Press & Awards
91 Points: 2008 Yakima Valley Malbec, 100 Best Washington Wines 2011, Seattle Met, September 2011
Gold: 2008 Elsom Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, Lewis Vineyard, Seattle Wine Awards 2011
Silver: 2007 Elsom Cellars Malbec, Wahluke Slope, Seattle Wine Awards 2011
Top 10 New Washington Wines, Seattle Magazine, August 2011
40 Under 40, Puget Sound Business Journal, September 9, 2011
2007 Malbec: 89 Points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
Jody Elsom: A Woman of Woodinville Wine, Kirkland Patch May 13, 2011
Elsom Cellars Malbec 2008, Parallel Winos, April 2011
Woodinville Women in Wine: Jody Elsom, Woodinville Wine Update Mar 22, 2011
FoodTrek: The Days of Wine and Whiskey in Woodinville, Wasabi Prime Jan 19 2011
Wine Means Business, Seattle Business Monthly May 2008
2009 National Women's Wine Competition :: Bronze Medal
Wine: 2007 Malbec
Rating: 89 Points
Maturity: 2010 - 2013
Elsom Cellars, a Woodinville-based boutique winery, has produced a first class 2007 Malbec (that contains 8.3% Merlot) that was aged for 22 months in French oak. Purple in color with an alluring perfume of pencil lead, mineral, smoked meat, white pepper, black cherry, and cassis, on the palate it has excellent volume, layered fruit, and good balance. This medium-long effort has plenty of immediate appeal as well as enough structure to blossom for another 2-3 years.
