2009 Gorman Winery The Albatross
Cabernet Sauvignon
Auction price: Register or sign-in to see quarterly averages
or visit the Wine Market Journal
Drink by: (Add My Drinking Window)
Advertisement
Popular Wines Like This
Who Likes This Wine(10)
-
jmcmchi
12,070 Tasting Notes
-
sanjuanlewis
290 Tasting Notes
-
shschaefer
4 Tasting Notes
Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: points
View all 13 Community Tasting Notes
What Do You Think? Add a Tasting Note
Pro Reviews
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
Washington Wine Report
-
By Sean Sullivan
(Gorman Winery The Albatross Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain) An aromatically intoxicating, glass staining wine full of dark cherries, floral notes, and spice. The palate is rich, voluptuous, and incredibly intense with dark fruit flavors, cherries, and chocolate and polished tannins. The word ‘rich’ is written three consecutive times in my original tasting notes. This is a stunning wine, and one of the best Cabernet Sauvignons I have had from Washington. 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot. Aged in 100% new French oak. 140 cases produced.
7/30/2012, (See more on Washington Wine Report...) ***** points
NOTE: Some content is property of Washington Wine Report.
Add a Pro Review
Add Your Own Reviews:
Wine Definition
- Vintage2009
- TypeRed
- ProducerGorman Winery
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- DesignationThe Albatross
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationRed Mountain
- Display optionsHide variety and appellation
8/31/2022 - jmcmchi Likes this wine:
Stood for a few days before decanting- as others have remarked, there is a lot of sediment
Pristine cork. Settling into a comfortable middle age, still a bit of fiery tannin, lingering acidity and freh black fruit
Feels like longevity could be surprising
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/9/2022 - sanjuanlewis Likes this wine: 90 Points
I think this one is on the down hill. Balance is nice, tannins are well integrated, but the flavor profile is a bit off. Plus there are tons of sediment. Decanted and ran through a strainer, but still cloudy. Needs some time to open up.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
3/19/2022 - shschaefer Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great out of the bottle. Blackberry, vanilla, well balanced tannins. Required decanting, lost a bit of complexity through the tasting.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/7/2020 - jmcmchi wrote:
Very attractive, nice balance, but after an Old Vines FOG a bit of a disappointment
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
7/20/2017 - MVO Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious cabernet coming into its drinking window. Blackberry, vanilla, and a touch of menthol on the nose. This is well balanced with chewy tannins, medium high acidity, and a long finish.
Delightful now - will progress for at least another 5 - 10 years in the cellar.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment