Winemaker Notes
Crème de cassis, black currant, blackberry, wafts of dried cranberry, a hint of wet gravel after a fresh rain and pencil shavings. The richness of this wine is a love affair- chewy tannins and a long, long finish is high display here. Everything is in balance. 
Critical Acclaim
JD95
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon (90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% each of Malbec and Merlot) comes from a handful of sites in the Walla Walla Valley and spent 23 months in 67% new French oak. Classic, old-school notes of blackcurrants, leafy tobacco, earth, saddle leather, and spicy herbs gives way to full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon with notable balance, a great mid-palate, ripe yet building tannins, and a great finish. This pure, clean, classic Cabernet will benefit from 3-4 years of bottle age and keep for 20 years or more. It's beautifully done.
W&S94
Wine & Spirits
Doubleback’s Walla Walla cabernet bottling blends the fruit of estate vineyards with some from the Figgins Estate in Mill Creek. Aged in oak (two-thirds new) and concrete, this wine sings of the 2018 vintage, starting tense and lean then broadening with air, becoming suave and linear, a black cherry lining for a dark velvet coat. It has more pro-nounced acidity than in prior vintages, mak-ing it lively and immediate.
WS94
Wine Spectator
Well-knit and compelling for its rich blackberry, black olive and stony mineral accents, which gather richness and tension toward refined tannins.
JS92
James Suckling
Aromas of blackcurrants, dried violets, walnuts and sweet tobacco. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm tannins. Firm and structured with fresh acidity and a gently leafy undertone. Try from 2023.