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Region: Washington State - Columbia Valey - Yakima Valley - Red Mountain
Grapes: Cabernet
Alcohol: 14.5%
Notes on the Wine
Blackberries, cherry cola, hints of mocha, and dried herb. Full bodied with generous density on the fore palate, leading to a pleasing mid palate. Long finish dominated by black cherry and vanilla.
Notes on the Producer
When people think of Washington State, they think of Seattle; of coffee and hipsters…and rain. Lots and lots of rain. Steady drizzle, cats and dogs, moss-is-our-state-flower kind of rain.
A surprise to many, it’s a different story as you make your way through the Columbia River gorge, east of the Cascades — the volcanic mountain range that divides the state in two. The landscape turns cowboy movie dry and dusty pretty quickly. Here, about 140 miles and a totally different climate away from Seattle, lies Red Mountain, rising gently from the desert floor, where a scant 5 inches of rain falls annually.
The stinginess of Mother Nature may seem unforgiving, but it’s her gift to our winemakers; one of control over irrigation which forces the grapes to struggle — a necessary penance on their journey to becoming rich, bold, intense reds. Our home gets 300-plus days of sun, including an hour per day more than Napa and Bordeaux. (Music to a viticulturalist’s ears.)
The results are intense notes of fruit in our complex and highly structured Chasing Rain Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Blend, and Merlot. One slow sip will instantly reveal our obsession with the craft of winemaking. You see we’ve always believed that we could make 100,000 bottles of a wine.
