Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon - 2010 (750ml) Amontillado Anticipated maturity: 2018-2038

Anticipated maturity: 2018-2038

In spite of its large size and youthfulness

It is not going to be a long-ager by 2010 standards

Opulent on the palate (but elegant as well)

I suppose the 2008 is something of a letdown

Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon - 2010 (750ml) Amontillado Anticipated maturity: 2018-2038Rich, backwards, structured and massively concentrated, the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon comes mostly from the Champoux Vineyard (also from Galitzine, Klipsun, Palengat and Tapteil) and is comprised of 99% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Merlot that spent 22 months in all new French oak. Offering up plenty of creme de cassis, coffee bean, toasted spice, pencil shavings and violet like qualities on the nose, it has palate staining levels of extract and tannin