Stories behind the wine

Washington State’s southeast corner was dramatically transformed 30,000 years ago by a series of cataclysmic floods originating from Lake Missoula, Montana. The floods carried with them soils creating a unique mixture of sand and loam. Okay, we can’t lie…we had to google what loam was! It’s soil with equal parts sand, clay, and silt. We selected this wine so you could compare the flavors of a Cabernet Sauvignon from a cooler climate to the more common Cabernet Sauvignons purchased from California. Cooler climates often result in wines with more of green bell pepper, mint and cedar notes. Cabernet Sauvignon from California tends to have more notes of dark cherry, blackberry, and tobacco.