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All Wines from Passing Time
Inventory updated: Sat, Feb 21, 2026 12:48 PM cst
Our vintages of Passing Time wine currently include: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Flickinger Fine Wines' inventory of Passing Time wine is listed below. We have an excellent and vast assortment of fine wines to choose from. If you do not see what you are looking for, give us a call and we can suggest another Passing Time vintage or even another producer that we are sure you will enjoy.
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Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
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| Passing Time |
2012 |
Horse Heaven Hill Cabernet Sauvignon  |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 94 (4/2019): The first vintage, the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills came all from the Discovery Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA and is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc. It has a Bordeaux-like structure and texture, with still youthful cassis and dark fruits intermixed with ample lead pencil, tobacco, and underbrush-like characteristics. With ripe tannins and impeccable balance, it’s going to age gracefully for 20 years or more.
VM 90+ (12/2014): Bright medium ruby. High-pitched nose offers scents of blackberry, licorice, violet, bitter chocolate and minerals, plus a whiff of cedary oak. Sweet, pliant and light on its feet on the front half, then more clenched on the back, showing a slightly medicinal character to its dark berry, violet and chocolatey oak flavors. A bit youthfully edgy today as the wine’s ripe fruit is battling its high, slightly streaky acidity. I’d like to see this wine again in four or five years. This promising attention-grabber is the first release from this new venture from ex-quarterbacks Dan Marino and Damon Huard; Chris Peterson is the winemaker here. Stephen Tanzer. |
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2014 |
Horse Heaven Hill Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 97 (8/2024): Another rock star wine from this team, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills (86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc), offers up a Pauillac-like style in its darker currants, iron, lead pencil, and obvious minerality. These give way to a more medium to full-bodied Cabernet with beautiful concentration, integrated oak, ultra-fine tannins, and a blockbuster finish. I’d gladly put this up with the all-time greats from the state. As with the Walla Walla Valley release, it has at least another decade of prime drinking, and I suspect even more. (Drink between 2024-2034).
WA 97 (6/2017): Another sensational red from this team is the 2014 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon, and it’s easily the finest wine I’ve tasted from this team. Made from 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot and 5% Cabernet France brought up mostly in new barrels, it offers incredible purity and precision, building tannin, full-bodied richness and a tight, focused style on the palate. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, give bottles 2-4 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following two decades or more.
VM 93 (11/2016): Bright, dark ruby-red. Black plum, sweet dark berries and spices are lifted by a floral element on the nose. Plush, sweet and pliant, conveying strong energy as well as a sense of power to the very concentrated black cherry, dark berry, violet and fresh herb flavors. Finishes with serious but suave palate-saturating tannins and terrific spicy breadth and length. At once large-scaled and sophisticated, and built to age. (Drink between 2018-2027). Stephen Tanzer. |
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2015 |
Horse Heaven Hill Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
6 |
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JD 96+ (4/2019): Tons of smoked black fruits, high-class smoke tobacco, graphite, and background oak emerge from the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills. Deep, full-bodied, tannic, and concentrated, it’s a powerhouse wine that needs to be forgotten for 4-5 years and will keep for 25+. (Drink between 2023-2043).
VM 93 (10/2017): Bright, saturated medium ruby. Alluring violet lift to the mouthfilling aromas of cassis, black cherry, violet, licorice and black olive. Silky, fine-grained and light on its feet, offering a plush, edge-free texture to the flavors of cassis, cocoa powder and coriander. Terrific, lightly saline vinosity and peppery lift here. A classic, elegantly styled Cabernet in an Old World style, finishing suave and very long, with noble tannins, restrained sweetness and terrific lift. Impeccably balanced wine. (Drink between 2018-2026). Stephen Tanzer.
WA 87 (6/2018): Aromas of plum preserve, berry fruit liqueur and charred new oak introduce the 2015 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon, a firm, astringently tannic wine with overripe flavors of fig and prune and a somewhat diffuse but simultaneously chewy finish. While some of Passing Time's 2015s are undeniable successes in their overtly sun-kissed, fruit-forward register, this bottling wasn't one of my favorites. |
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2016 |
Horse Heaven Hill Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
4 |
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JD 98 (4/2019): The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills is a blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, hitting 14.8% natural alcohol, that comes mostly from the Discovery and Champoux vineyards, with the Merlot coming from Klipsun Vineyard on Red Mountain. Its deep purple color is followed by a textbook Cabernet Sauvignon nose of crème de cassis, smoke tobacco, pencil lead, damp earth and spice-driven aromas. Developing beautifully with time in the glass, it’s full-bodied, incredibly pure, balanced, and multi-dimensional on the palate, with sweet tannins and an awesome finish. As with all these wines from Chris, it's seamless, silky, and beautifully balanced, and a fabulous wine. It needs 5-7 years of bottle age to hit prime time and is going to evolve gracefully over the following 2-3 decades. Tasted three times. Trust me on this one, it’s a magical wine. (Drink between 2024-2044).
