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  • Country ranking ?

    437
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Salmon velouté with lemon and cream

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Vintage Notes:Winemaker's comments

The 1990 Cabernet, while similar in vineyard composition to the 1989, reflects the softer character of the 1990 vintage. It is drinking excellently now, with intense aromas and flavors of chocolate, violets and black cherries.

Wine Advocate Review

"Make no mistake about the Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignons – they are world-class Cabernets that compete with the finest wines from Bordeaux, Napa Valley, Sonoma and Santa Cruz mountains.

The regular bottling in both the 1989 and 1990 are deep, rich, full-bodied wines with staurated colors and copious amounts of sweet cassis fruit intelligently married with toasty new oak. They are ripe, concentrated, graceful and harmonious. The acid, tannin, and alcohol are well-integrated in both offerings. The 1990 is slightly more open."

Robert M. Parker Jr.'s, Wine Advocate
12-20-93

Wine Spectator Review

"Tight and firm, with a cedary aroma and ripe currant, toast and berry flavors on the palate. Elegant and well balanced, drinking well now but with depth and intensity to carry it through the decade. Best from 1996 to 2000. 925 cases made." Score: 89 pts

James Laube, Wine Spectator
May 15, 1994

 

Winemakers:

Alex Golitzin, Paul Golitzin

Varietals:

96% Cabernet, and 4% Merlot

Vineyards:

Kiona, Klipsun, and Mercer Ranch (Champoux)

Barrels:

85% French Oak, 15% American Oak

Time in Barrel:

22 Months

Time in Bottle
before release:

15 months

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Origin

Alderdale, Washington

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

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