Red

Camaspelo Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot

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Walla Walla Valley (OR) · Oregon Other · United States

Fact sheet

Type
Red
Grape
Cabernet Sauvignon · Merlot
Country
United States
Region
Walla Walla Valley (OR) · Oregon Other
Appellation
Walla Walla Valley
Body
full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
medium
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

beef · lamb · game · aged cheeses · mushroom risotto

Rated vintages

  • 201194 pts

    Camaspelo is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with 20% Merlot. The fruit shines through brightly in this cooler vintage, black cherry and plum with a saline minerality. The wine saw 40% new oak, perhaps for the last time, as Christophe Baron believes “the barrel is dead” and i…

  • 200996 pts

    The Camaspelo blend is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot, and it shows a riot of juicy cranberry, raspberry, blueberry and black cherry flavors in a rambunctious display of power. Full, round and balanced, it offers hints of cedar, earth and coffee that extend onto the lush,…

  • 200895 pts

    Good concentration, with tight-knit purple and black fruit flavors, a streak of espresso, and the characteristic herb and mineral flavors of the vintage. Very fresh, clean, muscular and still compact, with concentrated blackberry fruit that pops up and broadens out in the finish.