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Col Solare
Article number: 006 616
Name: Col Solare
Origin: USA - Washington State
Wineries: Chateau Ste. Michelle
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Color: red
Description: Color: deep, warm, shiny purple Fragrance: very seductive with black fruit aromas (black cherry, black currant, ripe blackberries), subtle spice and toasted notes (espresso, vanilla, toast), a little pencil lead and hints of violets, back ventilation dark berries and spices Taste: the palate full-bodied, powerful, well-structured and dense with great intensity, richness and balance, the tannins are well noticeable, yet gentle, mature, enveloped by lush dark fruit, hot chocolate notes and a bit coconut (from the new American oak ), in the final silky with a long finish, a large, powerful, aromatic Col Solare, who may still like to rest for a few years ...
Serving suggestion: a roasted pigeon, wild duck or robust game dishes with fruity cherry and wild berry sauce to fit young Col Solare, while mature vintages harmonize beautifully with tender lamb and beef or mature hard cheeses, purists enjoy it (almost) solo with a spicy cigar
Serve at 18 ° C
Analysis: Alcohol: 14.50%
Sugar: g / l
Acidity: 5.80 g / l
previously open: 1 hour
perfectly ready to drink: now
stored for up (mind): 10 - 12 years.
Production: The grapes for Col Solare source from selected prime locations that offer the best of each grape variety growing and ripening conditions. The Cabernet Sauvignon was at Klipsun (Red Mountain), unfold Cold Creek (Columbia Valley) and Andrews Horse Heaven (Horse Heaven Hills), an especially high level of maturity and strength, while the grapes from Hedges (Red Mountain), Four Feathers (Columbia Valley ) and Stone Tree (Wahluke Slope) dominates as the Merlot from Coyote Canyon (Horse Heaven Hills), the aromatic, concentrated fruit, balanced the Col Solare so wonderfully soft and alive. The Merlot grapes from Four Feathers Klipsun and, in turn, give power and complexity to the blend, the brilliant red Cabernet Franc from Cold Creek gives it structure and spice. All grape varieties and plots to be harvested by hand and immediately separated into the ready since 2006, asked, very modern equipped Col Solare winery brought. Winemaker Marcus Notaro enjoy here perfect working conditions. All the grapes can be accurately read at the peak of their ripeness and immediately processed at the winery, so that even the subtlest facets remain preserved for a grape blend. In powerful vintages like this, it succeeds in using a particularly gentle vinification the lush fullness and nuance of flavor without too excessive tannin capture.
Award: Wine Spectator: 91 points 2007 JG
Wine Advocate: 93 points 2008 JG JG 91-94 2009
Bottle size: 0,75 l
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