Similarly styled, with a delicious, medium-bodied, easy drinking profile, the 2011 Firehouse Red is a kitchen sink blend of 26% Merlot, 24% Syrah, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and smaller parts of Sangiovese, Malbec, Zinfandel and Grenache. Big, fleshy and well textured, with plenty of red and black fruit, pepper, underbrush and spice box qualities, it should be consumed over the coming handful of years. Drink now-2016.
Located in Walla Walla and founded in 1998 by Ron and Jamie Colman, with the wines now made by Danny Gordon, this first-rate estate fashions classic, age-worthy wines that over deliver for the price. While I tasted the majority of the bottled wines in Colorado, all of the reserve efforts were tasted from barrel during my visit to the winery. This is an estate to watch and I came away more than a little impressed.
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