Ethos — typically styled as ETHOS — is a brand new wine model from Washington’s Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. The model will solely deal with Cabernet Sauvignon from the Columbia Valley and “pays homage to Washington’s early wine pioneers who helped set up the rugged and demanding Columbia Valley right into a prime rising area recognized for its Cabernet Sauvignon.”
The 2022 expression was sourced from websites within the Crimson Mountain, Horse Heaven Hills, and Wahluke Slope appellations, in addition to Chilly Creek Winery and includes 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, and a couple of% Cabernet Franc. It was aged in a wide range of new and impartial French and American oak barrels for 22 months.
The wine noses with brilliant present and cherry notes, although it by no means comes throughout as overly exuberant; with time in glass the wine feels fairly restrained, leaving area for ample floral aromas so as to add some stability. The palate’s all currants with just a little balsamic so as to add a slight edge to the expertise, however I discovered the end only a bit doughy and chewy. Notes of tea leaf and blueberry lead the fade-out.
A- / $30
2022 Ethos Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley
USD30
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