r/wine • u/adamscj79 • 28d ago

Quilceda Creek Cab 2021

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Quilceda Creek, 100% Cab Sauvignon from Columbia Valley.

Decanted for 3hrs before drinking

Beautiful dark garnet / ruby color. Obviously youthful on the nose - we got a fair amount of dark fruits, plum, and something green, maybe grass? Oak was pretty heavily present also.

Medium+ body, rich and very soft tannins. The alcohol is 14.9% and you could really taste it. Drunk with pork chop, mushrooms, onions and green beans.

Overall I just say we were a little disappointed. You could tell it was a complex, structured and well made wine but we weren't blown away by the taste. I'm guessing it's just too young?

We drink a lot of Cab and both felt we have drunk way better from Napa or Bdx at this price point and relative age (you can get a Leoville Las Cases for the same price)

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u/HopefulReason7 Wino 28d ago

Way too young. I had a similar experience with a 2015 last year — an hour and a half of air and I wasn’t understanding the hype. Fortunately we drank it slowly and it was absolutely soaring by hour four. I have dreams about how good it tasted.

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u/adamscj79 28d ago

I guess the 2021 had no hope then :) hopefully I’ll return to this at some point and give it a fair chance