Gorgeous with its bottle age. Still youthful with some primary fruits, with secondary characteristics coming through, but if kept well this vintage still has 10+ years of development opportunity ahead of it.
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A bit harsh on day #1 with prominent acidity. Day #2, smoothing out, caramel and tootsie roll coming out towards end on palate Will save last bottle for a few more years before opening.
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(Andrew Will Sorella) Hello friends. [Insert whatever winter holiday you celebrate] has come early this year for Full Pull list members. The support our list members have given Andrew Will over the years has put us on Will Camarda’s nice list. (Will is the Will in Andrew Will). Today, we have a very generous holiday deal on three ‘13 beauties.There are very few ways to taste the oldest blocks of Cabernet Sauvignon from Champoux Vineyard. One way is to make it onto the Quilceda Creek mailing list (their Cabernet Sauvignon uses Block One fruit). Another is to grab a bottle of Woodward Canyon Old Vines Cabernet before it disappears each year. And then there is Sorella. Andrew Will is one of the wineries that joined with Paul Champoux to purchase Champoux Vineyard from the Mercers in 1996 (Quilceda, Woodward Canyon, and Powers are the others), giving winemaker Chris Camarda access to the cream of the vineyard crop, including Champoux’s gnarled vines. The 2013 Sorella is made from 78% Cab, 10% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 6% Petite Verdot. It clocks in at 14.5% listed alcohol. The entire package is so wonderfully typical of great Cabernet. A nose full of dark fruit and cassis, graphite, poblanos, leafy tobacco, baking spice, and a touch of citrus. Champoux’s signature palate is like a mouthful of geology class. Yes, there is plenty of dark, brooding fruit there, but the unique beauty of Champoux is found in its layers, many of which are rocky or mineral-driven. And these layers can take years in the cellar (or hours in the decanter) to unfurl, but they truly reward the patient. What’s so special about this deal is that you’re more than halfway there. Five years in and this wine is extremely pleasurable, but it will only continue to evolve steadily and beautifully for years to come.
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3/21/2024 - Ross Baldassaro Likes this wine: 97 Points
Gorgeous with its bottle age. Still youthful with some primary fruits, with secondary characteristics coming through, but if kept well this vintage still has 10+ years of development opportunity ahead of it.
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10/25/2022 - D!n@sh Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dark red fruit, oak is nicely integrated and doesn’t take away from the fruit/ terroir. My mind of Cabernet
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9/28/2022 - slabslovin Likes this wine: 91 Points
A bit harsh on day #1 with prominent acidity.
Day #2, smoothing out, caramel and tootsie roll coming out towards end on palate
Will save last bottle for a few more years before opening.
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9/18/2022 - randyjc wrote: 90 Points
Good wine - I enjoyed it. Expected a bit more depth and assertiveness but it seemed calm and subdued. Still, lovely.
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7/20/2022 - silton Likes this wine: 93 Points
Has a lot to say, but isn't yelling. Should peak in another couple of years and be sublime for several more thereafter.
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