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Blend:  76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot, 9% Malbec & 4% Petite Verdot

Vineyards: Stone Tree Vineyards (WS): 47%, Double Canyon (HHH): 23%, Les Collines (WW): 21%, Pepper Bridge (WW): 9%

Aging: Aged for 20 months in 82% French and 12% American oak & 5% Hungarian

Alcohol: 14.3%

Cases produced: 786

Tasting Notes:  ...MOONSPELL, A luring name and a luring wine. Intricate power and delicious balance. Dark fruits especially black berries and black currant cassis followed by mineral, earth, balanced smoky oak and plenty of spice. Dense and thick the entirety of the mouth is coated with rich concentrated flavors while the tannins, fine and ripe, linger elegantly behind leaving the impression of pure Washington fruit and terroir. The most perfectly balanced Cabernet bottling so far without a doubt…
New world marries old world!!! (could the missing link have been found here??…)

Winemaking Notes: The Columbia Valley Cabernet blend is our favorite and most challenging blend to make. This year the Horse Heaven Hills grapes were introduced big time again via a new vineyard called Double Canyon. Stone Tree on the Wahluke Slope  outshined the other vineyards in terms of dark fruit and overall power. Double Canyon added structure, finesse and full elegance, while Walla Walla added mineralality and earthiness.  All of the  individual lots of hand picked grapes had more than 3 weeks of maceration time followed by malolactic conversion entirely in barrel. This turned out to be the  full-bodied, elegant and complex wine that we were striving for.