It has been such a pleasure to see the evolution of DeLille Cellars over the past ten plus years. Their director of winemaking Jason Gorski, has consistently crafted incredible wines regardless of vintage. DeLille Cellars was the first winery in Washington to focus on creating Bordeaux style wine blends and makes arguably the best Bordeaux style white wine in North America with its ‘Chaleur Blanc.’ There is little doubt that Chaleur Blanc will challenge some of the finest white wines you will find in Bordeaux.
DeLille sources from their estate, 20-acre vineyard in Red Mountain as well as premier vineyards in the Yakima Valley. Their new Woodivinlle winery is a must visit as it boasts modern decor with a fantastic rooftop that even boasts views of Mt. Ranier. It has fantastic hospitality with a killer adjacent restaurant, The Restaurant.
Jason Gorski and his team made some great wines in 2020 — some of the finest in the Pacific Northwest. His wines in 2021 are even better. He has made one of the most consistently great Rose wines over the past five years made in the Pacific Northwest. Don’t miss out on the 2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Four Flags’ Cabernet Sauvignon (OB, 95) which is a stunning, beautifully balanced Cabernet Sauvignon with serious structure and flavor density. Learn more about this fantastic winery at www.delillecellars.com Here are the great new release wines from DeLille.
2023 Metier Sauvignon Blanc- Coming from the Horse Heaven Hills, the 2023 Metier Sauvignon Blanc offers pink grapefruit blossom and kiwi alongside shades of gooseberry on the nose. The palate is soft and showing serious nerve with Gravenstein apples, green papaya and lemongrass notes. This is an awesome value for under 20 bucks. Drink 2024-2029- 91
2023 DeLillle Roussanne- The outstanding 2023 DeLille Cellars Roussanne is a gorgeous edition of this wine that deftly combines weight and finesse. Stored in a combination of neutral oak, concrete and stainless steel this offers bright honeysuckle on the nose alongside kiwi and brie cheese notes. The palate is soft and refined with a smooth texture and great sense of weight. Beautifully balanced, coming from the Ciel du Cheval Vineyard, this is another stunning release of this wine. Drink 2024-2031- 94
2032 DeLille Cellars Rose- This 2023 DeLille Cellars Rose is a complex blend of near equal parts Grenache and Mourvèdre and a touch of Cinsault. Wild mushroom and pretty red florals mark the nose alongside red cherry candy and strawberry notes. The palate is beautifully textured and fresh with good length and depth. Melon and ripe red fruits combine with stony minerals and damp earth accents on the palate. Drink 2024-2031- 93
2022 DeLille Cellars ‘Red Willow Vineyard’ Chardonnay- This is the inaugural edition of this 2022 Washington Chardonnay, coming from older vines in the Red Willow Vineyard. This wine is a blend of Chardonnay clones, showing rich. Japanese pear, macadamia nut, and vanilla cream tones. The palate is soft and refined, showing rich citrus and melon fruit flavors alongside good weight and underlying tension. Finishing long, enjoy this beautiful wine now and over the next seven plus years. Drink 2024-2031- 93
2023 DeLille Cellars ‘Chaleur Blanc’ White Wine- Not yet bottled, the 2023 ’Chaleur Blanc’ is a beautiful blend of 69% Sauvignon Blanc with the remainder Semillon. A beautiful golden color, this opens with aromatics of walnut and starfruit tones alongside Japanese pear and orange blossom. The palate is plush and also very fresh. Finishing long with nutty and earthy tones alongside shades of buttercream, this is beautiful wine that is drinking marvelously in its tension-filled youth. This is going to age gracefully for another ten years. Drink 2024-2034- 94
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Marguerite’ White Wine- A truly outstanding Washington Sauvignon Blanc, the ‘Marguerite’ is named after the Marguerite daisy which is a symbol of patience. Stored in 75% new French oak, this wine was sourced from some of the oldest Sauvignon Blanc in the state. This is very rich and refined with a seamless texture. Bright cantaloupe and kiwi flavors combine with beautiful weight and fantastic tension. Finishing long with smoky and stony tones, this is a delicious, complex wine that is built to age. Drink 2024-2034- 94
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Le Dessein’ Red Wine- The 2021 ‘’Le Dessein’ is a combination of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. This is very dark in the glass, offering menthol and blood orange zest alongside cracked black pepper, bright red fruits and smoky accents. Showing good weight and nerve, this is beautiful stuff to savor now and over the next eight years. Drink 20240-2032- 93
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Signature’ Syrah- The 2021 ‘Signature’ Syrah is a beautiful new wine coming from the Yakima Valley. Inky in the glass, once on the nose this exudes class with iodine, black currants, white pepper dusted brisket and shades of violets. The palate is loaded for mouth-watering acidity. Finishing long with plenty of herbal and floral nuance, this is a stunning, heady and fresh Syrah that will drink marvelously now. This was tasted three times over three days with consistent notes. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Grand Ciel’ Syrah- A beautiful wine from a great vintage, the 2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Grand Ciel’ Syrah (clone 383) was stored in 30% new French oak before bottling. Loganberry and black olive tapenade mingle well with salty soils and smoked meats on the nose. The palate is dense and rich with smoky and stony undertones. Elegant and refined, with loads of power, this has a long way to go in the cellar. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Doyenne’ Red Wine- Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and Mourvèdre, this beautiful Provence inspired bottling offers sagebrush and tar notes that combine with a beautiful core of black tea, Asian spices and rich dark fruits. Lithe and dense, enjoy this heady wine now and over the next ten years to come. Drink 2024-2034- 93
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Red Willow Vineyard’ Syrah- Coming from the oldest Syrah vines in the state, this 2021 ‘Red Willow Vineyard’ delivers garrigue, orange peel, and rich red fruits on the nose. Very fresh and lithe, with green peppercorns, umami, fresh sage and wild blackberry flavors, this is refined and delicious stuff that is drinking marvelously now. Drink 2024-2034- 93