VM 94 (11/2018): Bright medium ruby. Black cherry and menthol aromas are sweetened by a very rich suggestion of chocolate. Mouthfilling and edge-free, with its remarkably sexy dark berry and violet flavors accented by mint and menthol. Conveys a strong impression of ripe fruit further sweetened by the 80% new oak. Finishes with strong but well-distributed tannins and building flavors of black fruits and violet. With its breadth, dimension and refinement of texture, this wine is quite distinctive in the Passing Time line-up--in fact, it makes the Red Mountain Cabernet seem a bit inky by comparison. While it's already exciting to taste today, it has the stuffing to age. (Drink between 2021-2028). Stephen Tanzer.
WA 93 (12/2019): A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon has a clean and focused core of black fruit surrounded by dusty floral tones and sweet tobacco. Coming from the Champoux and Discovery vineyards, the wine is medium to full-bodied on the palate and has excellent mineral tension that gives way to building tannins. It ends with good focus on the long, contemplative finish that whispers with a quiet strength. |
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2017 |
Horse Heaven Hill Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 95 (4/2020): Moving to the flagship appellation blends, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills is 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, all aged 21 months in 80% new French oak. Deep purple/plum-colored, with notes of tobacco leaf, damp earth, chocolate, and assorted darker fruits, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a rounded, supple texture, polished tannins, and a great finish. It's beautifully done and shows the more classic, elegant style of the vintage nicely. These wines by Chris Peterson continue to offer rich yet classic, balanced styles.
VM 94 (12/2019): Bright ruby-red. Aromas of blue and black fruits and licorice are lifted by floral and herbal nuances. A very stylish, silky Cabernet Sauvignon with terrific inner-mouth violet lift and sexy oak tones to its fine-grained flavors of dark berries and cocoa powder. Concentrated, savory and very long; more pliant than the 2016 version owing to its nobility of tannins. Very classy juice--and showing brilliantly today. (the Cabernet Sauvignon comes from Klipsun and Red Mountain vineyards, the Cab Franc from Bacchus; 80% new oak) (Drink between 2021-2030). Stephen Tanzer.
WA 92 (12/2019): The 2017 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon has splashes of 7% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc added in to round out the blend. The nose is lush with a clean expression that will age beautifully for the next decade. The wine has a blackberry and red cherry core, with dusty plum and soft savory notes that add to the complexity. The mouthfeel is still youthful and currently showing well, with a tight mineral expression and approachable tannins, ending with a long, spicy finish. The wine will be ready a touch sooner than the 2016s and will bring pleasure. |
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2018 |
Horse Heaven Hill Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
1 |
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JD 98 (5/2021): The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills offers a Graves-like style and reminds me of a great vintage of Haut-Bailly with its full-bodied, sexy, weightless style as well as darker currant fruits and notes of tobacco leaf, damp earth, and cedarwood. A wine that pretty much stopped me in my tracks during my tastings, it is already impossible to resist yet is going to cruise for two decades in cold cellars. The blend is 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, and the balance Cabernet Franc, from a blend from Discovery, Champoux, and Wallula vineyards, aged 21 months in 80% new French oak.
WA 94+ (11/2021): Made with the addition of 9% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon hails from three separate vineyards within the Horse Heaven Hills AVA. Deep and brooding in the glass, robust aromas of pristine black fruit sachet out of the glass with elegant oak tones of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Full-bodied, the palate is generously layered, offering a complex drinking experience with flavors of crème de cassis, spiced plum chutney and black cherries along with elements of damson flower, hibiscus and wet river rocks. Possessing impeccable balance, the wine is currently a touch tannic in its youth, and I would recommend additional cellaring before opening. Still, it should have no problems aging for more than a decade. Persistent flavors of blackberry jus sway over the long, winding and complex finish.
