2021 Hedges Family Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Tasting notes
Aroma / Flavor: black cherry / blackberry / fig / leather / cocoa / earth / vanilla / graphite / clove / cinnamon
Texture: full / structured / smooth / spicy / layered
This is a gorgeous wine that has the structured elegance of a classic Red Mountain Cabernet. The other varieties in the wine help to balance the Cabernet to create a full, rich, and food friendly wine. Fruit was sourced Bel’ Villa (48%), Hedges (42%), Jolet (8%) and Les Gosses (2%) vineyards. Fruit was harvested between 9/2 and 10/12. This wine was cold soaked overnight then inoculated with yeast, fermented for 7-10 days on skins while being pumped over twice daily before pressing to barrels, where it underwent malo-lactic fermentation. It was 100% barrel aged for 20 months in 60% new oak. 33% American oak and 67% French oak.
Cellaring: This wine, like other Red Mountain wines, is best now with food, but will age well, probably peaking in 5-10 more years.
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Varietal Composition | 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec, 2% Syrah, 2% Petit Verdot |
| Appellation | Red Mountain |
| Vineyard | 48% Bel’ Villa, 42% Hedges, 8% Jolet, 2% Les Gosses |
| Acid | 5.0 g/L |
| PH | 4.07 |
| Aging | This wine is lovely now but Red Mountain Cabernet should age well, probably peaking in 10 years, but still very drinkable at 15-20 years old. |
| Alcohol | 13.50% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 06/01/2023 |
| Country of Origin | UNITED STATES |
| State of Origin | Washington |
| Artificially Carbonated | No |
| Sparkling Wine | No |
93 - Jeb Dunnuck
93 - James Suckling
48% Bel’ Villa, 42% Hedges, 8% Jolet, 2% Les Gosses
