| Producer | Chateau Ste Michelle |
| Country | United States |
| Region | Washington |
| Subregion | Columbia Valley - Red Mountain AVA |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Sku | 8858600937 |
| Size | 750ml |
Hot, dry conditions and weak soils produce clusters of small berries with intensity and focused flavors. The wine is crafted to showcase the ripe fruit characteristics, incredible aromatics and concentrated tannins that reflect Washington state’s warmest growing region.
For years, Ste. Michelle has ceded Red Mountain to its sister winery Col Solare. Then, in 2017, Ste. Michelle contracted fruit from Heart of the Hill to produce a powerful wine that plays into its penchant for concentrated, oak-forward reds. This leads with dark, plush fruit, fig skin and black plum, with cedar and toffee accents. It has tremendous depth and power, and yet, like the best Red Mountain wines, this one pirouettes gracefully with fine-grained tannins. A big wine and a big performance, for steak.
Notes of dark plums, mulberries, peppercorns and baking spices. It’s full-bodied with firm, grainy tannins. Structured and serious with a creamy texture and layers of dark fruit and wood spice. Ample, flavorful finish with some length. Drink or hold
Coming from a handful of sites, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain is 100% Cabernet aged in 62% new French oak, with a splash of new American oak as well. It offers lots of camphor, spicy oak, and spice notes to go with medium-bodied richness, beautiful darker cherry and berry fruits, ripe tannins, and a focused, balanced, classic texture. A terrific Cabernet, it will evolve for 15 years or more.
Rested in over 60% new French oak, the delightfully round and rich 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain bursts from the glass with ripe and juicy fruit aromas along with notes of dusty chocolate and purple flowers that overflow the glass with baking spice elements. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is open and expressive with flavors of blackberry jus, juicy plum, hints of sage and thyme, with cocoa nib and vanilla tones across the mid-palate. Concluding with a balanced structure and lifting tannins that linger on the palate with a soft rockiness, the wine offers a delicious experience at a great price. Well done. Anthony Mueller MW, 10/12/2020.
Aromas of dark roasted coffee bean, vanilla, sautéed herbs and dark chocolate lead to a palate that shows more structure right now than fruit. It needs time to show its best but has it. Give it some time in the cellar. Best after 2024. Sean P. Sullivan, 9/1/2021.
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