Andrews & Rowell Vineyard Reserve Malbec
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 5–10 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops, blue cheese
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Hailing from the wind-swept slopes of the Horse Heaven Hills AVA in Washington State, the Columbia Crest Reserve Malbec sourced from the Andrews & Rowell Vineyard showcases the dramatic terroir of the Columbia Valley. The Andrews and Rowell families are legendary pioneers in this rugged landscape, where intense sun exposure and strong, cooling winds from the Columbia River gorge create a unique microclimate. These conditions allow the late-ripening Malbec grape to develop thick skins, deep color, and intense flavor concentration while retaining a vibrant, balancing acidity. Crafted in Columbia Crest's state-of-the-art gravity-flow facility and aged in select French oak barrels, this Reserve bottling represents a sophisticated, New World expression of the varietal, characterized by plush dark fruit, velvety tannins, and a distinctive mineral undertone derived from the region's sandy loam and basalt soils.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Columbia Crest blev grundlagt i 1983 i Paterson langs Columbia-flodens solbeskinnede bredder og har spillet en afgørende rolle i at etablere staten Washington som en vinregion i absolut verdensklasse. Vingården ligger i hjertet af Columbia Valley og Horse Heaven Hills, hvor vinstokkene nyder godt af ideelle vækstbetingelser med markante temperaturforskelle mellem dag og nat samt veldrænede jordbunde. Huset forener præcisionsdyrkning i vinmarken med moderne kældermetoder for at skabe vine med imponerende konsistens, dybde og umiddelbar tilgængelighed. Columbia Crest er især berømt for sin fyldige, velstrukturerede Cabernet Sauvignon, sin bløde Merlot og sin spændstige Chardonnay, som udfolder sig i anmelderroste serier som Grand Estates, H3 og flagskibet Walter Clore Private Reserve.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Malbec