Accolades
Accolades for Cabernet-Sauvignon (Champoux)
Fab Cabs of the Pacific Northwest
It opens with complex aromas of minerals, pencil shavings, blackberries and pie cherries, followed by elegant flavors of blackberries, red-toned fruit and hints of chocolate.
French native and Burgundian-trained Marie-Eve Gilla has blossomed in her nearly two decades in the New World. The winemaker and part-owner of this Walla Walla Valley winery made great use of some of Washington's finest grapes from the Horse Heaven Hills to craft this sublime Cab. It opens with complex aromas of minerals, pencil shavings, blackberries and pie cherries, followed by elegant flavors of blackberries, red-toned fruit and hints of chocolate. The oak, tannins and alcohol are all expertly managed. (175 cases, 14.6% alc.)