By Duane Pemberton
Winery website: http://www.baselcellars.com/
Basel Cellars is one of the more iconic producers in Walla Walla Washington – it has a good reputation of producing wines which reflect elegance and quality. While the winery itself has gone through both ownership and recent winemaker changes, its mission to make great wines remains in tact.
Technical Data:
- Varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon,
- Merlot, & Cabernet Franc
- Appellation:Walla Walla
- Vineyards: Pheasant Run
- Alcohol Content: 14.4%
- Case Production: 719
- Released:March 2011
- Price: $48
Nose: Cocoa-laced strawberries, white pepper, plums, a little petrol action as well along with wet sand. The smell takes me back to making sand castles on the beach as a kid.
Taste: Bright cherry and strawberry component coming through for me that’s closely followed with a nice lacing of white pepper, Good tannin structure that holds well and doesn’t allow the niec fruit to overpower it. I like finish that lingers which has notes of chocolate, an old leather-bound book and strawberry.
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