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Andrew Will Champoux Vineyard Red Wine 2004
This wine will undoubtedly need some time to show its promise. It is a wine of bearing with pure fruit flavors and good structure. The blend seemed to make itself. We like the wines sense of self-possession and charm. Wine Advocate The 2004 Champoux Vineyard is 44% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, 22% Merlot, and 9% Petit Verdot. It spent 21 months in 35% new French oak. Less marked by oak and more complex than the Sorella bottling, it has a splendid bouquet of cedar, tobacco, vanilla, leather, cassis, and black currants. This is followed by a concentrated, dense wine with gobs of flavor, a velvety texture, excellent integration of oak, tannin, and acidity, and a seamless, 60+ second finish. It will evolve in the cellar for 5-7 years but is difficult to resist now. Score: 93. —Jay Miller, August 2007.Wine Spectator Lithe and velvety in texture, with stacks and stacks of flavor on a fine-grained frame, this is a wine of real elegance. Currant, blueberry and plum flavors mingle effortlessly and pick up cream and subtle spice notes as the finish sails on and on. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Best from 2008 through 2016. Score: 93. —Harvey Steiman, June 15, 2007. Wine Enthusiast Champoux comes out tops in the '04 vintage for Andrew Will. This wine has the stuffing missing from the rest, with tight, chewy young fruit that has good weight and extract. There's a hint of dried wild herb and the stiff tannins that often mark this vineyard's wines. Score: 90. —Paul Gregutt, December 31, 2006. |
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