SILVARA

Winemaker’s Notes: Our 2020 Petite Verdot from Walla Walla, WA is a wine of mystery and allure, with an inky purple color that beckons the curious to take a sip. As the wine opens up, it reveals a complex bouquet of blackberry, violets, and sagebrush. Evocative of a wild and untamed landscape. On the palate it is a masterful blend of dark fruit and black pepper notes, creating a symphony of flavors that dance across the tongue. The wine’s long finish is like a lingering melody, leaving a lasting impression on anyone who tries it. With only a little more than 1,000 tons of this varietal harvested each fall in Washington, this is a rare and precious gem that is not to be missed. It pairs perfectly with grilled proteins.

Appellation: Walla Walla Valley

Blend: 100% Petit Verdot

Aging Potential: 4-6 years

Pairings: Perfectly complements grilled meats and robust dishes.

Winemaker’s Notes: The 2020 growing season proved to be an excellent year particularly for red varieties. This vintage benefited from stellar weather, beautiful growing conditions and relatively small berry size that allowed the grapes to ripen earlier than expected. Ideal weather conditions were present during harvest to send high quality fruit to winemakers. Our 2020 Quartet is a standout representation of this perfect growing year. As a mid-bodied blend with hints of spice, plum, vanilla and just bit of leather or smoke it can be enjoyed alongside a meal or as a standalone glass.

Appellation: Columbia Valley

Blend: 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 6% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc

Aging Potential: 5-10 years

Pairings: Enjoy this very versatile wine with steaks, roasted duck breast, braised meats and hard cheeses for charcuterie platters.

Winemaker’s Notes: Our 2021 Grenache showcases the vibrant character of the Wahluke Slope. On the nose, enjoy delicate aromas of red berries, ripe strawberries, and a touch of wildflowers. The palate offers layers of juicy raspberries, subtle hints of white pepper, and a gentle earthiness. With soft tannins and a balanced acidity, this wine finishes with a smooth, lingering spice.

Appellation: Wahluke Slope AVA

Blend: 97% Grenache, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon

Aging Potential: 4-6 years

Pairings: This versatile Grenache pairs beautifully with grilled lamb chops, roasted vegetables, and Mediterranean dishes like ratatouille. It also complements soft cheeses such as Brie or Camembert, making it perfect for casual gatherings or elegant dinners.

Winemaker’s Notes: The wine world has justifiably fallen in love with Malbec, a grape so delicious that it skyrocketed Argentina’s entire wine industry to international fame. As much as we love those wines, we’ve never believed that Argentina should have a monopoly on this fantastic variety (it did originate in France, after all). Winemaker Gary Seidler searched for years before discovering small quantities of world-class Malbec growing right nearby in Columbia Valley.

Appellation: Columbia Valley

Blend: 100% Malbec

Aging Potential: 4-6 years

Awards: Best in Class & Gold (NCW Wine Award), Silver (Washington Wine Awards)

Pairings: It’s perfect on its own -especially with a very slight chill, which enhances the bright berry flavors- or paired up with grilled/barbecued/roasted mushrooms, sausage, game or red meats (beef, lamb, venison), cured meats, hard cheese, black pepper.

Winemaker’s Notes: Our 2021 Syrah is sourced from Washington’s Rocks District, a unique growing region that Wine Spectator has called “The most distinctive AVA in the United States….making some of the greatest wines in America.” While it may be small (under 6 square miles), the Rocks District makes up for its lack of size in its incredibly unique expression of Syrah, which grows in an ancient unique alluvial fan that formed at the base of the Blue Mountains and is rich in Freewater soils and large basalt rocks, yielding to stunningly balanced, elegant vine fruit.

Technical Details:

Varieties: 100% Syrah

Vineyards: 100% Navavane Vineyard, Rocks District 

Appellation: Rocks District of Milton Freewater AVA

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Winemaker’s Notes: 🏆 Double Gold Award Winner at The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.This is the wine that started it all. Woodland Goddess is the realization of Winemaker Gary Seidler’s vision for Silvara Cellars, and exactly the kind of red that he envisioned when starting more than a decade ago. After a successful career creating, running, and selling half a dozen businesses, and retiring before the age of 50, Gary earned his degree at UC Davis—essentially, it’s the Harvard of the wine world—and decided to head north, to what eventually became our little slice of Washington State heaven. His goal was to make a red wine that could compete with the best of France, Italy, Spain, California, Australia, and beyond, but that would also express the majesty and honesty of the Pacific Northwest. The result is the Woodland Goddess red blend, a wine that, vintage after vintage, is among our most popular. Sip after sip, this is a ripe, generous Cab-based blend from the Horse Heaven Hills AVA that bursts with exuberant aromas of purple fruit, plums, black raspberries, cedar, and sweet spice—clove, allspice, cinnamon—and a plush, velvety palate with flavors of ripe mountain berries, blackberry coulis, figs, black licorice, vanilla, and cardamom. Power and elegance rarely co-exist so seamlessly.

