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2018 Cayuse The Lovers

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased upon release; Consignor is original owner

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RATINGS

97Jeb Dunnuck

...rocking, Pauillac-like bouquet of blackcurrants, unsmoked tobacco, lead pencil, and earth. Medium to full-bodied and concentrated on the palate, it has a terrific core of sweet red, black, and blue fruits, ripe tannins, no hard edges, and a great finish.

95Vinous / IWC

On the nose, it takes on layers of ripe dark cherry with tobacco leaf, dark currants and loamy and salty soils that all meld in the glass. The palate is dense with a chewy texture. Layers of huckleberry with black truffle oil, wet stone and cassis all combine on the palate. This shows beautiful length and texture.

95James Suckling

Blackberry, blackcurrant, whole peppercorn, tobacco leaf, cocoa and stone on the nose. It’s full-bodied with firm, finely knit and well-integrated tannins. Plush and polished with a rounded, supple feel. Textured and refined.

94The Wine Advocate

...elegant and seductive notes of fresh, ripe blackberries, dusty plum, dark cherry and a delightful array of oak essences. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is open-knit with a juicy frame of fruit... Flavors of bitter dark chocolate, crème de cassis, dusty currant and baked earth express in the mouth with a food-friendly essence. The wine somersaults to an impressive finish with lingering notions of cinnamon, vanilla and dusty blackberries with a soft smoky essence.

94Wine Spectator

Brooding and deeply layered, with blackberry and blueberry flavors laced with vibrant savory meat, black olive and crushed stone accents that build toward broad-shouldered tannins.

94Wine Enthusiast

...fleshy, full-bodied...aromas and flavors of peat, cassis, cocoa powder and plum...there's a light grip of tannin providing the scaffolding for the generous amounts of fruit. A hyperextended finish caps it off.

REGION

United States, Washington, Walla Walla Valley

Walla Walla Valley AVA likes to call itself the Napa Valley of Washington, and given the concentration of well-reviewed wineries in the appellation, the comparison is understandable. The Walla Walla appellation is comprised of 340,000 acres, of which 1,200 acres are vineyards. Walla Walla is located in the southeastern corner of Washington and it extends slightly into northeastern Oregon. It is named after the Walla Walla River Valley, and the city of Walla Walla is the commercial center of Washington’s wine industry. The city was founded in the 1840s by the Hudson’s Bay Company as a trading post, but as early as the 1850s farmers were planting grapes for winemaking. Prohibition shuttered winemaking in the early 20th century, but a winemaking renaissance started in the 1970s when Leonetti Cellars, still one of the state’s most acclaimed wineries, started producing acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon. Walla Walla’s AVA status was awarded in 1984 and today there are more than 100 wineries. Cabernet Sauvignon is the most frequently planted grape, followed by Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Sangiovese Chardonnay and Viognier.