Blackberry, olive, iodine and beef broth aromas make for a very savory cabernet. Saline and minerally on the palate, with a firm tannin frame and a medium to full body. Firm finish. Best after 2025. (CN)

Appealingly structured and expressive, offering black cherry and dark plum flavors accented by licorice and coffee bean tones that finish with fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2031. (TF)

The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley impresses with a dark mix of crushed black cherries and raspberries complicated by hints of gravel dust and lavender pastille. Cedar tones emerge over a core of brisk acidity. The 2021 tapers off with tension, long and saturating, as edgy tannins tug at the cheeks and a flourish of wild blueberries lingers on. (EG)