Appellation: Columbia Valley and Horse Heaven Hills

Blend: 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 13% Malbec, 12% Cabernet Franc, 12% Petit Verdot

Aging Potential: 4-6 years

Awards: Double Gold (The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition), Double Gold (Washington Wine Awards), Gold (NCW Wine Award)

Pairings: For pairings, consider complementing its elegance with hearty roasted meats, gourmet burgers, or a selection of fine cheeses.

Winemaker’s Notes: 🏆 Double Gold 95 Award Winner at Seattle Wine Awards. Our goal with this Cabernet has always been to capture the regal nature of the variety that they call the “King of Red Grapes”—purity of expression, youthful fruitiness, ageworthy structure, food-friendliness, and an undeniable sense of the place where it was grown. And in 2018, our winemaker Gary nailed all of those elusive Cabernet markers.

Appellation: Candy Mountain

Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Aging Potential: 5-8 years

Awards: Double Gold 95 Cabernet Sauvignon (Seattle Wine Awards)

Pairings: It’s an incredibly versatile choice, an excellent match for dishes like grilled ribeye steak, slow-cooked lamb shanks, wild mushroom risotto, and roasted eggplant Parmesan. For dessert, try it with dark chocolate and berry treats to highlight its nuanced finish.

Winemaker’s Notes: Our 2018 Sangiovese blend is being sourced from the Clos Cheval Vineyards in Lake Chelan. A touch of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec was added to round out this captivating blend. Sangiovese is in fact the most planted grape in central Italy. In Washington we are able to produce a bigger bodied version, with notes of coffee and dark fruits that are not commonly seen in the Italian versions. Our blend opens with notes of fresh strawberries and black currants. Delicate aromas of espresso and spice adds a seductive layer of depth mid-palate. The finish lingers with “bing cherry” that will make your mouth water. I recommend pairing this wine with spice driven-foods or your favorite grilled protein.

Appellation: Columbia Valley

Blend: 75% Sangiovese, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Malbec

Aging Potential: 4-6 years

Pairings: I recommend pairing this wine with boldly spiced driven-foods or your favorite grilled protein.

Winemaker’s Notes: The Barbera first captivates with fragrant aromas of raspberry preserves, blueberry compote, and violets. Midpalate the silky tannins will unfold and envelope your senses with notes of dried cherries and hints of black pepper. Bright, yet full bodied, it’s an intriguing combination that will keep you reaching for your glass..

Appellation: Red Mountain

Blend: 100% Barbera

Aging Potential: 4-6 years

Awards: 🏆 Silver 90 (Seattle Wine Awards) 🏆 Platinum Best Barbera of the NW (Sip Magazine)

Pairings: The mouthwatering acidity invites you to pair this wine with your favorite tomato based Italian dishes.

Winemaker’s Notes: Our goal with this Cabernet has always been to capture the regal nature of the variety that they call the “King of Red Grapes”—purity of expression, youthful fruitiness, ageworthy structure, food-friendliness, and an undeniable sense of the place where it was grown. And in 2019, our winemaker Gary nailed all of those elusive Cabernet markers.
 

Technical Details:

Varieties: 87.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.5% Malbec, 5% Syrah

Appellation: Columbia Valley AVA

Harvested: September 2019

Aged: 14 Months in two-year old French Oak 

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Winemaker’s Notes: Our 2018 Carménère shows just how remarkable this grape variety—which has wowed the world since being adopted as the signature red grape in Chile—can be here in Washington State. We’ve sourced our fruit entirely from the renowned Canyon Vineyard Ranch in the Yakima Valley AVA, adding just a dollop of Petit Verdot and aging it for 22 months in about one-third new American oak barrels.

Technical Details:

Varieties: 99% Carmenere, 1% Petit Verdot

Vineyards: 100% Canyon Vineyard Ranch 

Appellation: Yakima Valley AVA

Harvested: October 2018

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