Abeja Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley Heather Hill

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Displaying with a deep ruby core with purple highlights, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Heather Hill has a robust and generous nose, offering up plum reduction, blackberries and a smooth chocolaty essence before swaying toward a cherry compote expression with a soft herbal nature and a hint of bell pepper. Full-bodied, the mid-palate shows a velvety mouthfeel and balanced structure that presides with luscious black fruit purée flavors in the mouth. Finishing long and drawn out, flavors of juicy plum, blackberry with hints of sage and dark chocolate linger on the palate, proving without a doubt that this is the best bottling of the range. It’s delicious.

Bright ruby. At once darker and more subdued on the nose than the 2015 version, which I retasted next to this wine; aromas of cassis, black cherry, blackberry, menthol and crushed-rock are accented by notes of violet and bitter chocolate. Tight-grained and vibrant on the palate; a real high-wire act of pungent dark berries, sweet dusty spices and floral high notes. More vertical and less broad than the 2015 version but wonderfully precise and palate-staining, finishing with serious noble tannins and subtle treble notes. Has the structure for a slow and graceful development in bottle. This may be even more intense than the 2015: I'd love to have the chance to taste these two wines side by side in seven or eight years. If anything, this wine tightened up with air.