The wine is a deep inky purple at the center, with bright ruby along the edges, classic for a nice Cabernet. The nose presents aromas of black currant, prune, dusty limestone, with a bit of cedar underneath. The taste is more of an old world style cabernet, with a but of ripe black fruit at the outset, currant, plum and cherry that folds into some wonderful mineral notes of graphite and some tobacco midpalate. The chewy tannins are a perfect foil to the multiple layers of fruit and minerality in this wine, setting up the wonderfully smooth, and lengthy dry finish.
Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 9, as it's really a new favorite for the 2014 vintage of Cabernet from Walla Walla. This wine would be perfect with steak or prime rib (might need to bring a bottle to Christmas dinner!) but tonight I am going old school Pacific Northwest, where it's perfectly acceptable to pair Cabernet with salmon, after all it is the steak of the sea! In fact tonight I am enjoying this wine with some Coho salmon steaks, whole wheat couscous and some sugar snap peas. Cheers!
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