2021 Stella Mae Cabernet Sauvignon Blend
Tasting notes
2021 Stella Mae offers a nose of cherry pie (or is it gooseberry?), baking chocolate, and sweet oak, leading to sumptuous flavors of blackberries, rosemary, and crushed stone. Silky and generous, this lovely wine will evolve for generations. Facts of business.
Food pairing: Porcini mushroom risotto, Duck confit with roasted veggies
Movie pairing: Streetcar Named Desire
FOUNDERS’ NOTES:
Stella Mae is our first collaborative creation and our secret genius, covertly molding our family through deep reflection and a thirst for knowledge and artistic expression. A syrah for the 2004 and 2005 vintages, Stella Mae became a cabernet sauvignon focused classic Bordeaux blend in 2006, as we sought to align the girls' wines in the name of peace and harmony at the kitchen table. Like our daughter, each vintage of Stella Mae is a classic, lovely and vibrant in its youth and undoubtedly astounding in its evolution.
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Varietal Composition | 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Malbec |
| Appellation | Columbia Valley |
| Vineyard | Stillwater Creek, Discovery, Dionysus, Sagemoor, Klipsun |
| Acid | 0.53 g/100mL |
| PH | 3.91 |
| Aging | 89% new French and American oak |
| Alcohol | 14.50% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Cases Produced | 216 |
| Country of Origin | UNITED STATES |
| State of Origin | Washington |
"The 2021 ‘Stella Mae’ is mainly Cabernet Sauvignon (78%) with the remainder Malbec coming from the Columbia Valley. The palate is velvety and nervy with a refined texture and lovely sense of salinity. Elegant and showing great verve, with ripe wild blackberry and huckleberry fruit flavors, alongside salty soils and espresso bean, enjoy this now and over the next ten to fifteen years. Drink 2025-2040"
94 points Owen Bargreen
