After a few minutes in your glass, delicate mandarin orange zest aromas open into plush pineapple and pears. On the palate, this wine is pure pleasure, overflowing with decadent flavors of citrus cream and fresh cut pear along with a subtle hint of clove.
This Roussanne-based blend offers colorful, floral-accented orchard fruit scents and flavors and it has lush, expansive stone fruit character and a bracing citrus quality that allows it to work well with richer fish or poultry dishes and heavy cream sauces. The winemaking team at Alexandria Nicole Cellars were the first to produce this exotic blend using Roussanne, Marsanne, and Viognier in Washington State and have done so annually since 2004.
The perfumed bouquet is accentuated just right by gracious overlays of fresh cut nectarine, orange zest, honeydew melon, and mango, all of which give it the perfect balance of florals and tropical citrus, richness and acidity.
This exotic, full-bodied, rich-textured Rhone style wine expresses layers of peach, pear and tangerine, and powerful aromas of apricots, orange peel and violets makes it one of the world’s most recognizable grapes. While the Viognier itself is bright, clean and fruit forward, the barrel fermentation imparts another layer of creamy texture, which lends to its lengthy finish and rich mouth feel.
A light golden glow in color, the tropical bouquet of fresh cut tangerine, lemon zest, and hints of citrus and spice, lift effortlessly from the glass.
Back by popular demand, this vibrant and fragrant wine makes for the perfect summertime sipper. Its rich bouquet is packed with aromas of honeysuckle, wild white peach and stone fruit with hints of thyme and crushed herb.
Deep dark purple in color, the liveliness of the wine is unique in its enticing bouquet that overflows with lush aromas of black plum, Rainier cherries, cracked pepper with pleasant notes of herbs and spice. This full-bodied red’s palate is generous yet precise, brimming with flavors of blackberry, dark red fruits and black olive, which are framed perfectly by the hints of anise, cedar and clove.
This bold and complex wine shows bright and brilliant aromatics of black cherries, black currant, licorice and violet. The elegance of the bouquet is followed by a robust mid palate packed with wild berries, plum and mocha. The assertive yet well balanced tannins add to the full-bodied and mouth coating flavors leading to a long, wonderful finish.
Quarry Butte is an elegantly expressive five varietal blend that packs a punch for its value while capt-uring the unique terroir of Destiny Ridge Vineyard. Dark purple in color, it has an impressive bouquet filled with sultry aromas of marionberry, candied red cherry, fig, and a hint of crushed herb. Rich yet firm in texture the palate is full and bursting with ample amounts of blackberry pie, wild truffle, vanilla bean, and cedar wood spice.
Our Estate Grown Petit Verdot offers a wealth of concentrated power that holds true to its name, a vast amount of blackberry that leads to a jammy and robustly ripe, dark flavors of licorice, leather, tobacco, with dried tea to round out the savory character. Finishing with lively acids and well integrated tannins.
The mouth is full of velvet softness with bold, explosive dark fruit, leather and plum. Aromatics of rose pedals, violet and chocolate with hints of cedar and vanilla. Finishing with well balance acids and soft, integrated tannins.
Our 2014 Destiny shows a beautiful balance of ripe, concentrated fruit mixed with eucalyptus, spices and cedar aromatics. The palate dances with red and black currant, plum, cassis, olive, dried herb with hints of vanilla.
The 2014 season produced small, intensely colored fruit that lead to rich, ripe and jammy favors of wild huckleberry, blackberry and orchard plum. The aromatics are elegant, full of lavender, wild flowers, and coffee and spice.
The 2015 Grenache is expressive and bright with aromas of strawberry jam, orange blossom, and red rhubarb. Concentrated flavors of blackberries, blueberries and cinnamon dancing with notes of allspice and hints of vanilla.
Deep red and garnet in color, a generous bouquet of raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry layered with toffee and the tangy aromas of cassis and blackberry. The rich, plush flavors concentrate throughout the palate, the black cherry and black currant flavors are juicy and rich and are pleasantly invigorated by the bright acidity and floral qualities of the ripe fruit flavors.
Our 2014 “Mr. Big” keeps with this tradition and lives up to its name with bold aromas of black berries, rose pedals, and cedar box filling the fragrant bouquet. The mid-palate is a giant with bold flavors of dark cherry, tobacco and dried spices opening up to vanilla, cedar, and splashes of anise.
This Grenache backed blend is bursting with aromatics of strawberries, red raspberry and black currents. The elegantly blended wine is well balanced with tannins and acidity while expresses loads of plum and dried herbs followed by a warm finish of spice, black cherry and hints of cigar leafs on the palate.
What happens when a winemaker and some Rockstars of the industry collaborate to create a blend that reflects the best of their individual perspectives? Alexandria Nicole winemaker Jarrod Boyle and the Rock Star Red crew have developed a blend that expresses a fusion of their experiences and tastes.
Counoise is a spicy beast and can dominate any blend it is utilized in, with aromatic, notes of dried Herbs and black pepper, black currants, blueberries, and a touch of toasted pine nuts.
