Reviews
Wine Details
Opens with aromas of pepper, acacia flower, and graphite. Bone dry on the palate, with good tannins and delicately inflected blackberry and plums. A lively, chiseled wine with nice fresh acidity and great length – the clean, bright flavors with chocolatey black fruit underpinning will be sure to keep you coming back for more. It’s just beginning to open up, so I recommend an hour decant before drinking.
- Vintage
- 2016
- Appellation
- Walla Walla Valley
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Alcohol by Volume
- 14.4%
- Cases Produced
- 1200
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2026
- Release Email
Cam Confidential
Cam Confidential
Washington state continues to surge upward as a premier winegrowing region. However, the cost of doing business up there isn’t quite that of the North Coast, so there are still terrific opportunities to be found on Cabernet. Enter Lot 628 - sourced from a single vineyard planted to silt-loam soils of one of the oldest wineries in the Walla Walla Valley (with perhaps more Cabernet growing experience than anyone else in the entire state), the quality of winemaking here is first class, and I was able to get it for an incredible price.
Jim
Verified Purchase
12/11/2018
Hearsay
I can only review this through a friend as i gave it as a gift. Had it on a Saturday with a steak and it was great!! Sounded like it was well worth the money!!
Erik
Verified Purchase
12/11/2018
Awesome value / Great holiday wine
I have long purchased Washington reds (Force Majeure, Cadence etc) as I love the blue friit and balance. This wine is a steal for the quality and is a “straight down the middle” example of approachable WA wine. Lovely blue fruit, tobacco and pencil shavings with a well-rounded finish and great mouthfeel. I just ordered more!
Robert
Verified Purchase
12/10/2018
Great one!
This one is so nice with steak....you cannot beat it for the price!
Andrew
Verified Purchase
12/8/2018
Washington value
Once again, CH sources a high quality WA wine for a great price. Always felt that WA is undervalued, appreciate the strong line of wines from the region that CH has been able to provide. Keep it up!
Tom
Verified Purchase
11/29/2018
Washington scores again!
Although I agree that it does not have the knockout punch of lot 607 it is still a great value at this price point. Buying more for any day drinking.
Andrew
Verified Purchase
11/25/2018
Lot 628
We enjoyed a couple bottles of this cab over Thanksgiving. A great wine at this price point...I’ll purchase more.
James
Verified Purchase
11/24/2018
Good value
We tried this one as our second Walla Walla wine after 607. While it did not have the "boom" of 607, I think the price point is more than fair for a wine that obviously had a lot of care put into it.
Ron
Verified Purchase
11/16/2018
Re: great
I love washington wines and this one did not disappoint. I have several more in my cellar and hoping they will be better in time than the last one I opened.
Andrew
Verified Purchase
11/15/2018
Cam knows Washington
Among the best of the many lots of WA wines I have purchased from H - keep up the fine work sourcing great value wines from this underrated region.
Dan
Verified Purchase
11/13/2018
Great Example
I've become very interested in reds from Walla Walla. There are wonderful red blends from here and some outstanding Cabs. This is a solid Cab for any day drinking and a delight at the table.