2020 DeLille Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Four Flags
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The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Four Flags is incredibly spicy, bursting with notes of black raspberry, minty herbs and clove. It's supremely silky, smoothing over the palate with ripe red and blue fruits while taking on an exotic floral persona toward the close. This finishes perfumed and lightly structured, with subtle tannins that gently tug at the palate. It's a softer and more approachable rendition of Four Flags, yet it’s equally enjoyable.
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Jancis Robinson MW
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All Cabernet Sauvignon from four sites (the Grand Ciel, Klipsun, Ciel du Cheval, and Upchurch vineyards), the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Four Flags reveals a deeper plum hue to go with a blacker fruited, concentrated, powerful Cabernet offering full-bodied richness, plenty of chocolaty oak, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It's another seriously good wine from this estate.
Coming from four vineyards—Upchurch, Grand Ciel, Klipsun and Ciel du Cheval—the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Four Flags begins with an oaky nose that is precise, focused and fresh. Aromas of black and dark red fruit tones sway with a delightfully dusty mineral essence and soft red florals. Full-bodied, fresh, firm and juicy, the palate offers a fine mineral tension and succulent acidity, while a polished frame of fruit cascades across the mid-palate before ending with a succulent, food-friendly finish and lingering tannic edge. Just under 19,000 bottles were produced after the wine aged for 20 months in all French oak, 82% first fill. Bravo!
Medium ruby in colour. The nose, like many youthful Washington Cabernet Sauvignons at this tasting, has a lovely powdery dried-strawberry and raspberry character. The palate is tactile with grabby tannins and a herbal, minty finish. A bit young but still showing well. (SCJ)