Stillwater Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Fact sheet

Type

Red

Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon · Merlot · Malbec

Country

United States

Region

Columbia Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley

Appellation

Columbia Valley

Body

full

Acidity

medium

Tannin

medium

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201390 pts

  Aromas of wood spice, herb, smoke, baking spice and cherry lead to pretty, polished fruit flavors. The tannins give a light squeeze.

• 201290 pts

  This is almost all varietal, with just smidgeons of Merlot and Malbec (2% each) blended in. It displays an appealing mix of fruit and barrel, with aromas and flavors of coffee, spice, pencil lead, herbs and cherry, showing a sense of vibrancy and richness.

• 201192 pts

  Complex and precise, this lovely Cabernet—blended with 10% Merlot and 3% Malbec—layers cassis, herb, bark, earth and graphite elements within a cigar box coating. Those streaks of tobacco are wedded to a touch of espresso as it weaves through a lingering finish.

• 201090 pts

  This is the winery's estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon, and it opens rather stiff and herbal. It's a taut, dark and deep wine that rewards decanting, showing good concentration and dense layers of brambly berries, licorice and espresso. Age for at least another decade.

• 200989 pts

  Novelty Hill's estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon displays notes of brambly berry and plenty of barrel spice. The sweet-tasting spice accent rolls into streaks of licorice, earth and herb on the peppery finish.

• 200689 pts

  Excellent winemaking by Mike Januik, as with all these Novelty Hill wines, keeps the fruit, acid and tannins all in perfect proportion. The flavors mix blackberry and black cherry; and this young wine is still firm and wound tight.

• 200592 pts

  Powerful yet restrained, this wine beautifully expresses the delicate and nuanced aspects of Cabernet Sauvignon with the herbal side of the grape in full force. Everything is tied together in a neat and tidy bundle, with sweet blackberry fruit surrounded by leaf and earth, leadi…