Chateau Ste Michelle Chardonnay 2009

The Wine
Region: Columbia Valley, Washington State

Vineyards: Chateau Ste Michelle(?)
Grapes: Chardonnay

Oak: yes, but i don't know for how long

Price: $13

Tasting Notes
Look: pale yellow

Smell: pear, alcohol

Attack: spicy
Evolution: sweet and spicy

Finish: wet, lingering

good.  actually pretty good for a white wine.  may get again, but it didn't blow our socks off.

Desert Wind Ruah 2006

The Wine
Region: Wahluke Slope, Columbia Valley, Washington, USA
Vineyards: Desert Wind Vineyard
Grapes: 48% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc
Oak: 14 months in American and French Oak
Price: $16

Tasting Notes
Look: dark purple-ish
Smell: cherry and pepper
Attack: a bit spicy
Evolution: cherry, spicy, dry
Finish: smooth, lasting, gets better and better as you drink it.

This wine is very good. Very worth the $16 we paid.  We will probably get another bottle when we go back to the store to get more wine.  We have had this wine before at a restaurant (paid $36 for the bottle) and the bartender told us where we could find it for ourselves.  We bought 2 bottles and we are saving the other one until 2013 (it's supposed to be quite good when aged).