Composed of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and raised in 30% new French oak, the 2020 L’Ecole Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley is a wine that needs plenty of air or cellaring to show its stuff. Deep purple in color, it has a nose of plum and violets. Though it packs some serious tannins up front, it does show off dark blue and black fruit notes and a double dose of raw tobacco on entry. After some prodding, slight licorice beings to peek through the initial tight and closed approach. I had to give this wine a little over two hours to begin to show its stuff, and when it did, the licorice notes took a more prominent role and the fruit components stayed in the background. This wine needs 3 to 4 years of cellaring to unwind, and then should have 10 years of good drinking ahead of it.
| Rating | Value | Drink |
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| 90 |
$44 |
2027-2037 |
| Country | Region | Appellation |
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| United States |
Washington |
Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley |
| Editor | Issue | Importer |
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| R. Geresi |
January, 2024 |
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