VM 94 (12/2020): Bright full ruby. Suave, scented nose combines cassis, blackberry, licorice, spices, black pepper and bitter chocolate, plus a touch of herbs. Densely packed, savory and quite suave, with dark berry and bitter chocolate flavors conveying terrific inner-mouth definition and lift. Youthfully medicinal, sappy and juicy but not hard, with harmonious acidity perfectly balancing the wine's subtle sweetness. Finishes with firm, serious, tooth-dusting tannins and slowly building violet-tinged length. I like this! A very classy, suave wine (like the 2017 version), with the backbone to evolve gracefully. Already long on personality but this is still an infant. (Drink between 2022-2033). Stephen Tanzer. |
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2019 |
Horse Heaven Hill Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
1 |
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JD 98 (7/2022): The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills is based on 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. It has a gorgeous bouquet of darker currants, chocolate, spice, and dried tobacco to go with a medium to full-bodied, round, supple, seamless style on the palate. With a layered, expansive mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and wonderful purity, this classic, world-class Cabernet will stand toe to toe with the best out there. While it already offers pleasure today (I followed this bottle for multiple days), it will cruise for 20-30 years in cold cellars. (Drink between 2022-2052).
VM 94 (3/2022): The rich, viscous 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills combines plenty of cassis, loamy soil and anise tones with shades of blueberry compote and garrigue on the palate. Fresh and lithe, with a great sense of tension and a touch less dense than the 2018 edition, this delicious effort will provide drinking enjoyment for another 15 years. (Drink between 2021-2036). Owen Bargreen.
WA 93 (11/2021): Consisting of 10% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon displays a deep magenta core with a dark ruby edge. Still fresh and vibrant in the glass, ripe dark red fruits waft on the nose with elegant oak tones with the essence of brown baking spices. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is tight and shows gobs of complexity but will need additional time in bottle before consuming. Although it doesn’t have the shine of the previous vintage, you can bet that this will perform well until its 15th birthday. Only 6,000 bottles were made after the wine rested in 70% new French oak. |
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2014 |
Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
3 |
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JD 96 (8/2024): The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain is almost beautiful, and I love that it shows an incredible sense of elegance and purity, which can be hard to find in older Red Mountain releases. Blended with 3% Cabernet Franc, it’s still youthful and has medium to full-bodied richness, terrific tannins, and flawless balance. I love it today, yet I see no reason it shouldn’t evolve for another decade or more. (Drink between 2024-2034).
WA 95 (6/2017): The inkiest, most vibrantly colored of the lineup, the Cabernet Sauvignon (there’s 3% Cabernet Franc) dominated 2014 Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon sports a textbook Red Mountain bouquet of plums, blackcurrants, liquid violets and dried earth. Rich, full-bodied, concentrated and layered, it's a beautiful wine that's going to benefit from short term cellaring and keep for two decades.
VM 91+ (11/2016): Full medium ruby. Pungent, expressive aromas of blueberry, licorice and camphor. Tight and penetrating in the mouth, showing less obvious fruit sweetness in the early going than the Horse Heaven Hills bottling, but complex, savory and plenty ripe. This backward, youthfully bound-up, powerfully structured wine from Klipsun vineyard fruit showcases the strong Red Mountain tannins and will require patience. (Drink between 2020-2029). Stephen Tanzer. |
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2017 |
Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 95+ (4/2020): More minerality as well as notes of black raspberries, cassis, toasted spice, graphite, and scorched earth emerge from the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain (there is 3% Merlot). This rich, structured yet beautifully balanced Red Mountain Cabernet is full-bodied, beautifully balanced, and long. Give this super-intense, pure, structured 2017 3-4 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 20 years or more. These wines by Chris Peterson continue to offer rich yet classic, balanced styles. (Drink between 2023-2045).
WA 94 (12/2019): Composed of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc, the 2017 Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon has a rich black-fruited core on the finessed nose, with a wet minerality and dried red florals. The full-bodied palate turns a touch tarter, with the fruit set moving from blackberries to black raspberries with a dusty minerality. The wine has a tight grip and lingers on the finish with good focus and balance. The 2017 vintage is showing really well, and it is a safe bet to add this to your cellar. |
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2018 |
Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 97+ (5/2021): If the Horse Heaven Hills releases is Graves-like, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain is the Pauillac in the lineup and has a more concentrated, austere style that needs lots of air to show at its best. Gorgeous cassis and black raspberry fruits as well as notes of graphite and lead pencil along with a terrific sense of chalky minerality give way to a full-bodied, powerful yet still elegant Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Delivering building tannins and good acidity, it will need 7-8 years of bottle age to hit maturity and should see its 30th birthday in fine form. This wine is 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Merlot, brought up in 75% new French oak, and the vineyard sources are Klipsun and Red Mountain Vineyard.
