2019 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard
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Clone 8 Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain, brought up in new barrels (as are all of the wines aside from the CVR), the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine is dense purple hue with a gorgeous cassis and blue fruits as well as dried spice, flowers, camphor, and graphite-driven aromas and flavors. This deep, rich, concentrated, flawlessly balanced beauty has ultra-fine tannins, a seamless, elegant mouthfeel, and a great, great finish. It's more straight and focused than the Columbia Valley release and will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age, but it's gorgeous.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard bottling has been renamed and is now labeled as Clone 8; this is part of the estate's new range of clonal bottlings, which honors the family's namesake and heritage. The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Clone 8 displays precision and focus with Red Mountain's firm, rocky minerality before showcasing layers of velvety, dark red fruit that wafts from the glass. Full-bodied and firmly structured, elements of sweet red berries and seductive vanilla flavors offer up layers of complexity with gripping tannins. The Clone 8 concludes with elegance and persistence on the delightful, velvety finish, leaving behind a lovely, red-fruited finesse that continues to shine. Only 1,338 cases were produced and are set to be released later this year.
About the producer
Founded in 1978, Quilceda Creek helped put Washington Cabernet on the world stage. Mentored by André Tchelistcheff, the family-owned winery became renowned for its powerful, age-worthy Cabernets and was the first U.S. winery outside California to earn 100 points from Wine Advocate.