Heart of the Hill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted rosemary lamb chops, braised beef short ribs
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
The Heart of the Hill Vineyard, nestled in the warm, sun-drenched slopes of the Red Mountain AVA, is legendary for producing some of Washington State's most powerful and concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon. Planted by the pioneering Williams family, this vineyard benefits from intense daytime heat, sweeping winds, and quick-draining gravelly soils, forcing the vines to struggle and produce small, thick-skinned berries. Columbia Crest's Reserve expression from this celebrated site showcases the winery's ability to harness Red Mountain's formidable structure. Crafted in limited quantities, the wine undergoes meticulous oak aging to soften the robust, muscular tannins characteristic of the appellation, resulting in a dark, brooding, and deeply complex masterpiece that honors the rugged beauty of the Columbia Valley.
🍾 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
Cabernet Sauvignon