Kiona Cabernet Sauvignon

Best Buy, highly recommended by Avalon.

Flavorful, complex, darkly colored, well balanced, full-bodied wine.

Wine Spectator rating 89 points: "A distinctive, elegant red with lovely currant and blueberry flavors at the center and delicately earthy, herbal overtones, touching on toasty oak on the long, fine-grained finish. Drink now through 2012. 4,000 cases made." (HS)

Woehler on Wine: "A big drink-now cab with big currant and chocolate components. I'd try a sirloin steak, medium rare."

From the winery: "Kiona's Washington Cabernet Sauvignon is produced by blending from selected vineyards emphasizing good fruit and supple structure. Utilizing entirely free-run juice the wine is often blended with Cabernet Franc and Merlot."

"The Washington Cabernet Sauvignon is taken through a complete malo-lactic fermentation to improve complexity and richness and aged in French and American Oak for approximately 18 months. It is deeply colored, contains moderate to high fine grained, well integrated tannins and has the potential to age well."

CABERNET SAUVIGNON, 2000 Washington State Released November 2002
DOUBLE GOLD, Taster's Guild
GOLD, Northwest Wine Summit WA

Kiona's Washington Cabernet Sauvignon is produced by blending from selected vineyards emphasizing good fruit and supple structure. Utilizing entirely free-run juice the wine is often blended with Cabernet Franc and Merlot.

The Washington Cabernet Sauvignon is taken through a complete malo-lactic fermentation to improve complexity and richness and aged in French and American Oak for approximately 18 months. It is deeply colored, contains moderate to high fine grained, well integrated tannins and has the potential to age well.

What others say:
WINE PRESS NORTHWEST
"This Red Mountain ..Cab is always a favorite, ..aromas of black truffles, tar and chocolate with ripe, complex flavors of juicy black cherries and plums. A great wine at a great price."

TRI-CITY HERALD
"Slight French earthy aromas with hints of tar and chocolate. Complex big ripe juicy black cherry fruit along with plums give this beauty plenty of oomph!"

PAUL GREGUTT, SEATTLE TIMES
"...well made...soft and sweet, with hints of tar and leather"

WINE SPECTATOR SPECTATOR SELECTION
score 92/100 (1999 Vintage)
"Firm-textured and beautifully focused, this powerful wine has a gamy note weaving through the ripe, peppery currant and plum flavors, finishing with chewy tannins. Best from 2004 through 2010."

THE WINE ICONOCLAST Buyer choice..."Dark inky purple. Ripe raspberry aromas, ...huge wine with intense flavors..."

NORTHWEST PALATE "Highly recommended. Brambly, spicy aroma with suggestions of currant fruit. At once juicy and tannic with flavors of graham, currant and chocolate persisting into a long finish. Will easily cellar for 2-3 years."