WA Wine Report 2011
June 23rd, 2011 WA Wine Reports writes:
In a tough economy there is nothing like finding a wine that drinks like a more expensive bottle. Here are a few that have stood out recently. While you won’t find any of these wines in the value bin, each of these wines drinks like a wine of a considerably higher price point, allowing one to simultaneously drink up by drinking down...
...Obelisco Estate first came on the radar with their 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon. Fruit for the 2008 Red Wine – a Cabernet predominant Bordeaux-style blend – comes from the winery’s estate vineyard which is in its third year. This thirty acre site on Red Mountain, located next to Hedges Family Estate, is planted to Cabernet, Merlot, and Malbec. Pete Hedges and Sara Goedhart serve as the winery’s winemakers. The 2008 Red Wine is not shy on the oak, which is a mixture of American, French, and Hungarian. The result is a potpourri of spices, char, and dark fruit.