2018 Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain

WINEMAKER'S NOTES: From the smallest American Viticultural Area in size, Red Mountain wines are anything but diminutive. The wine is crafted to showcase the ripe fruit characteristics, incredible aromatics and concentrated tannins that reflect Washington state's warmest growing region. Blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

Wine & Spirits - "After a day brooding in a purple funk, this wine lifts into a lovely red-cherry scent, the texture velvety, the fi nish mildly cedary. Tasted over three days, it continued to come into focus, the tannins delineated and precise. "


Wine Spectator - "Tightly focused and rather broad-shouldered, with dense blackberry, bitter chocolate and savory spice flavors that build tension toward firm tannins. Hands off for now. "


Vinous - "Understated and finessed, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain opens in the glass with dried black cherries accentuated by dusty dried flowers and crushed rocks. It's silky and cool-toned in feel with a pleasant inner sweetness and juicy acidity to balance. This leaves sweet baking spices and licorice nuances to linger through the long and lightly structured finale. The 2018 aims to please yet does so in a wonderfully balanced way. "