OLD WORLD INSPIRED, UNMISTAKABLY WASHINGTON
At J. Bell Cellars we produce small lots of single varietals and blends with fruit from the Yakima Valley’s most acclaimed vineyards. We employ traditional cellar techniques, fermenting and aging in oak, unfined, unfiltered, and blended to bring you something truly incredible.
This full bodied wine hits the nose with tobacco and huckleberry, underlayed with an earthy herbaceousness. Full and fruity with black cherry, anise, and vanilla in a lingering tannic finish.
Our Walla Walla Syrah begins with blackberry, fruit leather, fig and peppery notes. Followed with deep flavors of plum and chocolate it wraps up with a smooth smokey finish.
Our favorite bordeaux style blend of Cab Sauv, Cab Franc and Merlot, Essence is back in the 2018 vintage. A fruit forward nose of raspberry, red current, and vanilla transitions to brightly jammy berry and plum with anise on the palate. Subtle oak and vanilla rounds out the finish.
This wine leads with a luscious red fruit forward nose with hints of pepper, slight floral fragrance and sweet dark cherries. Supple flavors of boysenberry, dried cranberry, savory spices and anise flood the palette, with a bright finish of lingering leather, graphite, and dried herbs.
Tart cherry, bell pepper and fresh mint on the nose come through in the mouth as flavors of stone fruit, red pepper and dried strawberry. With a nice amount of acid and lingering tannins, the finish on this wine is full and enjoyable.
This rich Rhone Varietal white is fermented and aged in French oak for 6 months on the lees. Beginning with a complex floral nose leading to a well-rounded note of honey, stone fruit, spice and roasted nuts.
Olsen Vineyard
With an appealing golden hue this full-bodied wine is richly fruity and tropical on the nose. Fermented and aged in second use French oak giving it the smooth flavors of peach, pineapple and citrus over a light oakiness, with a beautifully balanced acidity and a hint of vanilla on the finish.
Yakima Valley
This full-bodied Mourvedre opens with a nose of blackberry and plum with a subtle smokiness reminiscent of autumn bonfires. On the palate it is rich with red fruit, pepper and tobacco. With plenty of acidity and tannin on the finsh this wine will most likely cellar well and be enjoyable for years to come.
Yakima Valley
A blend of Grenache, Syrah & Mourvedre
The scents of autumn are showcased in this full bodied red with ripening fruit, earthy autumn leaves and a slight smokiness reminiscent of tobacco on the nose. This follows through with flavors that encompass the aspects of each varietal a smooth beginning from the Grenache, a full fruity middle of grilled plums and blackberry from the Syrah, and a spicy, earthy and mildly tannic finish from the Mourvèdre. Aging in French oak gives the wine light notes of oak throughout.
This appealing blush rosé embodies summer fruits and florals with lovely lush notes of strawberry, citrus, watermelon candy and rose petals on the nose. Less than 1% of residual sugar and perfectly balanced acidity gives this wine a pleasant smoothness and intensity on the palette. Flavors of wild strawberry, watermelon, orange zest and a floral undertone of honeysuckle linger in the mouth.
