Lot 164
2018 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Inky, deep garnet in the glass. The bouquet is still pretty locked up even after 8-months in bottle (the tale of 2018!) but, after a couple days open in the bottle, the aromatics start to lift with spring rain on violets, brambled black raspberry, pencil shavings and seasoned spruce hardwood managing to escape this densely-packed yet elegant bouquet. The palate is tightly wound, as you can imagine, reticently offering hints of purple fruit over graphitic minerality. Smooth and elegant on the finish with fine, tight-grained french oak tannins stretching out over excellent, if unrevealing, length. Definitely a wine to leave untouched for a year or so.