The 2015 Champoux Vineyard is stunning, busting from the glass with a precocious bouquet of ripe cherries, minty blackberries, violets and anise. On the palate, it's full-bodied, layered and almost voluptuous, with velvety, melting tannins that frame a succulent core of beautifully delineated fruit. The finish is long and fragrant. Infinitely seductive and exquisitely balanced, I struggle to remember an Andrew Will Champoux that was quite this delicious straight out of the gates, yet the wine clearly has the potential to evolve for two decades. The 2015 is a blend of 51% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2038
Reviewer Name: William Kelley
Review Date: 30th June 2018
The 2015 Champoux is a beauty. Concentrated, rich, full-bodied and layered, it offers a rocking nose of blackcurrants, graphite, lead pencil, iodine, and salty minerality. Ripe, rounded, and opulent, yet with good freshness and purity, it needs 3-4 years of bottle age and will keep for two decades.
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2040
Review Date: 4th May 2018
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- Year 2015
- Colour Red
- Country United States
- Region Washington
- Sub Region Horse Heaven Hills
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- Pack Size 6x75cl
- Drinking Window 2020 - 2040
- Drinking Recommendation Drinking Now, will improve
- LWIN 157830020150600750
- Reviews (2)
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97 Wine Advocate
The 2015 Champoux Vineyard is stunning, busting from the glass with a precocious bouquet of ripe cherries, minty blackberries, violets and anise. On the palate, it's full-bodied, layered and almost voluptuous, with velvety, melting tannins that frame a succulent core of beautifully delineated fruit. The finish is long and fragrant. Infinitely seductive and exquisitely balanced, I struggle to remember an Andrew Will Champoux that was quite this delicious straight out of the gates, yet the wine clearly has the potential to evolve for two decades. The 2015 is a blend of 51% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot.
Drinking Window: 2018 - 2038
Reviewer Name: William Kelley
Review Date: 30th June 2018
96 Jeb DunnuckThe 2015 Champoux is a beauty. Concentrated, rich, full-bodied and layered, it offers a rocking nose of blackcurrants, graphite, lead pencil, iodine, and salty minerality. Ripe, rounded, and opulent, yet with good freshness and purity, it needs 3-4 years of bottle age and will keep for two decades.
Drinking Window: 2020 - 2040
Review Date: 4th May 2018
- Producer
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Andrew Will is the leading producer in Washington State. Located on Vashon Island just west of Seattle, it was founded in 1989 by sommelier-turned-winemaker Chris Camarda. Now in the capable hands of his son Will Camarda, he crafts serious Bordeaux-style wines that reflect each vineyard's terroir. Andrew Wills' wines are difficult to source, producing 4,500 cases each year only, and their wines are mostly sold through a dedicated mailing list.
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