2015 Grüner Veltliner Columbia Gorge 18 College Cellars 2015 Aligoté Walla Walla Valley 18 LEcole No 41 2015 Sémillon Columbia Valley 15 BEST WHITE BLEND 1ST PLACE Basel Cellars Estate Winery 2015 Sauvignon Blanc Sémillon Columbia Valley ORIGIN Walla Walla WA CHARACTER A popular and classic blend of the two noble white grape varieties of Bordeaux 65 percent Sauvignon Blanc is blended with 35 percent Sémillon fr om vineyards in Yakima and TOP PHOTO BY ANDREA JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY
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