Wine Enthusiast Magazine
August 2010
WASHINGTON
CABERNETS & BLENDS
97 points
Betz Family 2007 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley)
"Sweet, purefruit—black currants and black cherry and blackberry—is packed tight, concentrated and polished, ... Dense, dusty, complex, complicated, this wine is sophisticated beyond description. Cellar Selection"
93 points
Betz Family 2007 Clos de Betz Red Wine (Columbia Valley (WA)
"Bob Betz continues to refine his Bordeauxblends. This new Clos de Betz is much more forward
than the monumental Père de Famille and sports ripe, dark, round, appealing fruit flavors of luscious raspberry and cassis, swathed in beaucoup de barrel. Toasty oak dissolves into polished
tannins, finishing with black tea, licorice, smokeand charcoal. Editors’ Choice."

March 15, 2010
"Bigger, beefier, bolder and simply breathtaking is the Betz Family 2007 Père de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon. ... packed tight here, concentrated and polished, ... you quickly run out of descriptors."
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