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Tue, Feb 4, 2025 10:00AM EST - Tue, Feb 11, 2025 08:00PM EST
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • Washington
  • Columbia Valley
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Red
  • 100 points, Verticals
Lot 1005

Vertical Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2002-2004 - 3 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$540 - CAD$720

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This lot is comprised of 3 bottle(s) of Vertical Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2002-2004 - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $540 - $720 with a reserve of $360. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 10310. Detailed lot- 1 bottle of 2003 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley (750ml), 1 bottle of 2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley (750ml), 1 bottle of 2004 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley (750ml).

Condition

Please notice the following conditions on 2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley - Base of Neck on 1 bottle.

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The score for 2003 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley is 100 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon shares similarities in the glass with the 2005 and 2007 bottlings, as all three vintages have the same robust nose with dried cherries and cranberry essence and a soft prune character, which all showed better when the wines were young. The generosity of this wine seems to have caught up to it. Full-bodied, the palate is lively with firm, juicy tannins that should last five more years. Flavors of ripe, black and dark red fruits remain in the mouth, and there's an alcoholic lift on the finish, concluding with firm tannins. The score for 2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley is 96 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon is mature and near-term in the glass with earthy and funky tones that resonate with the remnants of a once-sweet fruit frame that has shifted almost fully into a stewed fruit core. Full-bodied, I recommend drinking this in the next few years, as it currently offers elements of dried blackberries and tar across the mid-palate. For a generous wine, it's starting to wind down and only has a few years left. I recommend enjoying this bottle with an aged ribeye steak. The score for 2004 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley is 98 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Generous on the nose, the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon opens with stewed fruit and lavish French oak tones. The wine is beginning to peak, as soft wilted plum flavors sway on the palate before moving to plum reduction, cooked fruits, baked cherry skin and reduced blackberry jus, showing the evolution of the bottle. I've had the pleasure of sampling this bottle many times before, but now, the wine is coming to the end of its life and should be consumed in the next couple of years. If this is in your cellar, start thinking about that special occasion to open it. What better way to honor this wonderful wine.