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Wine Details
Price:
$40.00 per bottle
Description:
This wine is a fitting end to the remarkable 2003 vintage wines. The wine is 99% cabernet sauvignon from five remarkable Washington vineyards. Bacchus Vineyard Block 9 is part of the venerable Sagemoor Farm in the Columbia Valley. Old vines with deep flavors. Tended to perfection vine by vine by the vigilant Todd Cameron. Champoux Vinyard Block 2 in the Horse Heaven Hills is part of the old Mercer Ranch. Old vines managed to perfect balance by the legend, Paul Champoux. At the opposite eastern end of Horse Heaven Hills is the younger Wallula Vineyard managed by the Den Hoed brothers, Andy and Bill. Highly floral aromatics make these wines a standout for Chateau Ste. Michele, Leonetti, Abeja, Long Shadows and Boudreaux. Pepper Bridge Block 28 produces awesome fruit in the Walla Walla Valley. Managed by Tom and Tim Waliser, this vineyard is a big name for good reasons. Tom has an uncanny sixth sense for grape farming and how it relates to winemaking.
The fifth vineyard contributing to our fab cab is Seven Hills Vineyard at the southern end of the Walla Walla Valley in Oregon. Chris Banek lives the day-to-day wine management with input from the owner winemakers. Our cab comes mostly from the Leonetti blocks so Chris Figgins always has his cunning eye on this fruit for us. Blending these various vineyards and sites within vineyards together into one 1500 gallon tank before bottling was one of the most exciting moments of my life so far. These wines were aged in French tight grain, Hungarian, Minnesota, Missouri and West Virginia oak for 22 months. The other 1% of the wine is comprised of merlot and syrah which were held over to add bouquet and spice for this bottling.
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