2012 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon
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Clark W Griswold Likes this wine:
93 Points
Saturday, December 25, 2021 - Double decant. Complex red and blue berries. Spice and leather. Long bitter dark chocolate finish. Good stuff.
On day two this really doesn’t impress me. A $150+ bottle of wine, in a vintage that is considered the best that WA wine has to offer, a wine that I have cellared for 8 years. It leaves me scratching my head. It’s very good but for what I have into it, I want to be wowed and I’m not wowed.
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Comment posted by wineKJG:
1/7/2022 6:45:00 PM - I think you buy wine for the wrong reason
Comment posted by Clark W Griswold:
1/8/2022 12:41:00 AM - WineKJG, This was the only comment you have ever made on Cellar Tracker! I’m honored that my review of Quilceda Creek has inspired (or bothered?) you so much.
Real talk though this 2012 Quilceda has made me rethink my allocation. I love the Galitzine Cab and the CVR but I’m just not sure I love this Champoux vineyard Quilceda as much as everyone else does. If I’m being honest this price point is probably higher than my budget should allow. It’s a wine that I get out on special occasions to make a great night an even better night. This wine is a Rolls Royce and it better drink like it. I just think that my money is better spent on other wines. If that means I’m buying wine for the wrong reason perhaps you can enlighten me…
Comment posted by LetItRide:
9/23/2022 8:58:00 PM - Well said Clark W Griswold
I appreciate your measured response to the critical over-reach from that first comment.
I will try a bottle of the 2012 soon to see where it is going. And yes there are a lot of meaningful alternative options for throwing down $150 on liquid pleasures.
I myself passed on my Quilceda allocation this last August so I get where you’re coming from.