2020 Rainmaker Cabernet Sauvignon
Sourced from five of Washington’s most revered vineyards (Olsen, Red Willow, Stillwater Creek, Sagemoor and Klipsun), the 2020 Rainmaker is classic Washington Cabernet Sauvignon: aromas of kirsch, blueberry jam, cedar, spice box, vanilla, sweet oak, and smashed stone followed by flavors of boysenberry, herbes de Provençe, dark chocolate and minerals on the silky and fine finish. Showy in its youth, this wine will develop and blossom with a few years of cellar time.
Food pairing: Roasted maitake shepherd’s pie or roasted beef tenderloin au poivre
Movie pairing: Rainman or Singin’ in the Rain, depending on your jam
FOUNDERS’ NOTES:
Rainmaker began life as a wine club offering in 2010. It has evolved to become our most fruit forward cabernet sauvignon, blended with malbec. The Yakima Valley is the source for all the fruit in this cuvée, most often it is from Olsen's extraordinary vineyards just west of Red Mountain. We named this wine Rainmaker during a conversation about what it means to be running a business with Chris's Dad. We poured the 93 point 2013 at Wine Spectator's New York Wine Experience in 2017. We were at a booth between Chateaux Margaux, Lynch Bages and Mouton Rothchild. We belonged there.
