2018 Sparkman Holler Cabernet Sauvignon

2018 Sparkman Holler Cabernet Sauvignon

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SPARKMAN

2018 HOLLER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON

2018 Sparkman Holler Cabernet Sauvignon
Sparkman handcrafts powerfully concentrated and elegantly balanced wines from Washington State and people are noticing. We discovered them in 2016 and gushed about their 2013 Holler, which went on to rank #21 on the Wine Spectator Top 100, out-scoring icons like Screaming Eagle at more than 25 times its price. The winery hasn’t skipped a beat since, and their 2018 vintage powerfully reflects Columbia Valley’s distinct terroir and the winery’s hallmark style of crafting concentrated wines deep-seated in elegance. 
 
Winemaker Linn Scott called on fruit from eleven different unique sites in Columbia Valley when creating the 2018 Holler. The resulting wine offers a well-rounded interpretation of Columbia Valley terroir, presented with supreme balance. 
 
The Wine Spectator describes the 2018 vintage in Washington State as producing “full-bodied yet well-balanced wines.” Sparkman Holler is a grand example, and after 18 months in oak and rest in the bottle, this wine is drinking beautifully.
 
SPARKMAN
2018 HOLLER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
 
Your Price: $32
 
 
“This is a pan-Washington Cabernet, with fruit from White Bluffs, Horse Heaven, Red Mountain and Yakima Valley. The aromas offer notes of vanilla, sautéed dried herb, ground aniseed, coffee and cherry. Plump chocolate and cherry flavors follow, with a smooth feel upping the appeal.”
91 Points, Editors’ Choice
 
“We’re not sure how to fully and accurately describe this wine. Really. Stunning is a word that might work. It’s degree of texture and personality are something we have not seen before in this label. Silky. Deep. Polished. Round. Its sexy accessibility is counterintuitive for a wine this young. It possesses a dense purple saturation as well as a stunning nose of black and blue fruits, orange peel, sweet oak and crushed mineral. On the palate it leads with supple rich fruit balanced atop a fine tannic framework. Flavors erupting on the palate include blackberry, cherry, citrus, caramel, mocha, cedar and stone. Ready to roll right now and built for the long run.”
2016 Double Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills Washington State

2016 Double Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills Washington State

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DOUBLE CANYON

CABERNET SAUVIGNON 
HORSE HEAVEN HILLS
2016 WASHINGTON STATE

2016 Double Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon Horse Heaven Hills Washington StateCalifornia isn’t the only state on the West Coast capable of producing World-Class Cabernet Sauvignon. There’s an Appellation inside the Columbia Valley called Horse Heaven Hills that’s home to iconic vineyards like Champoux in Alderdale, which Quilceda Creek fans might recognize. They’ve produced five perfect 100 point Cabernets from it. Double Canyon sources from four sites within the Alderdale region, and at $23, you’ve really got to try it.

The Horse Heaven Hills Appellation is defined by it’s proximity to the Columbia River, strong winds, and volcanic soils, which produce a distinct mineral nuance. The area even caught the eye of Andre Tchelistcheff, legendary winemaker at Beaulieu Vineyards. 

The 2016 combines fruit from Phinny Hill, Destiny Ridge, Alder Ridge, and their own Double Canyon Estate Vineyard. The final blend beautifully expresses the 88% Cabernet Sauvignon heightened with Syrah, Petit Verdot, Merlot, and Malbec, which all contribute to the rich textures and compelling flavors.  

DOUBLE CANYON
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 
HORSE HEAVEN HILLS
2016 WASHINGTON STATE
Retails at: $25

Your Price: $23
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“… What impressed us about this wine beyond its value were its numerous layers of aromas and flavors. Roasted coffee, cedar, and blackberry are distinctive on the nose, and on the palate, tobacco, underbrush, and grainy tannins keep the mouth dry with chalky, teeth-gripping texture. It’s structured and clean, with a sweet, toasty finish.”    93 Points

2015 Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

2015 Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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QUILCEDA CREEK

2015 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
COLUMBIA VALLEY

2015 Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley Cabernet SauvignonModeling absolute excellence, very few wines have a track record of mastery as illustrious as Quilceda Creek.  Averaging 98.9 Points from Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate, over the past 14 vintages, Quilceda Creek’s Estate Cabernet doesn’t just compete with the best wines in the world, it sets the bar for them.  Their Estate Cabernet has also appeared Wine Spectator Top 100 list on five separate occasions and many would credit the winery with putting Washington’s Columbia Valley AVA on the map. Jeb Dunnuck, former critic at Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate has already scored the 2015 a near perfect 99 Points and we don’t expect our allocation to last through the day…
Utilizing 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Champoux, Lake Wallula, Palengat, and Wallula Gap Vineyards this stunning achievement spends 20 months developing in 100% New French oak Barrels.  With greatness immersed so deep, you can literally taste it, the 2015 saturates your palate in voluptuous dark berries, black plum, tobacco, minerals and cocoa. I strongly recommend securing some, while supplies last.  We simply never have enough of this wine to satisfy demand.      
 
