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Ansel is a project started by Graham Market at Buona Notte wines. He works organically with a big breadth of Italian wine varieties across the Columbia Gorge and Columbia Valley. But Ansel is a project made for classic international varieties, and I’m particularly excited to share this Cabernet Sauvignon with you. Graham’s goal from the start has been to make Washington wine with less input and zero chemicals.
Wahluke Slope is the source of some of Washington State’s greatest wines, like Quilceda Creek Cabernet. Fruit from Wahluke is always dense, rich and spicy. When these wines are made with natural yeasts and a pared back winemaking style, the wildness and intensity of the desert sun shows through.
This Ansel Cabernet Sauvignon is fresh and spicy and dense, like any good Cabernet should be. It brings tangy fruit and lifted spiciness to the forefront, with a wonderful undercurrent of fresh chopped herbs. It’s a great counterpoint to some of Washington’s most massive wines, which also happen to come from the same Wahluke Slope vineyards that this wine comes from.
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