Revisiting Caterina wines again
Wine Club Insider back.
As we get geared up for our largest event of the year this coming weekend, I wanted to take a minute and revisit a couple of new wines from a winery I talked about a couple of weeks ago; Caterina Winery - www.caterinawinery.com.
I stopped in to visit (and pick up my wine club shipment!) and to visit with Monica Meglasson, the winemaker, director, chief cook and bottle washer, who has been running the shop since 2002-ish.
As things sometimes do, we ended up chatting about wine (imagine that!) and sampling her new releases, the “VII” (Seven) series, which are a Merlot and Cab from the famed Seven Hills Vineyard in the Columbia Valley.
Seven Hills is widely getting a reputation as one of the world’s finest vineyards, on par with the best in Napa or France, and as I tasted these new gems, I was reminded again of how lucky we are to be so close to this beautiful vineyard. The VII wines were huge, fruitful and had plenty of time left in the bottle… These are going to be awesome wines in a year or so!
Monica then shared with me one of her favorite wines ever, the new “Imposter,” a 100% Sauv Blanc that was actually almost effervescent when i first tasted it. It was so good I bought some and served it for a dinner party on Saturday! Monica says if she had to drink only one bottle more, this would be the one she chose! High praise indeed.
I also picked up several bottles of the 1999 Cab, which they were featuring, and had on sale for the ridiculous low price of $15! An awesome price for a terrific, well-balanced, aged beauty.
Caterina has really impressed me with their Willard Family Vineyard wines, and now with the “VII” Seven Hills Vineyard additions, they are making some of the best wines in Washington! Check them out!
Cheers,
Wine Club Insider out.
Fine Wine, Merlot, Red Wine, USA Wine, Vineyards, Vintage Wine, White Wine, Wine Club, Wine Club Gift, Wine Education, Wine Making, Wine Reviews, Wine Tasting
