Quilceda Creek
Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Columbia Valley, Oregon/Washington, USA
If tasting blind, I would have called this maybe a 2013-2015 vintage. Even after being open two hours, this was tight and unyielding. Very dusty aromatics (baked black cherries, charcoal, and dark cocoa) and chewy on the palate (underripe blackberries, baking spices, cedar). Big structure and it has everything you want for it to unfurl 7-10yrs from now. Hold.
If tasting blind, I would have called this maybe a 2013-2015 vintage. Even after being open two hours, this was tight and unyielding. Very dusty aromatics (baked black cherries, charcoal, and dark cocoa) and chewy on the palate (underripe blackberries, baking spices, cedar). Big structure and it has everything you want for it to unfurl 7-10yrs from now. Hold.
Sep 7th, 2019
Too much oak...may settle in with more time Fruit is bold and concentrated!
Too much oak...may settle in with more time Fruit is bold and concentrated!
2 people found it helpfulSep 27th, 2014
Blind Tasting MOT=90
Color: Solid red
Nose: Anise, nothing else really, I think it needed more time to open up
Palate: Very strong tannins, loads of fruit and very well balanced.
Opinion: Very impressive body compared to what I expected after smelling the wine. Maybe more time would increase the score a few points.
Blind Tasting MOT=90
Color: Solid red
Nose: Anise, nothing else really, I think it needed more time to open up
Palate: Very strong tannins, loads of fruit and very well balanced.
Opinion: Very impressive body compared to what I expected after smelling the wine. Maybe more time would increase the score a few points.
Sturdy stonewall. Still brooding and recalcitrant. Reminds me of snorlax
Sturdy stonewall. Still brooding and recalcitrant. Reminds me of snorlax
Oct 22nd, 2020
A Washington Cab: oak nose, blueberry plum fruit forward on the taste with a vanilla spice. medium finish. A luxurious wine and multi layered; a definite buy for your cellar. At the BYOB Wine Advocate dinner(93 pats or better) in Napa. A phenomenal opportunity to taste a significant variety of wines. What a fantastic event!
A Washington Cab: oak nose, blueberry plum fruit forward on the taste with a vanilla spice. medium finish. A luxurious wine and multi layered; a definite buy for your cellar. At the BYOB Wine Advocate dinner(93 pats or better) in Napa. A phenomenal opportunity to taste a significant variety of wines. What a fantastic event!
Aug 18th, 2019
Wine Advocate BYOB Napa dinner...must be a Robert Parker +93 point wine....I brought the Quilceda Creek 99 point magnum and a Marcassin 2012....97 pt pinot. Wines I had at dinner:
2012 screaming eagle
2014 penfolds grange
2012 bevan wildfoote vineyard vixen block
2010 domaine de la Janasse chatauneuf du pape in magnum
2007 corton charlemagne grand cru magnum
2010 modus operandi collection..aged in some of the rarest French oak per owner who sat next to me.
2008 kapcsandy family cab
2005 Qupe bien nacido X block syrah in magnum
2001 quilceda creek cab..another aficionado was pouring the 01!!
More to come as my brain cells recover...
Wine Advocate BYOB Napa dinner...must be a Robert Parker +93 point wine....I brought the Quilceda Creek 99 point magnum and a Marcassin 2012....97 pt pinot. Wines I had at dinner:
2012 screaming eagle
2014 penfolds grange
2012 bevan wildfoote vineyard vixen block
2010 domaine de la Janasse chatauneuf du pape in magnum
2007 corton charlemagne grand cru magnum
2010 modus operandi collection..aged in some of the rarest French oak per owner who sat next to me.
2008 kapcsandy family cab
2005 Qupe bien nacido X block syrah in magnum
2001 quilceda creek cab..another aficionado was pouring the 01!!
More to come as my brain cells recover...
Let it open up. Incredible. Love this fruit.
Let it open up. Incredible. Love this fruit.
May 3rd, 2019