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Red Willow Vineyard’ Malbec- Inky and outstanding, the 2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Red Willow Vineyard’ Malbec shows chocolate, violets and creosote notes on the nose. The palate is dense and chewy with refined tannins that shine through a core of heady dark currant, huckleberry and baking spices on the palate. Rich and having great energy, enjoy over the next ten plus years. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2020 DeLille Cellars ‘Minuit’ Red Wine- The 2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Minuit’ Red Wine combines Malbec (70%) with the remainder Cabernet Sauvignon. This shows good poise and richness offering sagebrush and anise notes alongside rich dark fruits and loads of chocolate. The palate has good richness and bright underlying acidity, as you are greeted with herbal accents that kine a core of dense dark fruits, with copious minerals. Drink 2024-2040- 94
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘D2’ Red Wine- The 2021 ’D2’ combines 58% Merlot with the remainder 34% Cabernet Sauvignon with a touch of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Everything is in clockwork balance here. Chocolate covered cherry, roasted dates, anise, sagebrush and allspice flavors mingle well with a refined texture on the palate. Really good now, enjoy over the next ten years. Drink 2024-2034- 93
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Le Colosse’ Red Wine- This 2021 by DeLille showcases all Merlot coming a range of sites in the Yakima Valley. The nose is gorgeous with red rose petals, tar, tobacco leaf and heady red fruits. The palate is silky and refined with rich red and dark fruits that parade with sagebrush and chocolate. Finishing very long, this is gorgeous showing that has al long way to go in the cellar. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Red Willow’ Red Wine- Coming from this famed site in the Yakima Valley, this has considerably more Cabernet Franc (76%) than the 2020 edition of this wine. This is wonderfully herbal with sage and mint alongside red bell pepper and dense black raspberry aromatics. This is beautiful wine that has a killer combination of poise, flavor density and flavor range. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Discovery Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon- DeLille has been sourcing from this site in the Horse Heaven Hills since 2012. The 2021 ‘Discovery Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon offers pipe tobacco, anise and gravel accents alongside a core of rich blackberry fruits. The palate offers copious minerals that mingle well with milk chocolate and dense dark fruits. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Four Flags’ Cabernet Sauvignon- The 2021 ‘Four Flags’ is a beautiful wine from four different vineyards. All Cabernet Sauvignon this offers alluring dusty soils and black rose petals that combine with coffee grounds and boysenberry aromatics. The palate is very balanced and soft with good richness and underlying verve. A beautifully balanced wine, this has a long life ahead of it. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Shaw Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon- The 2021 ‘Shaw Vineyard’ is 100% variety and comes from one block in the vineyard. On the nose this is powerful with a massive wall of black fruits that combine with shades of roasted figs, and espresso grounds, with pencil lead notes. The palate is push and soft with a refined texture and beautiful sense of flavor density and length. Finishing long with saturated dark fruits and copious minerals, this is drinking marvelously in its full-throttle youth. Drink 2024-2040- 96
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Klipsun Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon- A beautiful wine made on Red Mountain, the 2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Klipsun Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon delivers tar and anise notes alongside dark chocolate shavings and roasted dates on the nose. The palate is refined and dense with serious tension and salty minerals, this is a stunning edition of this wine that has a long way to go in the cellar. Drink 2024-2042- 96
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Harrison Hill Vineyard’ Red Wine- The 2021 ‘Harrison Hill’ combines mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with the remainder Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this offers tobacco leaf and graphite tones on the alate alongside wild blackberry and shades of espresso grounds. Refined and elegant, enjoy now and over the next ten to fifteen years. Drink 2024-2040- 94
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Chaleur Estate’ Red Wine- The 2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Chaleur Estate’ Red Wine is a delicious combination of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon with the remainder Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a dash of Petit Verdot. Sweet pipe tobacco, leather and dusty soils combine with wild blackberry and green bell pepper accents on the nose. This is rich and also very elegant left bank inspired wine that has a long life ahead of it. Drink 2024-2040- 95
2021 DeLille Cellars ‘Grand Ciel’ Red Wine- The 2021 ‘Grand Ciel’ comes form the DeLille estate vineyard on Red Mountain. Anise, tar and dense dark fruits all line the nose. The palate is very rich and loaded with texture. Turkish coffee, creme de violette, anise and shades of huckleberry all combine on the palate. Dense and chewy with a seamless mouthfeel, give this an hour of air if consuming now. Tasted three times over three days. Drink 2024-2042- 97
2022 DeLille Cellars ‘Le Petit Doux’ Late Harvest Semillon- The beautiful 2022 DeLille Cellars ‘Le Petit Doux’ Late Harvest Semillon comes from the Klipsun Vineyard and has a whopping 88G/L residual sugar. Right away this delivers beeswax and honey on the nose alongside lemon blossom and poached pear. Semi-sweet, with good freshness and texture, this is beautifully balanced desert wine that has a long way to go in the cellar. Drink 2024-2036- 94