Spice Cabinet Vineyard Reserve Malbec
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 5–10 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops, strong blue cheese
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
The Spice Cabinet Vineyard, nestled in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA of Washington State, is a prized estate parcel for Columbia Crest. Sloping gently toward the Columbia River, this unique vineyard benefits from a warm microclimate, cooling river breezes, and quick-draining soils that stress the vines, resulting in small, concentrated berries. The vineyard earned its evocative name from the distinctive, exotic spice notes—such as clove, anise, and cracked black pepper—that the terroir naturally imparts to the grapes. This Reserve Malbec showcases the grape's expressive Washington profile, combining intense dark fruit flavors with the signature herbal complexity of the site. It is typically fermented in small lots and aged in select oak barrels to refine its velvety tannins and rich, robust structure.
🍾 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
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
14.0-15.0%