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Andrew Will Red Blend Ciel du Cheval Vineyard 2020 750ml
Case of 12
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SKU 1014497
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About two-thirds Merlot and one-third Cabernet Franc, the 2020 Ciel du Cheval Vineyard shines with a red-fruited and firmly mineral notion that captures the juiciness and mineral essence of Red Mountain. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is succulent with a tight mineral tension with gripping tannins that make way for a soft floral lift. This will need an additional year in the bottle to come together before it is released in 2025. The wine sails with a food-friendly, firm finish that will benefit from decanting. Give it time.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
Region
Washington State
Since it began in the 1820s, wine-production in Washington state has gone from strength to strength, with many of the finest United States wines coming out over the past twenty years hailing from this region. Today, the state is the second largest US producer of wines, behind California, with over forty thousand acres under vine. The state itself is split into two distinct wine regions, separated by the Cascade Range, which casts an important rain shadow over much of the area. As such, the vast majority of vines are grown and cultivated in the dry, arid desert-like area in the eastern half of the state, with the western half producing less than one percent of the state's wines where it is considerably wetter. Washington state is famed for producing many of the most accessible wines of the country, with Merlot and Chardonnay varietal grapes leading the way, and much experimentation with other varietals characterizing the state's produce in the twenty-first century.
Appellation
Yakima Valley
WA95pts
Wine Advocate
About two-thirds Merlot and one-third Cabernet Franc, the 2020 Ciel du Cheval Vineyard shines with a red-fruited and firmly mineral notion that captures the juiciness and mineral essence of Red Mountain. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is succulent with a tight mineral tension with gripping tannins that make way for a soft floral lift. This will need an additional year in the bottle to come together before it is released in 2025. The wine sails with a food-friendly, firm finish that will benefit from decanting. Give it time.
JD92pts
Jeb Dunnuck
Based on 66% Merlot and 34% Cabernet Franc, the 2020 Ciel Du Cheval Vineyard sports a deep ruby/purple hue as well as beautiful notes of ripe black cherries, smoked tobacco, savory herbs, iron, and lead pencil. Medium to full-bodied, nicely balanced, and textured on the palate, it has fine tannins, a soft, rounded mouthfeel, and a great finish.
Winery Notes
This vineyard increasingly seems to us one that possesses many of the virtues of the best Right Bank wines in their best years. We feel Merlot and Cabernet Franc grow as well on this site as anywhere in the country. We admire the job that Jim Holmes and Ryan Johnson are doing on this great swatch of land.
