2016 Gramercy Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley
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Full bottle 1,440 g. 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot. Dark chocolate, cassis, tarragon, dill. Sweet black fruit threaded through with mouth-watering, cool-bitter-fresh, crushed sap greenness. The tannins and the very-slightly-toasted-coconut oak have melted into the fruit, become weft in the weave, hidden seams. A rich wine with coal-dusted tannins but considering how close to the edge every component goes, the balance achieved here, as an integrated whole (which is where it's at, six years on) is pretty close to perfect. Now to test this out with a wagyu steak... (TC)
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Alistair Cooper MW, jancisrobinson.com
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
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Offering up a Margaux-like perfume of cassis, spring flowers, sandalwood, and cedar pencil, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon is medium-bodied, elegant, and seamless on the palate. It’s a beautiful, textured wine that’s going to evolve gracefully for 10-15 years.
Not giving much away on the nose. Grippy, firm and defined tannins dominate the palate with a ripe sweet cassis note and good lick of acidity. A slight cooked, bitter note on the finish but still has charm. (AC)
Medium ruby-red. Aromas of blackcurrant, dark raspberry, espresso, bitter chocolate and graphite. Silky and plush but also vinous on entry, then densely packed, seamless and deep in the middle, with savory red and blacker fruit flavors complicated by subtle brown spices and minerals. Conveys excellent inner-mouth peppery lift and vinosity without coming across as green. This wine struck me as quite similar to its 2015 predecessor, suggesting that owner/winemaker Greg Harrington was especially successful in avoiding obvious signs of the very hot 2015 growing season. This savory, classically dry, energetic Cabernet Sauvignon finishes with firm, suave tannins and slowly mounting persistence.