WTN: Athena Natalies Estate Winery

This 2006 wine from Dionysus Les Vignes Marcoux was quite "yummy" as Linda L. predicted. With dark purple color and sweet cherry and a touch of olive, with 1 hr. of breathing time it was quite acessable. It could no doubt use a few more years of bottle age (balance was great) but I could not resist. For $27 with deep discount I would buy a few more . This is a Bordeaux blend of mostly Merlot with 14.9 % abv.

[Jenise]

I tasted this wine not long ago...Yakima fruit, I believe. Found it a bit jammy but the bottle had only just been opened, and I sensed it would have filled out and firmed up a bit with more air time. Very nice effort though; I understand this Oregon winery is doing a lot of interesting things with grapes from border areas in both states, much like Owen Roe.