Red

Bonair Morrison Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Rattlesnake Hills)

Rattlesnake Hills · Columbia Valley · United States

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carne vermelha · cordeiro · queijos curados · carnes grelhadas

200687 pts

Tight and tart, wrapped up in a core of smoky black currant fruit. The acids seem a bit adjusted, and the wine needs time to breathe open, but the main thing is that it's a clean and well-defined evocation of the almost 40-year-old vineyard, the oldest in the Rattlesnake Hills.
200587 pts

A step up from the '04, this is a better showcase for the cassis, blackberry and black cherry fruit from this old vine site. The balance of fruit, acid and tannin is in good proportion, and the wine is taut and slightly earthy, in a good way. The flavors gather strength and show…
200485 pts

A little sweat, a little funk in the nose; following that, the wine is sturdy and substantial. Made with fruit from 36-year-old vines which the winery says are the oldest in the AVA. It shows a flavorful mix of herb, bark, earth, pepper, rock and dark, tannic, muscular fruit. Be…