Today we share the wines of one of Walla Walla’s vibrant producers. TruthTeller is a fun, vibrant brand out of Walla Walla that was founded by Chris and Dawn Loeliger. They make a beautiful range of wines from crisp Rose and Albarino to ink Cabernet. The Loeligers have a tasting room in downtown Walla Walla that I have visited before, and they make roughly 1,800 cases of wine a year. Chris is a Northwest Wine Academy graduate.
Check out the beautiful 2024 ‘Frolic’ Viognier (OB, 91) which has great weight and verve. Even better is the sensational 2024 ‘Quip’ Rose (OB, 92) which is both fresh and viscous, with a beautiful core of red fruits. Learn more about this fantastic Walla Walla based winery at truthtellerwinery.com and here are my reviews of the new TruthTeller wines.
2024 The Miscreant Project ‘Affirmation #11’ Albarino- The 2024 ‘Affirmation #11’ offers pear and papaya on the nose with nutty accents. The palate is laden with minerality, offering a smooth mouthfeel. Drink 2025-2031- 91
2024 TruthTeller ‘Dry Humor’ Riesling- Coming from the Royal Slope AVA, this 2024 Riesling is done in the Trocken style with kerosene notes and banana alongside Japanese pear on the nose. This is loaded with great tension and good richness. A beautiful wine from a warm vintage, enjoy now. Drink 2025-2031- 92
2024 TruthTeller ‘Frolic’ Viognier- This 2024 Viognier shows off lychee and star jasmine notes alongside ripe peaches and nutty accents. The palate is fresh and delicious with a dense mouthfeel. Enjoy now and over the next few years. Drink 2025-2031- 91
2024 TruthTeller ‘Quip’ Rose- Sourced from the Yakima Valley, this 2024 TruthTeller Rose is another sensational edition of this wine. Right away this is loaded with tension and offers a smooth texture on the mid-palate, offering citrus rind and bright guava fruit flavors with strawberry and damp earthy accents. Drink 2025-2031- 92
2022 The Miscreant Project ‘Affirmation #32’ Red Wine- A GSM-inspired blend, the 2022 ‘Affirmation #32’ delivers garrigue and white pepper dusted beef alongside shades of wild blackberry on the nose. The palate is soft and elegant, offering medium-bodied red fruits that mingle well with dried herbs. Drink 2025-2031- 90
2022 The Miscreant Project ‘Affirmation #25’ Red Wine- Primarily Malbec (88%), the delivers blueberry compote and dark currants alongside dark chocolate shavings on the nose. This is soft and delicious stuff that is great to enjoy now. Drink 2025-2031- 91
2022 The Miscreant Project ‘Affirmation #09’ Red Wine- The 2022 ‘Affirmation #09’ is nearly all Merlot. This comes off juicy and delicious with straightforward black fruits and cocoa powder with herbal accents. Drink 2025-2031- 90
2022 TruthTeller ‘Droll’ Zinfandel- A really nice Zin from the Columbia Valley, the 2022 ‘Droll’ offers a smooth mouthfeel on the approach. Bright blackberry and black cherry flavors mingle well with herbal accents and shades of chocolate on the palate. Drink 2025-2031- 91
2022 TruthTeller ‘The Cynic’ Syrah- The 2022 ‘The Cynic’ is fresh and polished, delivering black cherry compote and boysenberry notes on the palate, with shades of tar and tobacco leaf on the palate. Medium-bodied, enjoy now. Drink 2025-2032- 91
2021 TruthTeller ‘The Madman’ Red Wine- A Syrah-based blend, the 2021 ‘The Madman’ offers creosote, tar and tobacco leaf alongside bay leaf and pencil lead. Very herbal and non-fruit driven, with lighter dark cherry and loganberry notes, enjoy now and over the next few years. Drink 2025-2031-91
2021 TruthTeller ‘The Confidante’ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon- The 2021 TruthTeller ‘The Confidante’ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon shows off a smooth mouthfeel with cocoa powder covered dark currants, pencil lead, black cherry and pipe tobacco on the palate. Enjoy now and over the next eight to ten years. Drink 2025-2033- 92
2022 TruthTeller ‘Retort’ Petit Verdot- The 2022 ‘Retort’ is inky in the glass, delivering huckleberry and mountain blackberry flavors that mingle well with dried herbs, dark chocolate shavings and graphite. Medium to full-bodied, enjoy now and over the next eight to ten years. Drink 2025-2033- 92