The 2015 vintage was aged for 15 months in a mix of new (25%) and used French oak puncheons and barriques. Finished alcohol is 14.5%. It begins with a nose combining deep dark fruit (black plum, crème de cassis) with subtleties of the kind of graphitic minerality that only the best Horse Heaven Hills vineyards provide. On the palate, it’s the texture you notice first: the sturdy scaffolding of black-tea tannin from Discovery paired to fleshy, delicious Cabernet fruit. This is a balanced four-corners Cab, hitting fruit, earth, savory, and barrel notes in turn. The finish is all Earl Grey tannin goodness, kissed with bergamot.
