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[ Home > Sale > Novelty Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 ]
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Region: Washington
Sub-Region: Columbia Valley
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The Columbia Valley is a diverse growing region that provides a wide range of fruit expression by variety allowing the winemaker to craft rich, multi-layered wines by blending grapes from unique vineyards throughout the region. Vineyard sources that give this wine its richness and complexity include our estate vineyard, Stillwater Creek, and such well-known Columbia Valley vineyards as Seven Hills and Red Mountain, among others. The Cabernet Sauvignon is aged 20-months in predominantly French oak barrels; both new, and one-year-old.
GRAPE VARIETY:
89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc
FOOD PAIRINGS:
Red meats, especially a juicy barbequed steak, grilled and smoked foods
TASTING NOTES:
A richly aromatic wine with layers of ripe plum, red currant and sweet black fruit. This is a classic, full-bodied Cabernet with firm acidity and a long-lasting, concentrated finish.
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"Dense and chewy, but with a nice lift of acidity and freshness as the finish rolls in, framing the cherry, blackberry, coffee and smoke flavors as they linger expressively. Best from 2011 through 2018.—H.S" -Rated 92, Wine Spectator
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"The 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley reveals darker fruits than the Merlot as well as greater structure. Ripe, spicy, and flavorful on the palate, it will continue to open over the next 2-3 years and offer prime drinking from 2011 to 2018.
Novelty Hill and Stillwater Creek Vineyard are owned by Tom Alberg. The vineyard, located on the Royal Slope of the Frenchman Hills (way off the beaten path), was planted in 2000 and is beginning to acquire a reputation for the high quality of its fruit. A year ago the winery moved into its new quarters in Woodinville which it shares with Januik Winery. The Novelty Hills wines are made by the talented Mike Januik. This portfolio over-delivers in a very big way." -Rated 90, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
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