Winemaker's comments
The Columbia Valley Red Wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot from young and established vineyards that did not meet our stringent requirements for our ultra-premium wines.

The 1999 Columbia Valley Red Wine has a broad, complex range of flavors. Intense black cherries and minerals backed by cedar, smoke and spice cascade across the taster’s palate. It is a medium-bodied wine with nice grip and sweetness to the fruit. Drink it over the next 10 years.

Reviews
1999 Red Table Wine

International Wine Cellar Review

Quilceda’s second wine, a Bordeaux blend based on 82% cabernet sauvignon): Medium-deep red. Currant, tar and minty nuance on the nose. Smooth and lush but a bit featureless, with moderately ripe flavors of black raspberry and game. Nicely concentrated but somewhat angular wine, finishing with dusty, slightly drying tannins. Score: 88

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar

Wine Advocate Review

Quilceda Creek’s second wine, known simply as “Red Wine”, is crafted from fruit and barrels declassified from the winery’s top bottlings (fully 35% of the production was declassified in 1999). One thousand cases of the medium to dark ruby-colored 1999 Red Wine were produced. It reveals lovely aromatics of black fruits, roasted spices and hints of asphalt. Medium-bodied, broad, and lush, it is a thick, expansive wine candied blackberries and spices. Projected maturity: now-2010. Score: 89

Pierre-Antoine Rovani, Robert M. Parker, Jr.’s Wine Advocate