WTN: 2005 Powers Cab. Reserve

This cab. from Wash state and Champoux Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills was quite nice with med. deep cassis flavors and nose with a dark pruple color. I let it breath in a decanter for an hour which probably helped but the wine was NOT tannic and very approachable. ABV was %14.5 I'll let my other bottle rest for a few years.

[Jenise]

Powers' goal is to make very approachable wines, they're typically good value if not standouts. Haven't had any of their reserve bottlings--was in fact unaware that they made a reserve. Can't resist (proudly) pointing out though to anyone who may not know, that in Washington state the word 'Reserve' has legal connotations. You can't just call any wine Reserve like Kendall Jackson does--if you produce a reserve, it can be no more than something like 15% of your total production.