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Our Reserve is made to age for 20 - 30 years in your cellar. Of course, there are some vintage-to-vintage variations to this recommendation. Wine should be stored horizontally at 55 - 57 degrees in a vibration and light free environment.
2012 Reserve
Drink now through 2037
Tasting Notes
The nose on this wine turns up the volume to 11 (Spinal Tap style). Divinely complex with notes of sweet fresh and dried flowers, balsam, crème brûlée, and vanilla. Pure ripe fruit without being cloying. Background notes of a freshly cut White Fir awaiting Christmas lights. Delicious, incredible length, with a string of perfect acidity coursing throughout and supporting the intense fruit with levity and freshness. Qualitatively, I think this wine is on par with the 2010 but is showing well earlier in its lifespan, offering more immediate drinking pleasure. Remarkably, a small portion of Cabernet from our new Serra Pedace Vineyard contributes to the blend. This is a rarity, in which fruit this young would qualify for the Reserve blend, and bodes incredibly well for the future of this vineyard.
BEAUTIFULLY SATURATED COLOR and, even after a full decade of aging, doesn’t possess a tinge of browning. 2012 is one of my favorite vintages and is widely regarded as one of Washington State’s best. Just now beginning to develop secondary aromas, the nose is still remarkably fresh and full of macerated raspberry, dried figs, and dates, with hints of ocean breeze and graphite. The palate is silky, supple, and dense with notes of raspberry preserves and fresh acidity. Difficult to put down, with an amazingly long and delicious finish. The wine is approaching its prime but will reward beautifully for another decade.
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