2021 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon
Old school Washington Cabernet Sauvignon with a touch of Petit Verdot to complete the Isenhower style.
The Cabernet Sauvignon has a dark red hue with aromas of blueberry, tea rose, oak/cedar, and whiffs of minerality. It’s dark and flavorful with black currant, aronia berry, blackberry, sage, cedar, and pencil lead. The tannins broad yet plush. This is a classic Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon. Enjoy through 2031.
FERMENTATION: Hand-harvested fruit, 100% destemming in open top 1.5 ton bins. Yeasts used: MT48, BDX, NT116, D20, CVRP. Punched down twice daily. Limited oxygen sparging on two days. Peak fermentation of 30 C. Pressed at dryness after 10 to 13 days.
ELEVAGE: 7 x 300 Liter barrels. 43% new French Oak. AnA Selection, Tonnellerie de Mercurey. Light Long to Medium Long toasting. Native malo-lactic fermentation. Racked twice.
INGREDIENTS & ADDITIONS: Yeast, organic and inorganic yeast nutrients, tartaric acid, minimally necessary sulfur dioxide.
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Varietal Composition | 93% Cabernet Sauvignon
7% Petit Verdot |
| Appellation | Horse Heaven Hills |
| Vineyard | Phinny Hill/ Wallula/ Dionysus |
| Acid | 5.4 g/L |
| PH | 3.87 |
| Residual Sugar | <0.01 g/L |
| Alcohol | 14.30% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 03/02/2023 |
| Cases Produced | 160 |
51% Phinney Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (clone 8 CS)
42% Wallula Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (clone 7 & 33)
7% Dionysus Vineyard Petit Verdot (clone 2)
