Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2029
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted lamb chops with rosemary, portobello mushroom burgers
✨ Technical Specifications
Kerloo Cellars' Cabernet Sauvignon represents a thoughtful, terroir-driven approach to Washington State's signature red grape. Sourced from premier Columbia Valley vineyard sites, this wine showcases a commitment to minimal intervention. Unlike the heavily oaked, high-alcohol styles often associated with domestic Cabernet, Kerloo focuses on elegance, freshness, and structural integrity. The fruit is typically fermented using native yeasts and aged in neutral French oak or concrete vessels to preserve the pure, vibrant character of the grape and the unique mineral signatures of Washington's volcanic soils. The result is a sophisticated expression of Cabernet Sauvignon that balances dark fruit flavors with savory complexity and refined tannins.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2007 by winemaker Ryan Crane, Kerloo Cellars takes its name from the echoing call of the sandhill crane, symbolizing Crane's calling to craft authentic, terroir-driven Washington State wines. After studying viticulture and enology in Walla Walla and honing his cellar craft at Forgeron Cellars and Va Piano Vineyards, Crane built Kerloo around meticulous fruit sourcing from esteemed, sustainably farmed vineyard sites spanning the Walla Walla Valley, Yakima Valley, and Columbia Gorge. His cellaring philosophy prioritizes minimal intervention, foot-treading, native fermentations, neutral oak, and concrete maturation to highlight purity of site and varietal transparency. Kerloo built a devoted following for its cool-climate Rhone-style expressions and vibrant single-vineyard bottlings, including Celilo Vineyard Chardonnay, Boushey Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, and single-site Grenache, Syrah, and Grenache Rosé from benchmark crus like Upland and Painted Hills.
🍇 Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon