Balboa Wines

Exotic aromas of lime blossoms, crushed rocks, citrus and pink pepper corn with spicy floral notes. Bright acidity with flavors of lemon, lime and grapefruit leading into guava and fresh peach.

Vineyard: Bloxom Slope Vineyard

Expressive aromas of peach, wild mountain strawberry, raspberry, jasmine and dried rose. The palate opens with golden raspberry, white peach and rhubarb leading into minerality and bright acidity.

Vineyard: Black Prince Vineyard, Canyon’s Vineyard, Summit View Vineyard

Lively and full bodied with aromas of Asian pear, gardenia, honeysuckle, golden apple and jasmine. Notes of ripe peach and white pear lead into stone fruits with balanced acidity and lingering minerality.

Vineyards: Blue Mountain Vineyard, Seven Hills Vineyard and Summit View Vineyard

Expressive aromas of ripe stone fruits, oyster shell, apple blossom and meyer lemon. The palate shows flavors of tropical fruits, light barrel notes, granny smith apple and flinty minerality.

Vineyard: Celilo Vineyard

Deep crimson-ruby colored, this wine emits a rich, spicy, smoky nose of wild
blackberries, huckleberries, black currants, mulberry, tobacco, spiced incense
and cracked pepper. The flavors mirror the aromatics with deep, penetrating
dark fruits that are intermixed with licorice, bittersweet chocolate, Sumatra
roast and Red Mountain scorched earth. The back picks up roasted berries
and nuts, mocha, toffee and burnt charcoal, followed by a long spiced and
herbed sweet-dry tannin finish.

Vineyard: Canyon’s Vineyard

Expressive notes of black pepper, violets, sage, blackberry, olive tapenade and
forest floor aromas. The palate is rich and velvety with ripe currant and
raspberry, purple plum, dark chocolate and savory game notes. Polished fine-grained tannins and bright acidity on the lengthy finish.

90 Points Wine Spectator, 89 Points Wine and Spirits

Vineyards: Estate Eidolon Vineyard, Seven Hills Vineyard and Summit View Vineyard

A dusty, earthy nose leads into notes of bright red fruits and red plum. The
palate shows tart cherry and strawberry balanced with savory notes of dried
herbs, violets, dried roses and tomato leaf.

Vineyard: Pepper Bridge Vineyard

Deep ruby colored, it emits aromas of raspberry, cherry, plum, dried roses, cedar, tobacco, rosemary and incense. The flavors are medium bodied, yet thick and chewy, intermixed with red licorice, cocoa, black tea and minerals. The back picks up pressed berries, framboise and kirsch liqueurs and graphite, followed by a slightly herbal (cardamom, sage) moderate tannin and acid finish.

Vineyard: Summit View Vineyard

Ripe and expressive with mountain strawberry, raspberry and dark cherry notes braced upon orange peel and clove. Elegant and polished on the palate with juicy fruit flavors of ripe blackberry, cherry and cranberry balanced upon vanilla and crème brûlée leading into a rich, silky finish.

Vineyard: Summit View Vineyard

This is the first time we’ve made a GSM, and we are really excited about it. Notes of leather, espresso, black pepper, blackberry, olive, and pie cherry. The palate displays flavors of ripe dark fruits, blueberry, orange peel, and savory game notes balanced upon Walla Walla earthiness.

Vineyard: Canyon’s Vineyard, Estate Eidolon Vineyard and Summit View Vineyard

Our Estate Malbec opens with dark raspberry, ripe strawberry and French roast coffee. The palate transitions to blackberry, ripe red fruits with black peppercorns with floral undertones. Rich, dark and intense with lingering tannins and balanced acidity.

Vineyard: Estate Eidolon Vineyard

Vineyard: Summit View Vineyard

This is a deep, direct and classically styled 100% Cabernet. It shows a deep ruby color and an intense nose of blackberry, dark cherry and black currant with scents of crushed roses, bayberry, tobacco, sandalwood and smoldering incense. The flavors, as well, are bold and well-structured, marked by notes of licorice, dark chocolate, French roast and “Rocks” cobblestones and earth. The back reveals sensations of macerated berries, roasted chestnuts, toffee, crème de cassis and graphite, all leading into a lingering ripe sweet-dry tannin finish. -Rand Sealey Review of Washington Wines

Vineyards: Estate Eidolon Vineyard

The 2013 Constrictor exhibits aromas of dark raspberry, blackberry and currant with damp earth notes. The palate opens with flavors of dark cherry, ripe raspberry and blackberry cobbler with undertones of espresso and cocoa braced upon long lingering tannins and bright acidity.

Vineyard: Eidolon Estate Vineyard

Opens with aromas of dark fruits, including blackberry, black cherry and currant with baking spice and dried herbs. Continues with red and black fruits, showing blackberry, dark raspberry and chocolate covered cherries balanced upon vanilla and sweet tobacco. The palate transitions into a balanced finish with smooth tannins and lingering minerality.

94 Points, Wine & Spirits 

Vineyards: Estate Eidolon Vineyard and Summit View Vineyard

Exhibits enticing aromas of stone fruits, dried orange peel, dark raspberry and ripe cherry. The palate shows notes of baking spice, wild blackberry, and cassis leading into flint, graphite and savory game notes.

Vineyards: Estate Eidolon Vineyard, Seven Hills Vineyard and Summit View Vineyard

Our reserve Cabernet is firm and focused with ripe blackberry, licorice, eucalyptus and forest floor aromas. Powerful on the palate with black currant, dark plum and baking spice balanced upon ‘Rocks’ minerality and lingering full tannins.

Vineyard: Estate Eidolon Vineyard

Dark and opulent, with blackberry, plum, cassis and black cherry on the nose. It delivers powerful flavors of dark olive tapenade, kirsch and blackberry earthiness  balanced upon minerality and earthiness characteristic of Eidolon Vineyard.

Vineyard: Eidolon Estate Vineyard