Our red lineup is well balanced, ranging from light to heavy body, low to high tannin, and fruit forward to more classic old-world flavors. Inspired by the wine-making traditions of the Rhone Valley, we use minimal oak influence and aim to create wines that offer both fruit and earthy characteristics. We have partnerships with the great Rhone-grape growers in Washington state, and our winemaking style aims to deliver specific vineyard characteristics.
With brilliant light hues, this delicious blend offers vibrancy, purity, charm and versatility. A brightly banded agate on the beach, winter or summer.
62% Grenache | 20% Counoise | 18% Cinsault
Boushey Vineyard | Yakima Valley
Coming in at 63% Malbec and 37% Cabernet Franc, Arctodus utilizes dark fruit and ample acidity from the Malbec while the Cab Franc brings a red berry fruit and pyrazine. This wine continues to develop upon being poured so feel free to savor the isps. We will not have a single varietal vintage of Malbec for 2023, as it all went into Arctodus. Paired with the Cab Franc, this wine is charmingly complex and keeps your senses enlivened!
Tight and grippy with stones, cola, smoked meats and cherry.
55% Syrah - Boushey & Stoneridge Vineyards | 45% Merlot - Pollard Vineyard
Extremely aromatic with a smooth, and silky mouthfeel. Medium bodied, pepper galore, garden delight.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon | Conner Lee & Pollard Vineyards
A heady aromatic profile of savory herbs, bell peppers, & spicy hot caramel transforms into a palata of fresh garden herbs & black cherry.
59% Cabernet Franc | 27% Cabernet Sauvigon |14% Merlot
Stoneridge, Conner Lee, & Pollard Vineyards
YES! A love story. Okay, let's say a bit more. Cabernet Sauvignon from 1987 vines at Conner Lee Vineyard and Merlot from Robin Pollard. These barrels were wanting to be left alone, bottled independently and allowed to showcase their individuality front and center as solo stage performers. But deep deep down, they loved each other. And while they had separate forays in the glass, in the woods, at the table - they could not remain apart. There is a ying and yang to this vintage of Intrepide, endless vibrating activity bound by a profound simpleness that will put the drinker in ponderance and encourage reminiscence about past lives and all the possible paths.
100% whole cluster syrah from Stoneridge Vineyard. "The aromas are dark and meaty, with blackberries and black cherries forming a partnership to do battle with pork fat and cedar. The flavors are similar to the wine's aromas, with a shot of star anise joining the dark berry and meat party. Cellar Selection" -Michael Alberty, Wine Enthusiast.
This is our first vintage working with this particular syrah block and will be our main boushey syrah block henceforth! This has all the flavors you want in a syrah red and blue fruits, olives, brine, with a refined, slightly sandy texture. We dialed back the whole cluster inclusion to around 50% this vintage which still offers that critical stem component. 70 cases produced.
100% Syrah blending fruit from Noble Rock Vineyard in the Rocks District and Boushey Vineyard. The Noble Rock component was fermented 100% whole cluster while the Boushey syrah was destemmed. The French barrels were eight and ten years old. These syrahs were quite different from each other, great alone but better together. L'Entente aims to show the balance of Washington syrah by bringing together variation and differences between vineyard sites and clone selection.
Coming in at 60% Syrah and 40% Petite Sirah this Woolly is not extinct, it is evolving! The Petite Sirah component fermented 100% whole cluster and quite honestly was so tannic your tongue, teeth and cheecks became one. We tapped into a few barrels of syrah which brought gulps of smoothness and here we are folks, a totally irresistible Woolly of a wine: heft, furriness, and deep dark fruits. Petite Sirah - Red Mountain, Heart of the Hill Vineyard / Syrah - Boushey Vineyard
Carbonic maceration, fermentation and extended maceration on skins in egg vessel for four months then pressed into neutral oak for two months before bottling.
100% Cinsault - Boushey Vineyard
100% whole cluster syrah and cabernet sauvignon clone 191 comprise this dark, thorny, blackberry-reduced blend with flares of roasted pepper and scorched earth. Smiladon is the saber-toothed cat and this powerful and graceful creature is back from extinction.
50% Syrah - Noble Rock Vineyard Rocks District | 50% Cabernet Sauvignon - Pollard Vineyard
A classic blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre all grown organically at Conley Vineyard west of Yakima. Since we picked all the fruit on the same morning, this is considered a 'field blend'. All varietals were destemmed and placed in the same fermenter so the final blend was composed at the beginning. Piney, resinous, incense aromatics clear the trail to dark peppery fruit.
This single varietal bottling from Boushey Vineyard is more decadent than past vintages. While still showing classic lighter bodied hues, this is silky and carries more glazed fruit characteristics. Chill it an extra bit for more brightness and pop.
100% Grenache | Boushey Vineyard | Yakima Valley
Our Conley Vineyard Tempranillo is back and purer than ever. Conley is a certified organic vineyard west of Yakima, where temps stay a bit cooler than further down the Yakima Valley. An extremely well balanced wine characterized by firm acids and tannins. This wine is not about smoothness with a focus more on tight structure, smoky incense flavors and dark cherries.
