title: Robert Ramsay 2007 Upland Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon (Yakima Valley)
description: A solid, earthy, dusty, lightly leathery Cabernet Sauvignon. Though perhaps not technically perfect, it captures the palate imagination with texture and detail, and a light touch which keeps the alcohol around 14% and the tannins proportionate. No massive new oak here either, though the (virtually impossible to read) back label notes that it was made in 100% French oak, half of it new.
variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
designation: Upland Vineyards