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IronGate Fine Wine Auction

Tue, Feb 6, 2024 10:00AM EST - Tue, Feb 13, 2024 08:00PM EST
  • 2008
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • Washington
  • Columbia Valley
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Red
  • DD4059
  • DD4062
Lot 1133

2008 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley - 750ml - 4 bottle(s)

Estimate: CAD$800 - CAD$1,100

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This lot is comprised of 4 bottle(s) of 2008 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $800 - $1100 with a reserve of $650. The bottles in this lot come from collection 11413.

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This Vancouver based collector was introduced to fine wine in his early 20s. He joined a few wine clubs, Commanderie de Bordeaux and Confrerie de Tastevin among them, and started his cellar in the 90s. He has been an avid collector since, amassing over 8000 bottles throughout the years and keeping meticulous provenance notes on each one; the 2 bottles of 1988 Chateau Margaux were purchased in 2015 through Zachys. His wines were procured from government and private stores, direct from US wineries and Zachy’s in NY and all have been stored in his temperature and humidity-controlled cellars at home as well as at 13C Wine Storage.
The score for 2008 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley is 98 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon shows delicious and juicy on the nose with a clearly delineated frame of red and black fruit expressions that are open-knit and accessible. Full-bodied, flavors of dusty plum, juicy dark cherry and blackberry essence sway on the palate with a lively and juicy structure, offering fine-grained tannins before elegant oak tones and exotic baking spices shine through the mid-palate. The wine offers an elegant yet underlining mineral tension that adds complexity to the wine before concluding with a long evolving finish. I feel the need to elevate the previous score, as it has certainly earned the “plus sign” originally given to it back in 2013.