Bergevin Lane Vineyards Intuition Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, USA

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The 2007 Intuition Reserve is made up of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Petit Verdot, 8% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc aged for 20 months in predominantly French oak . It is the most elegant of the Bordeaux-style wines with rich, layered flavors, good density, and power married to finesse. It has the structure to blossom for another 3-4 years and is a candidate to see its 20th birthday in peak condition. Annette Bergevin and Amber Lane continue to turn out excellent wines at very fair prices from their Walla Walla-based winery. The current releases, particularly the Syrah cuvees, appear to be their best wines to date. The Calico wines are always terrific values and the new releases are no exception.Tel. (509) 526-4300; www.bergevinlane.com

The 2006 Intuition Reserve is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Petit Verdot, with the balance Cabernet Franc and Merlot aged for 20 months in new, mainly French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it emits a superb nose of balsam wood, spice box, tobacco, incense, black currant, and blackberry. On the palate it has layers of fruit, complex flavors, excellent balance, 5-7 years of aging potential, and a 60-second finish. It will have a drinking window extending from 2015 to 2031 Bergevin Lane, located in Walla Walla, continues to make impressive wines at a range of price points. These three value wines are first-class.Tel. (509) 526-4300; www.bergevinlane.com

Bergevin’s Bordeaux blend is almost jet black in color, thick with liquorous candied cherry and coffee scents. It’s mostly Wahluke Slope (Stone Tree vineyard) fruit, and has the power to show for it. Black fruits, tar, coffee liqueur, chocolate, whiffs of tobacco make for a complex and compact wine that will reward cellaring. ——P.G.(12/1/2009)—— 90

The 2005 Intuition, a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot, 10% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc, is opaque purple, with an expressive bouquet of cedar, spice box, plum, black cherry, and blackberry. Firm and structured upon entry, the wine is well-balanced by layers of fruit and savory flavors. With fine depth and concentration, it will develop for another 4-6 years and drink at its peak from 2012 to 2025.Bergevin Lane, owned and operated by Annette Bergevin and Amber Lane, has another top-notch set of new releases.Tel. (509) 526-4300; www.bergevinlane.com

Textured, spicy and exotically scented with red and black fruits, pepper, ground coffee, cinnamon, saffron and chocolate powder. It’s a delightful and complex wine, just under 15% alcohol, balanced and showing lots of plummy fruit that is backed with polished tannins and natural acids.——P.G.(3/1/2009)—— 90