Doubleback Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

Professional Ratings

• 95 Wine Spectator
  Dense, dark, powerful and expressive, not heavy but beautifully focused, pointing its black cherry, black currant, plum, cocoa and exotic spice flavors into the long, savory finish. The tannins submerge easily. Drink now through 2017.
• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Bledsoe, a native of eastern Washington, is planting a vineyard in a remarkable development right on the Oregon/Washington border of Walla Walla Valley but in the meantime, he and Figgins have collaborated on a 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon blended with 13.2% Merlot and 11.3% Petit Verdot that I tasted as a barrel sample one year ago. Now in bottle, it was aged for 22 months in 60% new French oak. It displays a purple-color, aromas of sandalwood, Asian spices, lilacs, earth notes, black currant, and plum. Dense, smooth-textured, and with excellent volume, it has enough stuffing to evolve for 4-6 years and will offer a drinking window extending from 2014 to 2027.
• 92 Wine Enthusiast
  This Drew Bledsoe/Chris Figgins collaboration is a serious effort, dusty, dense, and dark. The blend is 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, and 11% Petit Verdot, finished at 14.4% alcohol. The wine begins with whiffs of cinnamon, smoke, cured meat and bacon; then come tight, dry, stone-soaked flavors of cassis and black fruits. Floral highlights elevate the nose, and lead into a finish with accents of toasted nuts, almond paste and chalk.