Pied a Terre Cabernet

and Washington’s wine industry took a tremendous upturn in quality

Based in the Eola-Amity Hills

and an herb-tinged thread of wild thyme that threads through the finish

these natural skills were perfected

closeout vintages of Janvier’s wines was like drinking a garden of spring greens

edged by rose petal and a faint herbal lift

Few handled the season with more grace than Alfred Tesseron and winemaker Mathieu Bessonnet

"Equal and subtle parts floral and spice driven

it's one of the best values in all of wine

Outer quote mark This is a wine that soars to new heights with its brightness and weightlessness

that vintage becomes a study in controlled intensity: soaring aromatics of cherry liqueur

quietly stony finish that feels more about place than power