Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
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Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Cabernet Sauvignon from Columbia Valley, Washington
ratings pedigree (past vintages):
winemaker's notes:
The 2006 Quilceda Creek Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot) is an intense and floral wine that is packed with violets, blackberry, cassis, plum and chocolate. The wine has sublime purity, texture and balance. Approachable now, it should reach maturity around 2015 and age for 25 or more years. While we are particularly proud of the last four vintages of our flagship wine, the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the best wines our estate has ever produced, rivaling 2002, 2003 and 2005 in quality. Due to the strict selection, the 2006 case production represents a reduction of 19.8% from the 2005 vintage.
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critical acclaim:
"The flagship 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon comes predominantly from the famous Champoux Vineyard in which the winery is a partner. It was aged in 100% new oak. It sports a deep purple-color with a captivating nose of spice box, sandalwood, truffle, Asian spices, incense, black cherry, and black currant. Opulent on the palate (but elegant as well), it already reveals serious complexity, density, and succulence of fruit. Enjoyable now but with at least 8-10 years of cellaring potential, this marvelous effort should have a 30 year lifespan."
99 Points
The Wine Advocate
"The 2006 flagship Cabernet from Quilceda
Creek is a massive wine that has just begun
to emerge from its slumber. When first released
the wine seemed to have entered a dumb phase,
but six months later it responds to decanting and
shows its muscle. Fruit flavors of black, brandied
cherries, cassis and bourbon-soaked plums are
wrapped in generous, layered oak. The wine is
dusty, smoky, laced with streaks of licorice and
brightened with sharp acids. It continues to
expand further in the glass, adding flesh and
spice to its frame, with a cedar/cigar box finish.
Cellar Selection."
98 Points
Wine Enthusiast
"Good deep ruby-red. Cassis, licorice pastille, violet, incense and sexy smoky oak on the nose. Densely packed, intense and sweet but the most backward and primary of these 2006s. Wonderfully full, chocolatey fruit saturates the palate. Quilceda Creek's flagship bottling has become more of a competition wine lately than this producer's examples in the '80s and '90s, but this very powerful wine boasts greater vibrancy and focus than recent vintages and seems as much Pauillac in character as Napa Valley cult wine. Finishes ripe but classically dry, with terrific medicinal reserve and slowly building tannins that reach the front teeth. A bit youthfully monolithic now, this really demands cellaring.
Rating: 95(+?) "
95 Points
International Wine Cellar
"Very ripe and generous. Not a big wine, but brims with plum,
currant, black olive, cedar and roasted meat flavors, all playing against crisp tannins and lingering on the tight finish. Needs time in the cellar in order to open and flourish."
94 Points
Wine Spectator
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