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Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard 2021 750ml
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SKU 973338
$279.94Original price was: $279.94.$259.94Current price is: $259.94./bottle
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The biggest and boldest of the range, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Clone 8 seduces with a pure heart of Red Mountain dustiness and shines with the purity of fruit and focus of Quilceda Creek’s house style. Firm, rocky, juicy and expressive, the nose offers impeccable purity that flirts with triple digits. Full-bodied, layered and complex, this beauty will need at least one more year in the bottle and will have no trouble reaching its 25th birthday. The wine rested for 20 months in 100% French oak. Set to be released in August 2024, you’ll want to mark your calendars for this devastatingly gorgeous release. Bravo. 18,000 bottles were made.
By far and away the most recognized and widely grown red wine grape varietal in the world is the Cabernet Sauvignon. First cultivated in the 18th century in France, this wonderful cross of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc grapes has long since been the most important varietal for red wines across the globe. Now grown everywhere from its native France to the furthest reaches of the New World, Cabernet Sauvignon is adored and prized by wineries for its hardiness and resistance to rot, as well as its large and sharp flavors and wonderful capability for fine aging Indeed, many of the finest wines of history and the modern age would be simply unimaginable without Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, with the famed wineries of Bordeaux and other important regions using it as the primary grape in their oak aged produce. High tannin levels, acidity and powerful flavors are the characteristics most commonly associated with this varietal, however, when blended and slowly aged, it is capable of a world of flavors and aromas unmatched by any other grape.
Country
United States
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
WA99pts
Wine Advocate
The biggest and boldest of the range, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Clone 8 seduces with a pure heart of Red Mountain dustiness and shines with the purity of fruit and focus of Quilceda Creek's house style. Firm, rocky, juicy and expressive, the nose offers impeccable purity that flirts with triple digits. Full-bodied, layered and complex, this beauty will need at least one more year in the bottle and will have no trouble reaching its 25th birthday. The wine rested for 20 months in 100% French oak. Set to be released in August 2024, you'll want to mark your calendars for this devastatingly gorgeous release. Bravo. 18,000 bottles were made.
JS98pts
James Suckling
The most structured and firmly tannic of the winery’s five bottlings, this intensely concentrated wine keeps the good acidity along with the fruit ripeness. Aromas of char, espresso, graphite and dark chocolate along with dried cherries and blackberries. Minerality is woven in with hints of black and white pepper, and the black fruit lingers on the finish. Best from 2029.
TWI98pts
The Wine Independent
The 2021 Galitzine Vineyard Clone 8 Cabernet Sauvignon sports a deep garnet-purple color. It slowly emerges from the glass with fragrant notions of black and red currant preserves, tree bark, and forest floor, leading to a savory undercurrent of bay leaves, black olives, and rare beef. The full-bodied palate is wonderfully light on its feet with grace and finesse, backed up by a refreshing line and very soft, satiny tannins, finishing long and earthy. 1200 cases were made.
JD97pts
Jeb Dunnuck
Lastly, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard comes from a site on the lower slopes of Red Mountain and, as with the other top cuvées here, was aged in 100% new French oak. It has some classic Red Mountain savory herb, crushed stone, and graphite notes as well as a beautiful red and black-fruited core, full-bodied richness, ripe, building tannins, gorgeous overall balance, and a rare mix of power and elegance that's something to behold. It's mostly educational at this point and needs 4-5 years of bottle age, but it's going to age for at least two decades.
VM95pts
Vinous Media
A cascading blend of dusty rose, cinnamon, spiced blood orange, red currant and clove makes the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Clone 8 impossible to ignore. This is pure seduction on the palate. Surprisingly lifted and juicy in style, with vivid tart wild berry fruits and zesty acidity that adds remarkable freshness, this is a spice bomb from start to finish. A cranberry crunchiness emerges as edgy tannins pinch at the cheeks and inner violet florals slowly fade. There is a sense of boundless energy here.
DC95pts
Decanter
Coming from the 30-acre Red Mountain estate, Galitizine is definitively riper in style, reflecting the hottest appellation in the state in a very hot vintage. The aromatics are classically Red Mountain with wild desert lavender and crushed black stone mineral tones giving way to the 100% new oak spice. The palate is a balance of delightful blue fruits, with freshness and refinement coming from the intense savoury character that carries the finish.
