Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon - Chateau Ste. Michelle

Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon - Chateau Ste. MichelleThe powerful Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon from Chateau Ste. Michelle glides into the glass with a dense purple color. Holding the glass at a slight angle, a transition of hue toward garnet red is evident at the edges of this barrel-aged wine. If you give it some air in the wine glass by swirling it, this red wine reveals a high viscosity, which is evident in strong church windows at the edge of the glass. To the nose, this Chateau Ste. Michelle red wine presents all sorts of blueberries, morello cherries, blackberries, mulberries and plums. As if that wasn't already impressive, the aging in small wooden barrels adds other aromas such as dark chocolate, black tea and toasted barrique. This wine delights with its elegantly dry flavor. It was bottled with exceptionally little residual sugar. As you would naturally expect from a wine icon wine segment, this North American naturally enraptures with the finest balance for all its dryness. Aroma does not necessarily need residual sugar. On the palate, the texture of this punchy red wine is wonderfully velvety and dense. The finale of this mature red wine from the Washington wine-growing region, more precisely from Columbia Valley, finally impresses with considerable reverberation. The finish is also accompanied by mineral facets of the soils dominated by clay and sand. Vinification of the Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon from Chateau Ste. Michelle The basis for the powerful Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon from Washington are grapes from the grape variety Cabernet Sauvignon. In Washington, the vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on soils of clay and sand. When the perfect physiological ripeness is ensured, the grapes for Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon are harvested exclusively by hand without the help of coarse and less selective machines. After the hand harvest, the grapes are quickly taken to the press house. Here they are sorted and carefully crushed. Fermentation follows in stainless steel tanks and small wood at controlled temperatures. After fermentation is complete, the Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon is aged for several more months in French and American oak barrels. Food recommendation for the Chateau Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Enjoy this red wine from the USA best tempered at 15 - 18 ° C as a companion to baked sweet potatoes with feta cheese, fennel salad with red lentils or pasta with sausage dumplings. Awards for the Cold Creek Cabernet Sauvignon from Chateau Ste. Michelle In addition to an icon wine reputation, this red wine from Chateau Ste. Michelle can also boast awards and top ratings beyond 90 points. In detail, these are for the 2016 vintage Wine Advocate Robert M. Parker - 92 points