2022 Batchelor's Button Cabernet Sauvignon
The 2022 Batchelor's Button Cabernet Sauvignon is our most elegant expression from Red Mountain to date!
Shaw 32 Vineyard, planted in 2009, is located on the far Northwest end of Red Mountain. 2022’s cool weather was perfect for Washington’s warmest appellation. The Batchelor’s has aromas of black currant, black cherry, blackberry, wind blown dust, creamy vanilla with a hint of oak. The mouthfeel is tight, fresh, and consistent across the palette. Masculine tannins are compelling. Our most elegant Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon ever. Enjoy through 2037.
Fermentation:
100% hand-harvested, 100% destemmed. Inoculated with a variety of organic yeasts (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces uvarum and Pichia kluyveri). Punched down two times daily with five pulse-air treatments. Pressed at dryness.
Élevage:
26 months in 300 liter French oak barrels; 50% new (Maury & AnA, medium toast). Racked three times.
INGREDIENTS & ADDITIONS: Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, yeast, oak from French Oak barrels, organic yeast nutrients, tartaric acid, and 35 ppm SO2 for freshness and stability.
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Appellation | Red Mountain |
| Vineyard | Shaw 32 |
| Acid | 5.7 g/L |
| PH | 3.84 |
| Alcohol | 14.70% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 01/28/2025 |
| Cases Produced | 163 |
92 points - Paul Gregutt - Spring 2026
Isenhower 2022 Batchelor’s Button Cabernet Sauvignon – This is 100% Shaw vineyard clone 21 Cab, aged more than two years in half new French oak, and then given more time in bottle pre-release. It’s tight, dark and focused, with black cherry and cassis leading into a pencil-thin finish of chalky graphite. With time to breathe in the glass a nice flavor of buttery pie crust tails out through the finish.
92 points - Owen Bargreen - April 2026
The 2022 Isenhower ‘Bachelor’s Button’ Cabernet Sauvignon is entirely sourced from the Shaw Vineyard. It reveals medium to full-bodied cassis and dark cherry flavors that collide with milk chocolate and stony minerals on the palate. Delicious to enjoy now, savor over the next eight plus years. Drink 2026-2034.
100% Shaw 32 Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
