Dossier Wine Collective · Columbia Valley
2022 Dossier Columbia Valley Cabernet Blend, USA
A place on your wine list
Billo Naravane MW for Sidney Rice and Tim Lenihan. Cabernet-led Bordeaux blend, including Ciel du Cheval fruit. Double 94. Built for roast chicken as easily as steak.
Winery SRP $60 per bottle
Trade offer. One-case minimum. Orders are subject to account review.
Why this bottle belongs on the list
Two selling points.
Then the market.
Billo Naravane MW. Rasa, then Dossier.
Sidney Rice and Tim Lenihan founded Dossier in 2021 in Walla Walla and hired Billo Naravane MW of Rasa Vineyards to build a luxury Washington brand. A Master of Wine in the cellar is the credential guests have heard.
Ciel du Cheval fruit in a Cabernet-led blend.
Jeb Dunnuck's blend lock: 59 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 26 percent Merlot, 10 percent Malbec, a handful of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Eighteen months, 40 percent new French oak. A good chunk comes from Ciel du Cheval.
Professional scores
Jeb Dunnuck 94 and James Suckling 94 on this vintage.
Named critic scores on this vintage. These are press ratings, not the Wine-Searcher aggregate.
The buyer's perspective
What the guest
hears first.
Staff can sell it in one sentence: Billo Naravane MW, double 94, pour it with roast chicken or a Saturday steak.
Winemaker's corner
Master of Wine · Rasa Vineyards · Dossier Wine Collective
Billo
Naravane MW
Billo Naravane MW and Pinto Naravane left tech careers to make wine in Walla Walla. Rasa Vineyards is the ultra-premium house. Dossier hired Billo to build a second brand that still drinks like serious Washington Cabernet.
Sidney Rice and Tim Lenihan founded Dossier Wine Collective in 2021. The tasting room is in Walla Walla. The fruit is Columbia Valley, including Ciel du Cheval.
The 2022 Red Blend is the bottle on this page. Jeb Dunnuck 94. James Suckling 94. Owen Bargreen called it a killer value at full price.
The house
Walla Walla brand.
Columbia Valley fruit.
Dossier Wine Collective launched in 2021 in Walla Walla. Proprietors Sidney Rice and Tim Lenihan hired Billo Naravane MW to make a luxury Washington red that still has a place on a restaurant list.
The 2022 is a Cabernet-led Bordeaux blend from Columbia Valley. A good chunk of the fruit comes from Ciel du Cheval. Eighteen months in French oak, 40 percent new. 14.8 percent alcohol.
The label reads Red Blend 2022. That is this bottle. Typical retail $60. Two named critics at 94.
2022 in the glass
Cassis.
Cacao.
Then graphite.
Jeb Dunnuck: spiced red plum, cassis, black cherry, cacao nib. Soft, supple, full-bodied. Drink 2025 to 2033. James Suckling: blackberries, coriander, graphite, chili, chocolate, walnuts. Full-bodied, savory, focused, better from 2027. Cassis, cigar tobacco, loamy soil, pencil shavings, black truffle. It drinks now with air.
Menu and service
Built for a serious table.
- Herb roast chicken with potatoes
- A Saturday steak with a dark pan sauce
- Dark chocolate tart
Serve near 62 F in a Bordeaux glass. A 20 to 40 minute decant. Dunnuck's window starts 2025. It is open now with air.
Staff pairing clip
Gordon Ramsay: roast chicken, Ultimate Home Cooking
The tableside introduction
“This is Billo Naravane MW for Dossier, Columbia Valley, double 94. Cassis, cacao, graphite. Pour it with roast chicken or steak.”
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Master of Wine. Double 94. Trade $16 a bottle, $192 the twelve-bottle case, one-case minimum.
Trade offer. One-case minimum. Orders are subject to account review.
