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2015 Sparkman Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Holler
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- Washington
- Columbia Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 15
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ibglowin Likes this wine: 92 points
November 10, 2022 - Black cherry, crushed stone and exotic spice aromas that open to densely layered plum, tobacco and olive flavors, finishing with big but refined tannins. 5 Star QPR.
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Dine&Vine wrote: 90 points
March 24, 2022 - Delicious Washington cab. One hour decant. It is nicely balanced with dark purple fruit, not overly extracted but keeps a solid framework throughout the night. Ready to drink now.
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stevemar Likes this wine: 90 points
December 19, 2020 - Decanted 1 hr. Dark purple, long legs. Dark fruits, cocoa, smoke, soft to medium tannins. Balanced.
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ddemetri Likes this wine: 92 points
November 14, 2020 - Fantastic value for price ($35). Pleasant nose and balanced palate. Good structure and finish.
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shiftydrunk Likes this wine: 93 points
August 30, 2020 - pnp Very good wine. Nice full body that is smooth. The tannins in the finish are present but smooth as well. Drinking very well now. Might still develop and get better over the next year or so yet.
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By James Suckling
3/18/2018 (link)(Sparkman Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley Holler, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Paul Zitarelli
Full Pull Holler, 10/22/2017(Sparkman Cellars Holler Cabernet Sauvignon) Hello friends. Very pleased today that we can offer Chris Sparkman’s outstanding Holler Cabernet Sauvignon for only the second time in this wine’s existence. It wasn’t easy either; it required pre-buying the entire remaining stash in western Washington. This wine is essentially sold out everywhere else west of the mountains.We went a little long (read: 56 bottles) on this wine because it has been incredibly difficult to source since 2013, when it scored 94pts and a coveted place on Spectator’s year-end Top 100 list. This year, we wanted to make sure we had enough. This clocks in at 14.5% listed alc and kicks off with an attractive Cabernet nose: black plum, dark chocolate, dark soil; there’s something wonderfully loamy and earthy here, offering a beautiful counterpoint to the deep dark fruit and smoky barrel tones. Palate-wise, this is the classic reverse mullet: party in the front, business in the back. The attack is all richness and plush fruit, and then somewhere around the mid-palate, the tannins pick up and carry this all the way through a lengthy, chewy finish. You can taste the classy vineyards here; so too the classy winemaking. This is a bottling that offers polish and intensity and complexity more often seen in Cabernets that command twice its price.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer Sparkman Cellars
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Holler
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Columbia Valley
- UPC Codes 451793807503, 9278111004878
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 182 (38%)
- Consumed 303 (62%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryUSA
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- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationColumbia Valley
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