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Quilceda Creek 2016
HED56641
75 cl
15.2%
£192.00
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Established in 1978, Quilceda Creek is one the greatest producers of Cabernet Sauvignon in Columbia Valley, Washington State. The 2016 is a gorgeous release that leaps from the glass with heavenly scents of blackcurrants, black cherry, anise, violets, dark chocolate and forest floor. With immense purity, finesse and balance on the palate, this is already drinking surprisingly well, however, the best will be discovered a few more years down the track.
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Vinous
Moderately saturated dark red with ruby tones. Classic, complex Cabernet scents of black fruits, cocoa powder and sexy herbs lifted by a strong mineral component; the high-quality Taransaud and Darnajou barrels come through clearly but not loudly. Wonderfully smooth, tight-grained wine with gloriously ripe but not roasted flavors of wild blackberry, cassis, bitter chocolate and minerals. Harmonious ripe acidity gives this wine outstanding finesse and lifts the fruit. I find this wine more relaxed than the superb 2015 version, perhaps because there was little in the way of vine stress in '16. Perhaps most impressive in the early going on the extremely long, slowly building back end, which features noble tannins, great suavity and outstanding lift. (3.97 pH; made from Palengat, Champoux and Wallula vineyards, all in Horse Heaven Hills, but the label for this wine has said Columbia Valley for a long time; in an earlier era the label used the even more generic Washington State appellation)Stephen Tanzer1st December 2019
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