DeLille Cellars

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DeLille Cellars is a winery near Woodinville, Washington, USA. It specializes in wines using the Bordeaux grape varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. In 2000, DeLille won the New York Times's Wine Today.com "Winery of the Year" award. ^[1] It is one of Washington state's premier cult wines. ^[2]

In 1997, DeLille cellars set the record for the highest auction price paid for a bottle of Washington wine.^[3]

DeLille cellars is planning to break ground on a new facility in summer of 2008 in the Woodinville Village development located one half mile north of their current location.

1 History
2 Wines
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The winery was founded in 1992 by Charles Lill, Greg Lill, Jay Soloff and winemaker Chris Upchurch.^[4] For the few first years, Master of wine David Lake served as consulting enologist. ^[5]

[edit] Wines

DeLille Cellars produces wines under several different labels. Grand Ciel, Chaleur Estate Red, D2, Harrison Hill and Chaleur Estate Blanc are the Bordeaux style labels. The Doyenne label is a Northern Rhône-styled Syrah. Métier is the Châteauneuf-du-Pape style red. The white Métier Blanc label is a Provence-styled white wine. Aix is Provence-styled red wine that also includes Roussanne in the blend. ^[4]

The winery purchases its grapes the Red Mountain AVA in Eastern Washington and utilizes 100% French oak barrels. ^[4]

In addition to its french style wines, the winery is also experimenting with Mediterranean style blends using the Nebbiolo and Tempranillo grapes.

At the 2001 San Francisco International Wine Competition, DeLille Cellars won "Best in Show" in the Premium red blend category for its 1998 Yakima Valley D2. ^[6]