From the coolest site in our vineyard portfolio comes a Cabernet Sauvignon with remarkable elegance and finesse — a consistent favorite year after year. Hand-harvested on October 24th, 2022, the grapes were gently destemmed and crushed, leaving about 10% whole berries for extra lift and complexity. After a cool seven-day soak, native yeasts began fermentation in small one-ton bins, with gentle punchdowns and occasional pump-overs to shape its structure and depth.
Free run, press fractions, and new oak were aged separately before blending, and the wine was bottled in May 2024, unfined and unfiltered, to preserve its pure, graceful character.
Check out Justin's thoughts on the 2023 Two Blondes Cab HERE!
Fresh fruits, mint leaves, smoked cedar plank. Austere and well structured with black fruits and smoky notes of Earth.
93pts Decanter (Clive Pursehouse)
Fruit-forward and fresh, this is a 100% Clone 8 Cabernet Sauvignon from the well-regarded Yakima Valley vineyard, Two Blondes, planted in 2000. Aged in 50% new French oak for 19 months, with only 10% whole cluster to offer some savoury framing. An aromatic blend of fresh fruits, wild mint leaves, smoked cedar plank and crushed black stone. Austere and upright, well-structured, this Cabernet offers a wealth of black fruits, smoky notes of earth and white pepper, and an exotic, Moroccan-spiced finish. Tasted from bottle #1575. Only six barrels were produced.
Two Blondes Vineyard
