TASTING NOTES
Wound with a firm bank of oak, the dark cherry and berry flavors are seductive and enticing, with cedar to the nose.

WINEMAKING NOTES
Harvest Date: 9/23/98 through 10/14/98
Yeast: Premier Cuvee, D254, BM45 
Malolactic Fermentation: 100% 
Oak: 40% new oak (consisting of 50% European, 50% American) 
Fining: none
T/A: 0.49 gr./ 100 ml. 
pH: 3.61
Alcohol: 13.9%
Bottled: Mid-July 2000
Cases Produced:  3248

GRAPE SOURCE
100% Cabernet

45% Klipsun Vineyard, 28% Sagemoor, 13% Ciel du Cheval, 9% Red Mountain Vineyard, 5% Gordon Brothers.

REVIEWS

Rated "89" - 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley.  Ripe and supple, with pretty plum and currant flavors on a fine-grained background.  Has an earthy edge on the finish, but the fruit echoes nicely.  Drink now through 2004.  3,248 cases made.
Wine Spectator - November 30, 2001

1998 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley. Silver  medalist.
Tri-Cities Wine Festival - November 2001

Rated "90" & "Exceptional" - 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley.
Beverage Testing Institute - September 2001

1998 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley. Bronze medalist.
Enological Society Annual Judging - August 2001

Rated "90" - 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley. "There's a lovely sweetness underlying the smoke, oak and black fruit in the nose, and it follows through on the palate.  The fruit tastes young, almost soft enough to be called pretty, with cherry and berry flavors co-mingling; but there's stuffing, thick tannins and spicy oak.  The finish is long, roasty-toasty and altogether captivating."
Wine Enthusiast; June 2000

Rated "92" - 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley.  Dark ruby with violet highlights.  Medium bodied.  Highly extracted.  Moderately tannic.  Cassis, spice, vanilla.  Youthful, oak spice-dominated aromas lead a brisk, tightly wound palate displaying intense black-fruit flavors and dusty, dry tannins.
Wine Enthusiast Magazine  December 15, 1998