2018
Sestina Cabernet Sauvignon Magnum
Left Bank Bordeaux-style Blend
The Sestina is a type of poem with an ancient structure within which new ideas can flourish. Our Sestina blend has the same goal: Old World Bordeaux varietals chosen from great vineyards, and treated in a traditional fashion, yielding a modern vision of Washington’s finest terroirs.
Top 100 Wines of 2021 - Jeb Dunnuck
Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
"Upon swirling the glass, ripe red and black currants, Alpine flowers, toasted vanilla bean, crushed herbs, damp earth, and graphite highlight the nose on this wine. As it opens up, the palate fills out with beautiful poise and power, featuring red cassis and blueberry reductions, rich loam and crushed violets, with hints of bay leaf, mocha and iron. Tightly wound, yet deeply concentrated, this will want a few years in bottle, or a good decant if opened young. But this looks to be an incredibly long lived Sestina. Drink 2025-2045." - Chris Peterson, Winemaker
Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
"Upon swirling the glass, ripe red and black currants, Alpine flowers, toasted vanilla bean, crushed herbs, damp earth, and graphite highlight the nose on this wine. As it opens up, the palate fills out with beautiful poise and power, featuring red cassis and blueberry reductions, rich loam and crushed violets, with hints of bay leaf, mocha and iron. Tightly wound, yet deeply concentrated, this will want a few years in bottle, or a good decant if opened young. But this looks to be an incredibly long lived Sestina. Drink 2025-2045." - Chris Peterson, Winemaker
Wine Details
Wine Specs
Vintage
2018
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation
Columbia Valley
Harvest Date
AVA: Columbia Valley
Sugar
Blend: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc
Acid
Winemaking: Native yeast fermentation, aged in 48% new French oak for 20 months. Bottled unfined & unfiltered.
Aging
Retail: $190
Bottling Date
Vineyards: 41% Red Willow Cab, 21% Dionysus Cab, 14% Bacchus Cab; 17% Red Willow Merlot; 7% Bacchus Cab Franc
Alcohol %
14.5
Awards & Accolades
Awards
96+ points, Top 100 Wines of 2021 - Jeb Dunnuck
"A blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Sestina comes from the Red Willow, Dionysus, and Bacchus vineyards and spent 20 months in 48% new French oak barrels. A beautiful, Saint-Julien-like bouquet of blackcurrants, cassis, violets, tobacco, and cedar gives way to a medium to full-bodied, concentrated, structured wine that builds incrementally on the palate, with ripe, velvety tannins, a stunning mid-palate, and a blockbuster of a finish. It's beautifully done, and while it drinks well today given its balance, purity, and texture, it's going to develop additional complexity with 3-5 years of bottle age and will have 20-25 years of overall longevity."