Winery Lopez IslandCabernet Sauvignon
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The Cabernet Sauvignon of the Winery Lopez Island is in the top 0 of wines of Wahluke Slope.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lopez Island's Cabernet Sauvignon.
Discover the grape variety: Monemvasia
Structured, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden colour, ample palate with preserved acidity, showing signature aromas of citrus (lemon), white flowers, yellow fruits and saline mineral notes. Also made as sweet passito styles. Grown in the Peloponnese and Cyclades, a witness to Greek viticultural heritage. Greek autochthonous white variety said to have given its name to the historic Malvasia exported across the western Mediterranean in the Middle Ages.
Informations about the Winery Lopez Island
The Winery Lopez Island is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Wahluke Slope to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Wahluke Slope
Warm well-drained Washington AVA (Columbia Valley, Grant County) facing south over the Columbia: Cabernet Sauvignon signature king red — opulent and ripe with notes of blackcurrant, black cherry, blackberry, chocolate, cedar and spice touch, round tannins and long finish. Dense savoury Syrah as companion (blackberry, blueberry, pepper, smoked meat). Fleshy Merlot also signature. AVA (2006), constant southern slope, deep aeolian sands, dry continental, ~20% of state harvest.
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: Pommadé
Said of a wine that is unbalanced, pasty, syrupy, and whose excessive sugar content gives an impression of heaviness.
