Northstar Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
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James Suckling
Aromas of tar and dark berries with hints of flower and tar. Full body, silky tannins and a flavorful finish. A juicy and soft wine. Fresh and tight.
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Wine Enthusiast
The aromas are generous, with notes of spice box, blue and purple fruit, pencil lead, barrel spice and vanilla. It’s silky and sumptuous, showing a pleasing sense of texture and an extended finish.
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Wine Spectator
Plush, expressive and ripe, with floral black cherry, mocha and smoky spice flavors that sail along to a harmonious finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (100% Cabernet) offers classic black fruits (currants, plums), graphite and licorice aromatics, medium to full bodied, a rounded, nicely concentrated palate and a great finish. It's a classic Columbia Valley Cabernet to enjoy anytime over the coming decade or more.
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Northstar, located in Walla Walla, Washington, aims to make Merlots that can be considered among the world's best, using fruit sourced from one of the world's best regions for the variety: Washington state. Winemaker, David "Merf" Merfeld, blends New World fruit with an old world winemaking style, influenced by Bordeaux's "right bank," to create his highly-acclaimed wines. Northstar produces two Merlot-based wines from the Columbia Valley and Walla Walla AVAs, as well as the Stella Maris red blend and extremely limited production bottlings of the blending component varieties that Merf uses as his "spice box" in creating Northstar's Merlots.
Washington produces so many exciting wines, and that definitely includes Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. With over 10,000 acres under vine, Cabernet Sauvignon is now the most widely-grown varietal in the state. Terrific examples hail from sub-appellations like Red Mountain, Wahluke Slope, Horse Heaven Hills and Walla Walla Valley. One of the fascinations of these Columbia Valley Cabs is that they so often seem to have one foot in the New World and one in the Old. Representing the former are characteristics like the ripe, forward fruit that results from long sunny days during the growing season (up to two hours longer than in much of California). Old World similarities include an undeniable brightness from acidity, as well as notes of herbs, graphite and a dusty, sometimes gravelly minerality.
Whether you’re looking for a budget bottle for everyday enjoyment, or a stellar, world-class wine with tremendous aging potential, Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wines can deliver the goods! Among the many fine options are bottles from Columbia Crest, Chateau Ste. Michelle, L’ecole #41, Quilceda Creek and Leonetti.