A family-owned winery (the proprietors are Martin and Megan Clubb), l’Ecole No. 41 produces 30,000 cases of wine annually. There are 4,000 cases of the 2004 Semillon Barrel Fermented, an excellent value. It sports aromas as well as flavors of spices, honey, and pears. Medium-bodied and expressive, this well-balanced effort is silky-textured, spicy, and fruity. Drink it over the next 1 to 2 years. Tel. (509) 525-0940; www.lecole.com

L’Ecole’s budget bottling blends in 14% Sauv Blanc, making a brilliant, creamy, rich and textural wine which softly suggests nettle, lime, grapefruit, tangerine and citrus.——P.G.(8/1/2006)—— 91