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Lot 628 | 2016 Walla Walla Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon
Perhaps the best Cabernet value under $20 you'll find all year.
$19.00
(172 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
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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.
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David
Verified Purchase
12/28/2020
Drank one and cellar'd one!
Pepper and plum on the nose. A very dry wine with notes of cherry and flower. Such a good wine. Kept on to decant and drink, and cellar'd one for later!
Manish
Verified Purchase
9/22/2020
Great Cab!
This is a bold cabernet, so if you prefer fully bodied wines, you will like this one. Slightly pricey for my "tastes". Needs to breathe for at least 30 mins in a decanter to lose some of it earthiness and pungency. CH Wine website says it's sold out! Maybe we will get a new batch in the coming weeks/months. Less hint of fruit or chocolate in this wine. Walla Walla terroir make this one a bit oaky and earthy in smell and taste. It's much drier on the palate than some of the other Cabs from Napa/Sonoma terroir. Not a bad wine if we can shave off a few bucks on the next batch.
Daniel
Verified Purchase
9/22/2020
Loved!
My wife and I loved this wine. Nice full bodied with a great finish.
Rebecca
Verified Purchase
9/19/2020
Great wine
What a treat this wine was! Really enjoyed
Charles
Verified Purchase
9/16/2020
Very good wine from Walla Walla
I love this wine, very smooth and full bodied. Great finish.
Wish there was more to buy.
Doug
Verified Purchase
9/16/2020
Very Good
My first WA Cab. Need to let it breathe, like most, but very nice.
Jack
Verified Purchase
9/14/2020
Very good
Let it breath like other reviews say. Love big WA cabs and this did not disappoint. Too bad it is gone :(
BJ
Verified Purchase
9/12/2020
Savour It!
Great value for a delicious wine. Give it an Hour + and you will be pleased with the balance of flavors,
Cathleen
Verified Purchase
9/2/2020
Walla Walla Delight
Flavorful dry cab. Needs a bit of air time. Hope to see more cabs out of WA state.
Spence & Leah
Verified Purchase
8/19/2020
Solid Cab!
I really loved this Cab, Walla Walla Valley never disappoints. It was well-balanced with some tart flavors. It was definitely a bold cab, just how I like them!