This newcomer to the honor roll of Platinum Award recipients made a remarkable statement with its Petit Verdot program by going Platinum with its bottlings from both the 2015 and 2017 vintages. As is typical for this traditional blender grape, it makes for a muscular yet restrained standalone wine that offers fascination in its tones of cigar leaf, chai spices and bay rum amid the theme of raspberry chocolate cake. Qualifying award: Bellingham NW (double gold)
Rating: Platinum • 94 points
Production: 32 cases
Alcohol: 15.2%
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