Woodward Canyon Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon 04: ROBERT PARKER 94 POINTS!
"The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon - Old Vines (35 years old)elevates the bar. Composed of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, it is opaque purple-colored and delivers a superb perfume of pain grille, scortched earth, espresso, black currants, and blueberries. This is followed by an extracted wine with richly flavored dark fruits, outstanding concentration, and great balance leading to a 60-second, pure finish. Give this powerful wine 4-6 years of additional bottle age and drink it through 2035." - Parker's Wine Advocate -- 8-31-07
This 2004 'Old Vines' Cabernet Sauvignon is a rich and powerful red wine. It expresses the purity of fully mature cabernet sauvignon fruit that one only can get from 35 year old vines. The petit verdot offers another layer of complexity and broadens the flavor profile of the wine beautifully. Flavors of dried black cherry and cassis married with spicy new oak and vanilla coats the mouth. The texture is soft and silky yet there are firm mature tannins in the rich, long finish. The color is dark blackish purple and complex fruit aromas leap from the glass. This red wine will benefit greatly from additional cellaring and, with proper storage, should last for twelve years or more.
Wine Press Northwest "OUTSTANDING"
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Champoux Vineyard is one of the best Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in the US. Located on benches of land overlooking the Columbia River on the Washington side of the Gorge, its unique climate and soil combine to create a terroir that seems to bring out the best in Cabernet and other red grapes.
The vineyard contains an "Old Vine" section, planted in 1972, from which its most highly prized fruit is obtained. The Old Vine section is jointly owned by Quilceda Creek, Woodward Canyon, Andrew Will, and Powers wineries. Woodward Canyon's Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon, made from this Champoux Old Vine fruit since 1981, is considered one of the best Cabernets made from the site.
