Winery HightowerHawkeye Cabernet Sauvignon
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The Hawkeye Cabernet Sauvignon of the Winery Hightower is in the top 0 of wines of Columbia Valley.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hightower's Hawkeye Cabernet Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Ahmeur bou A(h)meur
Table grape with large bunches and juicy, crunchy grey-pink berries, firm flesh and pleasant sweet flavour. Late ripening, sensitive to winter frost. Rarely vinified; grown mainly as a table grape in warm regions and on trellises beside Mediterranean homes. Still found in North Africa, California, Argentina, Spain and Portugal. Grey variety of probable North African or Spanish origin.
Informations about the Winery Hightower
The Winery Hightower is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Columbia Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Columbia Valley
Cradle of Washington State's great reds. Dense, structured Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, blackberry, graphite, firm tannins), round velvety Merlot, signature Syrah with peppery notes, black olive and deep black fruit. Also precise whites: balanced Chardonnay, taut fruity Riesling with peach notes. Semi-desert vineyard of 24,300 ha sheltered by the Cascades, loess soils over basalt, strong temperature swings.
The wine region of Washington
2nd US producer by volume, on the arid, sunny Columbia Valley. Star Cabernet Sauvignon (~60% of reds): powerful and structured with signature notes of blackcurrant, blackberry, cedar, dry herbs and graphite, firm tannins. Fleshy, peppery Syrah (black fruits, smoked meat). Round, fruity Merlot, historic mineral Riesling (dry and off-dry), precise Chardonnay and ample Sémillon.
The word of the wine: Consistency
In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.
