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2016 Quilceda Creek "Galitzine Vineyard" Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

SKU #1454391 98 points Jeb Dunnuck

Outer quote mark From a site on Red Mountain, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine is a deeper, richer, more mineral-laced red and has a huge nose of dark chocolate, smoked earth, graphite, black licorice, and black fruits. It’s full-bodied, has tons of concentration and depth, as well as building tannins, yet it still stays seamless and elegant on the palate, with an incredible texture. It’s another full-bore, powerful, brilliant wine from this team that’s going to benefit from short term cellaring and cruise for two decades. 98+ Inner quote mark (4/2019)

96 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Outer quote mark Red fruited and expressive, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard opens with the classic Red Mountain rusticity on the nose along with rich and elegant dark red fruits. Full-bodied, the palate has a crunchy minerality and firm tannins that will mellow in time. The focus here is clearly on the fruit, with the impressively well-integrated 100% new French oak lending seductive baking spices accents to the dark cherry and black raspberry expressions, followed by a slight tartness on the finish. This will do best after a few years in the cellar and will go for a decade or two. I look forward to revisiting this bottling over the next decade. Absolutely stunning! (AM) Inner quote mark (12/2019)

94 points Vinous

Outer quote mark Bright ruby-red. Inky aromas of boysenberry, cassis, blackberry and herbs convey a slightly medicinal quality. Medium-to-full-bodied, penetrating and still youthfully closed but already quite juicy thanks to fresh acidity, showing a strong Red Mountain blueberry character and underlying notes of minerals and bitter chocolate. Finishes with substantial tongue-dusting tannins that call for a good five or six years of cellaring. This distinctly reserved wine is a bit more sharply delineated but less creamy than the estate's flagship Cabernet, perhaps due to the cool late-summer weather in 2016; only time will tell if it's that wine's equal for sheer class. (ST) 94+ Inner quote mark (12/2019)

94 points Wine & Spirits

Outer quote mark From Quilceda’s 17-acre high-density Red Mountain planting devoted entirely to Clone 8 cabernet sauvignon, this wine is a masculine expression of Red Mountain, with its windborne herb scents of wild sage, cigar box, cedar and smoke, its concentrated fruit limned with a dark espresso accent. The wine tastes as if a compote of dark berry fruit was drizzled with olive oil, the textures powerful, gripping, flecked with fine soil tannins that feel granular and long. This is a baby. Cellar. Inner quote mark (10/2020)

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2016 Quilceda Creek "Galitzine Vineyard" Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

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Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends

- Cabernet Sauvignon has come a long way from its role as a blending varietal, however dominant, in the wines of Bordeaux. Today it is the most planted red varietal in the world. Identified as a descendent of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc, the late-ripening Cabernet Sauvignon needs to be planted in warmer climates to fully ripen. Its small berries can easily be identified for their distinctive blue color, thick skins and high tannins. And while the varietal has its own definitive characteristics: green pepper-like aromas and black currant flavors among them, it is perhaps most prized for its ability to convey terroir, vintage and winemaking. A relatively new varietal, Cabernet Sauvignon started making inroads into the wines of the Médoc and Graves in the late-18th century. Today it is also dominant in the up-and-coming Entre-Deux-Mers region of Bordeaux and can also be found in Southwest France. It is the companion varietal to Sangiovese in Italy's Super Tuscans and is planted all over Europe, stretching to lesser-known winegrowing regions like Russia and Lebanon. In the Americas Cabernet Sauvignon has found champions in every nook and cranny of California and among winemakers in Washington, where it complements plantings of Merlot. In South America, Cab thrives in Chile, but can also be found in smaller amounts in Argentina and even in Mexico.

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United States

- When people consider domestic wine, they normally think about the state of California. The fine viticultural Region within California, including the Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Cruz Mountains, Mendocino and Santa Barbara, are capable of growing grapes of world-class quality. But there's plenty of fabulous wine coming from other states, too. Oregon, Washington and New York are also causing eyebrows (and glassware) to be raised around the world.

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Washington

- Washington has become one of the most important wine producing states in the United States, and development continues to grow rapidly. In 1969, when California was exploding as a wine producer, Washington had only two wineries, but by 2000 that number had passed 100. Most of Washington's grape crop goes to uses other than wine. Merlot and Chardonnay have been the most successful in Washington. It's interesting to note that Washington's prime wine regions are located at 46° north, along the same latitude as the legendary French wine districts of Bordeaux and Burgundy. During the summer, Washington averages more than two hours more sunlight each day compared to California.