Novelty Hill Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia Valley (WA))

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon

País

United States

Região

Columbia Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley

Denominação

Columbia Valley (WA)

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201491 pts

  Dried herb aromas are at the fore of this Cabernet; exotic spice, smoke, licorice and cherry notes follow. Cherry and chocolate flavors coat the palate, showing vibrancy, while a distinctive espresso note marks the finish.

• 201390 pts

  Cocoa powder, vanilla, toast and high-toned blue and black-fruit flavors are followed by a flavorful fruit-forward palate. It doesn't always seem entirely varietal but still brings plenty of appeal.

• 201292 pts

  Appealing aromas of cocoa, vanilla and spice intermingle with dark fruit. The palate brings plenty of the same, with pleasing richness and texture to the flavors, and lots of hang time on the finish.

• 201190 pts

  Tight and quite dry, this mixes dried herbs with wild blackberry and boysenberry fruit flavors. The ample acidity underscores just-ripe-enough tannins; but overall what most impresses is the wine's balance, tension and length.

• 200887 pts

  A pleasant, though somewhat generic Cabernet. Light cherry and berry fruit, firm tannins and the acidity to carry it. There's an herbal streak that brings forest floor and moist earth into the finish.

• 200493 pts

  A dark and spicy wine, with streaks of mineral and herb buried within very tart, acidic black fruit. This is complex, quite youthful and tightly woven. I think it will require some years to pull itself together, but the balance is here, in a medium-bodied style, showing some her…