QUILCEDA CREEK
2015 CABERNET SAUVIGNON
COLUMBIA VALLEY
Retails at:  $200.00/btl
 
Your Price:  $189.99/btl
 
From Jeb Dunnuck: “The flagship is the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon mostly from Champoux with the balance from Palengat and Wallula vineyards. Crème de cassis, graphite, black licorice, unsmoked tobacco, and hints of chocolate and emerge from this beauty and it continues to gain depth and nuance with time in the glass. Full-bodied, deep, and layered with an incredible purity and elegance on the palate, it’s already accessible but has more than enough tannin, depth, and balance to evolve for two decades or more.”  99 Points 

 

 
2015 Quilceda Creek Special Mixed Pack
 
 2015 Quilceda Creek CVR Proprietary Red

QUILCEDA CREEK
“SPECIAL MIXED 15-PACK


 
Special Mixed 15-Pack Includes:
 
 
10 Bottles of 2015 Quilceda Creek “CVR” ($69.99/btl)
 
5 Bottles of 2015 Quilceda Creek Cabernet ($189.99/btl)
 
QUILCEDA CREEK
2015 “CVR” RED
COLUMBIA VALLEY
Your Price:  $69.99/btl 
 

Quillia 2013 Proprietary Red Columbia Valley

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QUILLIA

2013 PROPRIETARY RED
COLUMBIA VALLEY 

 
In wine, some of the best opportunities arise when luxury brands have excess barrels of premium juice.  Quillia was born from a collection of some of the most prestigious vineyards in Washington State, and was created using the same tools and techniques as the marquee wines. Each component was carefully blended into a wine that performs many levels above it’s price, and like other wines in this category, Quillia is contractually obligated to silence on the specific origins of each component.  Of course, one taste will tell you all that you need to know, and at $25/btl this could take your house red to levels previously unknown… 
Emerging from Washington’s coveted Columbia Valley AVA, an area made famous by Chateau Saint Michelle, Quilceda Creek and other iconic Washington State wineries.  Interestingly, Columbia Valley is almost directly on the same latitude as Bordeaux and the area clearly produces world-class Cabernet based wines.  The 2013 is a riveting blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, enhanced with Merlot, Cab Franc, Syrah, Mourvedre and Petite Verdot and the wine is deep, persistent and compelling to levels that are rarely found at this price.  I highly recommend a case, or two… 
 
QUILLIA
2013 PROPRIETARY RED
COLUMBIA VALLEY
Your Price: $24.99/btl 
 
Winery Notes: “A blend of Cabernet, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Mourvedre and Petit Verdot, this wine is a seamless, perfumed, complex reflection of elegance and grace…. it has fabulous intensity of flavor with an impossible to resist profile.”  
Customers that enjoy Quillia’s Columbia Valley Blend,  may also enjoy these two terrific Washington State Reds… 
LUKE  
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
2015 COLUMBIA VALLEY 
Retails at:   $30/btl
Your Price:  $23/btl 
 Recognized as one of the 2016 Wine Spectator wineries to watch, Luke’s 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is rich and extracted, yet perfectly poised and elegant, with substantial quantities of chocolate covered raspberries, creme de cassis, pulverized blackberries, and dried violets.  A palpable sense of value is absolutely unmistakable in this wine, and the previous three consecutive vintages have all earned 90 and above scores in the Wine Spectator…
SPARKMAN
2015 HOLLER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Retails at:  $32.00/btl
Your Price: $29.99/btl 
Sparking an intense love affair with Washington Wines with just a single taste, when we first offered Sparkman’s 2013 Holler Cabernet two years ago we knew it would induce one of those where have you been all my life moments…  Later that year it went on to rank #21 in the world on the Wine Spectator Top 100 and even outscored icons like Screaming Eagle at more than 25 times its price. 

Sparkman 2015 Holler Cabernet Sauvignon

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SPARKMAN
2015 HOLLER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Sparking an intense love affair with Washington Wines with just a single taste, when we first offered Sparkman’s 2013 Holler Cabernet two years ago we knew it would induce one of those where have you been all my life moments…  Later that year it went on to rank #21 in the world on the Wine Spectator Top 100 and even outscored icons like Screaming Eagle at more than 25 times its price.  The 2015 Sparkman Holler will make you fall in love with Columbia Valley wines all over again and hits your palate with a thundering cascade of dark brambly fruits, roasted coffee, minerals and crushed violets.  It’s honestly thrilling to taste this wine, considering it’s still sells for around thirty per bottle.
Carved from eight distinct vineyards and kept for 19 months in oak Barrels, the 2015 is stunningly concentrated, poised and beautifully proportioned.  Both the 2013 and 2014 were wines that left a deep impression, and followed up by the 2015, I can honestly say this is my favorite one yet.  If you’ve had interest in experiencing a great wine from this incredible region, this is the perfect opportunity to try one of the best.
SPARKMAN
2015 HOLLER
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
Retails at:  $32.00/btl
Your Price: $29.99/btl
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Winery Notes: “Phantasmagoria: red black blue fruit chocolates flowers spices textures, depth breadth. Velvet stone smoke cinnamon kelp play dough grip supple rich minerals.” 

 

Customers that enjoy Sparkman’s Holler Cabernet Sauvignon,  may also enjoy these two terrific Cabs…
OBSIDIAN RIDGE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
2015 ESTATE, RED HILLS
Retails at: $32.00/btl
Your Price: $29.99/btl
A wine with fabulous upside potential, this idyllic expression of Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon emerges from the winery’s high elevation vineyard where the explosive terroir manifests perfectly in this exceptional, award-winning Cabernet.   Perpetually high scoring, an earlier vintage was named Best Cabernet at the Lake County Wine Awards Competition, where it earned a Double Gold Medal and outperformed some of the area’s other top wines.
LUKE
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
2015 COLUMBIA VALLEY
Retails at:   $30/btl
Your Price:  $23/btl
Recognized as one of the 2016 Wine Spectator wineries to watch, Luke’s 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon is rich and extracted, yet perfectly poised and elegant, with substantial quantities of chocolate covered raspberries, creme de cassis, pulverized blackberries, and dried violets.  A palpable sense of value is absolutely unmistakable in this wine, and the previous three consecutive vintages have all earned 90 and above scores in the Wine Spectator…