D11 CABERNET SAUVIGNON

DIONYSUS VINEYARD
 

DESCRIPTION   Planted in 1985, Dionysus Block 11 Cabernet Sauvignon is really as good as it gets for old vine Cabernet Sauvignon in Washington State.  We worked with this fruit for three years before releasing it as a standalone wine as part of the AERIALS Series, dialing in our approach.  All along the fruit was top-notch.  Each vineyard and each block - even different sites of the same clone - are wildly unique.  This is Terroir.  This being the case, it takes a lot of time, many trials and various iterations to make the best wine possible from each individual site.  Finally, the wines we are creating from this site are everything we had hoped they would be.

Dionysus Vineyard Block 11 Cabernet Sauvignon is a remarkable thing.  It certainly rivals any single source of Cabernet Sauvignon in our region as the most complete and delicious of its kind. Keep in mind as you try this wine for the first time that it comes only from this singular block, and contains no other varieties - no tricks.  

The bar was set for our D11 Cabernet Sauvignon when the 2015 vintage won Top Red Wine at the Houston’s 2020 Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition (out of 3500 entries from 19 different countries). A case of this wine then sold at auction for $105,000, setting a record for all Washington Wine sold at auction. Since then, demand for this release has only grown. The D11 Cabernet Sauvignon is now fully allocated to members.

RECORD SETTING PRICE

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
12 Bottles of the 2015 D11 Cabernet Sauvignon Sell for a Washington State record $105,000

92 PTS

Robert Parker's
The Wine Advocate
2011 Vintage