2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
 

Tasting Notes

Hailing almost half and half from our two estate sites, McQueen and LeFore, the 2022 Doubleback vintage was one to remember. I have always felt like sometimes you need to flirt with destruction in the pursuit of perfection. A cooler vintage, we finished picking after the first full week in November - the latest in my career but one that I am happy about. Our team crushed it - pun intended. Wet stone, charcoal, eucalyptus - balanced out by gobs of fresh plums, red rope licorice at a baseball game, and beautiful wafts of vanilla. A constantly changing, complex, and sexy nose. Aged in 7% concrete, 7% 2,000L ovals, and 68% new French oak. A soft entrance leads to building tannin that is ultra rich, glycerol, and has a super long, lush finish with hints of French oak and fine grains. Decant now and drink through 2049.

    
- Josh McDaniels, CEO & Director of Winemaking

Vintage Notes

2022 was a vintage that winemakers remember. A close to normal bud break was met with snow at the beginning of April that shocked us! One of the latest times I have seen snow in Walla Walla. The spring continued cool until the heat finally arrived in July and August but we still were tracking behind normal. We diligently thinned our crops down to ensure that we achieve ripeness if cooler temperatures continued. I remember throughout September starting to get a bit worried about the vintage and getting our later blocks of Cabernet across the finish line. However, October came to save the day with beautiful weather that pushed us over the line. I made my final picking decision in November- the latest I had ever picked with perfect ripeness, beautiful energy, and perfect tannins extracting in the fermenter. I feel like I pushed the limit on our picking decisions in 2022 and I believe those risks are paying off greatly as we taste these incredible new wines we are very proud of. Hats off to my entire production team, vineyard to winery, for battling through a challenging harvest and absolutely crushing it- pun intended.

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