2015 Force Majeure Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
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The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain Estate is a beautiful effort. Sporting a deep ruby/purple color and terrific notes of blackcurrants, cassis, crushed rocks, lead pencil shavings, and chocolate, it hits the palate with a full-bodied, powerful, yet still elegant profile that carries incredible fruit and richness, yet no sense of weight. With beautiful purity of fruit, a balanced, layered style, building tannin, and a great finish, it needs 3-4 years of bottle age and will cruise for two decades in the cellars. Now focusing almost exclusively on their Red Mountain estate vineyards, Force Majeure is making some of the most compelling wines in Washington State, as well as in the United States. Winemaker Todd Alexander (previously at Bryant Family in Napa Valley) came on board in 2014 and today the wines show another level of purity and finesse, all while not sacrificing depth of fruit or texture. Both the 2015s and 2016 are terrific wines, with a small edge going to the 2016s. Trust me, these are gorgeous wines you need to try.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate
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The 2015 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a big, ripe, chewy effort offering loads of blackcurrants, licorice, scorched earth and chocolate. It’s undeniably Red Mountain in style yet, like all the wines here, is impeccably made. I suspect short term cellaring will be beneficial, but this baby has fruit!