Gorman Cabernet Sauvignon The Bully 08

2008 Wine Spectator - 93 points - Soft and ripe, with an open feel to the sassafras-accented black- berry and currant fruit. The ripe flavors linger persistently on the gentle finish. Drink now through 2018. - H.S.

2007 Vintage Tasting Notes

2007 Wine Spectator - 92 points - Dense and chewy in texture, bursting with gorgeous flavors of plum, currant, sage and espresso, layering beautifully on a powerful frame and persisting into the long finish. Best from 2013 through 2020. 450 cases made. - H.S.

A big Cab full of cedar and black cherry. The 2007 is made for cellaring or decant for 5 hours or more before drinking.

80% Cabernet Sauvignon - Red Mountain
15% merlot - Red Mountain
5% Petit Verdot

2006 Vintage Tasting Notes

2006 Wine Spectator - 93 points - This is dense and chewy up front, but there's a silkiness and sweetness to the berry and currant fruit that wells up behind it, finishing with depth and silk, with a nice creamy note. Best after 2010. 450 cases made. –HS"

80% Cabernet Sauvignon, Kiona Vineyards 10% Merlot, Kiona
10% Petit Verdot, Snipes Canyon
100% New French Oak
Alcohol: 14.9%
Cooperage: Saury, Seguin Moreau, Taransaud
PH: 3.88
TA: .60 g/100ml
Produced: 450 Cases

Chris Gorman descended into the wine business after graduating from university in 1991, apparently too affected to climb out, he made the best of it.Cutting his teeth on world class Barolo and Barbaresco, he spent 3 years working for a small Italian Importer and never looked back.

For the next decade, as a main stay in the Seattle wine trade, Chris was lucky to represent some of the finest wines in the world. He traveled extensively in the wine areas of Italy, Spain and Germany.

His is a simple philosophy; to make wine, it is imperative to understand it. Those early years found him producing small batch wines, using stolen fruit from many of Washington's finest vineyards.

In 2002 Gorman Winery went commercial.