Secret Squirrel - Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2018 (750ml)

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Price: $26.99

Producer	Secret Squirrel
Country	United States
Region	Washington
Subregion	Columbia Valley
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2018
Sku	04664
Size	750ml
ABV	14.90%

The Corliss family owns two premier Washington State wineries. Corliss is located in the Red Mountain AVA and focuses on Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux varietals. Tranche is in the Blue Mountains and does mainly Rhone blends. The owners are VERY particular and selective of which barrels go into their flagship wines, especially at Corliss where the focus is on making very long-lived Cab blends. Barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon that are too full of fruit, soft and supple for the big wines are blended after 14+ months in new and a little used French oak to become Secret Squirrel Cabernet.

In the rich 2018 vintage, this is terrific value in good, gutsy, fruit-filled, Cabernet. Big blackberry and redcurrant fruit aromas and flavors pick up extra richness from notes of dark chocolate and oaky spice (22 months in very fine French oak). There's excellent richness and texture through the middle with the deep fruit and spice flavors flowing nicely across that finely tannic finish. As Wine Advocate says, “Buy it by the case.”

For You If: You’re looking for big, open, fruit-filled Cabernet with a fine grip on the finish and a bit of bottle age complexity at a great value price.

Not For You If: You’re after the super-plush texture of high-end Napa wines – this is plenty big but not at all thick/heavy.

Wine Advocate: 90 Points

"Presented with a fresh, clean, round nose while punching above its weight class for the price. The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon is fresh, expressive and pure, with an open-knit, juicy, succulent core. Medium to full-bodied, fresh, succulent and juicy with fine-grained tannins, this wine overdelivers for the price and will outperform the competition once it's released. Buy it by the case."

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