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The Weekday Red Wine is a fun, easy-drinking Cabernet Sauvignon meant to enjoy anytime, but especially during the week. It’s a great way to break up your week without breaking the bank. Go ahead and enjoy—no special occasion needed. You deserve it!
This is a lighter Cabernet Sauvignon with aromas of warm blueberries, flavors of red plum and clove, and a warm soft vanilla finish. It was aged in 100% once-used French Oak barrels.
This Cabernet Sauvignon is the third wine that I have made that has earned the name Pilot Light–the driver behind why I make wine. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Kiona Vineyard on Red Mountain, it features tastes of rich dark plum and ripe blackberries with a soft dark chocolate and tobacco finish.
The Weekday Red Wine is a fun, easy-drinking Cabernet Sauvignon meant to enjoy anytime, but especially during the week. It’s a great way to break up your week without breaking the bank. Go ahead and enjoy—no special occasion needed. You deserve it!
This is a lighter Cabernet Sauvignon with aromas of warm blueberries, flavors of red plum and clove, and a warm soft vanilla finish. It was aged in 100% once-used French Oak barrels.
The 2015 Long Road Red Reserve is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Kiona Vineyard in the Red Mountain AVA. This wine was aged in 100% once used French oak barrels for 30 months, creating a full-bodied yet well-balanced, fruit forward wine.
The deep dark color of this wine clings on the glass as you swirl. Aromas of dark plum, flavors of ripe blackberries, dark chocolate and tobacco lead to soft tannins and a lingering warm vanilla finish.
BLACK was aged for 36 months in 75% French Oak and 25% American oak barrels, both once-used.
The deep red color draws you into aromas of fresh, ripe, dark fruits. This delightful blends tastes of warm blueberries, black cherry, and dark chocolate, finishing with a hint of warm toast.
Beautiful deep dark color, aromas of black currant and anise, flavors of ripe blackberries, licorice and tobacco lead to soft tannins and a lingering vanilla finish.
BLACK combines multiple wines from our 2013 vintage. Through constant tasting and testing of each barrel of wine during the aging process, we select the barrels of wine that offer the best representation of each varietal in creating this savory well balanced red wine blend.
BLACK is comprised of 68% Merlot, 21% Petite Sirah, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. BLACK was aged for 36 months in 75% French Oak and 25% American oak barrels, both once-used.
The deep red color draws you into smells of fresh ripe dark fruits. Tastes of warm blueberries, black cherry finish with a hint of warm toast.
Long Road Red is the signature Cabernet Sauvignon in our line-up. The name is derived from our journey and commitment to make a wine that represents the beauty and complexity of this majestic old world grape. Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon is like no other. The Long Road is well traveled.
The 2013 Long Road Red is 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc from Alder Ridge Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA. This wine was aged in 100% once used French oak barrels for 36 months, creating a soft, well-balanced, fruit forward wine.
The dark color of this wine shows depth and is a hint of the rich flavors you will experience.
Smells of ripe black cherry and warm plums compliment tastes of freshly picked blackberries with a savory subtle warm vanilla finish that lingers.
Unforeseen is a beautiful surprise at our winery. Cabernet Franc is typically used as a blending wine. However this Cab Franc would not stand for second billing. While creating the wines for our 2012 release, this wine continued to impress on its own. Not one to deviate from the plan, I kept trying to blend out this wine into other wines in our lineup. This Cab Franc would have nothing to do with it, kept shining on its own. I finally gave in and let it stand on its own, and stand it has.
The 2012 Unforeseen is 98% Cabernet Franc and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged for 30 months in 100% French oak, once filled, this wine earned a home in our wine offering.
The dark red ruby color invites you to lift the glass and swirl and smell. The smell is warm and inviting, hints of spice with bright red raspberries. Tastes of bing cherries and cola, this wine finishes with a slight hint of warm toast.
We are honored to report that our 2011 Long Road Red just picked up a "Best of the Best" award from Wine Press Northwest. (Two of our 2012 offerings, the Unforeseen and the Heart Box Red, earned Gold awards.)
That's our double platinum winner third from the left.
How the Platinum is Conducted
Wine Press Northwest created the Platinum Judging in 2000 as a way to determine some of the best wines of the Pacific Northwest.
To accomplish this, we chart more than 40 professionally judged wine competitions worldwide to track the gold medals won by fruit from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. In 2016, Northwest wineries were awarded more than 1,600 gold medals at professional judgings.
These wines are categorized and judged blind during three days by three panels of wine experts, who award wines with Double Platinum, Platinum, Double Gold and Best Buy. A wine is awarded a medal based on how a majority of the judges voted. In the case when all the judges on a panel deem the wine a Platinum, that wine is awarded a unanimous Double Platinum.
DOUBLE PLATINUM
Viscon Cellars 2011 Long Road Red Cabernet Sauvignon, Yakima Valley • $32
Ben Viscon relied on Lewis Vineyard and an 18-month barrel program to produce what’s now a subtle Cab that shows nice handling of tannins, good varietal expression and has good aging potential for handful of more years. (125 cases, 13.4% alc.) Award: Seattle Wine Awards (gold).