WA 94 (10/2021): Instantly impressive in the glass, the 2018 Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon sashays with focus, power and finesse. Juicy dark red fruit notions explode from the glass with elements of cigar box, juicy tobacco, cinnamon and baking spices from the use of 80% new French oak. Full-bodied and textured, with incredible complexity, the wine unravels to reveal layers of ripe fruit, oak and earth with a balanced structure across the mid-palate. Ending with a long, lingering and juicy finish, the Cabernet will continue to deliver pleasure through the middle of the next decade. Only 3,300 bottles were filled after the wine rested for 21 months in French oak. It’s a resounding success. Bravo! |
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2019 |
Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 96+ (7/2022): I loved the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain, which has classic Red Mountain minerality and structure while staying perfectly balanced and elegant. Offering both red and blue fruits as well as notes of smoked tobacco, crushed stone, graphite, and white flowers, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a seamless, layered mouthfeel, building tannins, and one heck of a great finish. It's another stunning wine in this lineup. Hide bottles for 4-5 years if you can, and it should keep for 20-25 years. (Drink between 2026-2050).
VM 94 (3/2022): The astonishingly good 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain by Passing Time revels in its full-bodied and pleasure-driven black fruit core. The soft mouthfeel, crisp acidity and wonderful length really add to the enjoyment. This beautiful wine is already nicely evolved and will be sure to provide drinking enjoyment for another 15-20 years. (Drink between 2021-2036). Owen Bargreen. |
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2017 |
Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 94 (4/2020): Coming from a mix of the Seven Hills and Pepper Bridge vineyards, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley reveals a deep purple hue as well as beautiful floral, lavender, and spice-driven aromas and flavors. With medium to full-bodied richness, ripe, silky tannins, and just terrific balance, it's another gorgeous wine from this team that can be drunk today or cellared for 15 years or more. These wines by Chris Peterson continue to offer rich yet classic, balanced styles. (Drink between 2020-2035).
WA 94 (12/2019): Starting with a rocky minerality that shines through on the nose, the 2017 Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon shows a good core of red and black fruit that highlights the Pepper Bridge and Seven Hills vineyards. The dark red fruit lingers over the palate with a rocky and softly savory spiced tension, giving way to structured tannins that build on the back end of the mid-palate. The wine is focused on the well-framed finish, with blackcurrant and black raspberry jus sprinkled with a rustic and rocky tension. It's a nicely made wine that drinks well. I want a second sip. |
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2018 |
Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 97 (5/2021): Another one of the top wines in the vintage is the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley, which is all Cabernet sourced from the Seven Hills and Pepper Bridge Vineyard. It spent 21 months in 60% new French oak. Gorgeous tobacco, bouquet garni, lavender, and a hint of menthol emerge from the glass, and it has loads and red and black fruits, full-bodied richness, ripe, polished tannins, and a great finish. It’s as seamless as they come yet will still benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and should have 30 years of longevity.
WA 95 (7/2021): Exploding from the glass, the 2018 Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has certainly filled in its shoes since the last time I tasted it. Generous, expressive and juicy, aromas of blackberry jus, spiced cherry compote and chocolate-covered blueberries sway with elegant oak tones of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Full-bodied, the wine offers bold and rich flavors of bitter dark chocolate, crème de cassis, Chambord, elegant oak expressions and fine-grained tannins. The wine continues to evolve with persistence and elegance on the finish, lasting for more than a minute on the aftertaste. The wine rested for 21 months in 60% new French oak. Run, don't walk to get some of this into your cellar. |
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2019 |
Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon |
$55 |
2 |
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JD 96 (7/2022): The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley comes from a mix of the Seven Hills (61%) and Pepper Bridge (39%) vineyards and is all Cabernet aged 20 months in 60% new French oak. Decadent cassis, ripe plum, currants, tobacco leaf, and chocolaty spice notes define the bouquet, and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a plush, expansive mouthfeel, tons of sweet fruit, and a great finish. It brings beautiful sweetness of fruit yet is structured and balanced, with the capacity to evolve for 20-25 years. (Drink between 2022-2047).
VM 94 (3/2022): The delightful 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley is another dense yet finesse-driven wine made by the talented Chris Peterson. Graphite and scorched earth tones play well with sagebrush and heady dark fruit flavors on the palate. Firm tannins and chocolate undertones frame this beautiful wine, which is drinking well now but has a long way to go in the cellar. (Drink between 2021-2036). Own Bargreen. |
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