Columbia Winery Cabernet Sauvignon David Lake Signature Series Otis Vineyard

We opened this wine with 7 friends. It came out of the bottle ruby red, but changed almost immediately to include some characteristic rust. Over the course of the next hour the taste profile changed several times. Mineral and berry notes would change places on the palate. The flavors would deflate, then go back to the previous notes after 15 minutes. At one time there was an agreement that there was an old metallic auroma and taste but after time …

Freeload tour in Washington (Bellevue/Woodinville) : Fully matured amber red. Red cherries, roast beans, and minerals. on the palate gives off a leathery flavor. Very balanced and medoc-like. Classy stuff.

Still huge. Amazed our friends with it's youth and intensity. Only one left- I'll have to save that one.

Still amazing. I have two left. Very old world traditional cab. Huge flavors of cedar, cassis, dark fruit, soft tannins. erich and elgant, lingering flavors.

Christmas 2009; 12/24/2009-12/26/2009 : Wow again. Youthful, vibrant and still getting better. I went 93 this time. very elegant, everything I love in David Lake's wines. Beautiful as before.

Medium garnet in the glass, no bricking at all. Full aroma of cassis, leather, and some meaty aromas. Still plenty of fruit left, the palate is medium weight and has a juicy feel. The tannins are completely integrated, the mouthfeel is smooth and silky. Very low acidity, not much backbone left at all now. It's developed some nice complexity, with some very subtle nuances. The finish is moderately long. Overall, very nice, and interesting.

I threw a couple of ribeyes on the grill. I had three of these left and decided one needed to be consumed. The cork came out whole with no issues. I poured a small sample and it was a deep purple, perhaps a bit cloudy with no orange around the edges. I put my nose to the glass and knew this was a winner. Big dark fruit and real deep cherry nose. The flavors matched, along with cedar, cassis, a …

Wine Bid has afforded me a few of these reasonably. Popped one with a nice NY Strip steak on the grill. Subdued, probably a little past it's prime but softened tannins give it a level of elegance that is fun. The fruit and power is fading so I will drink the remaining soon. The last a few weeks ago had more fruit left than this one. It is interesting to drink something old and laid back in a sea of …

David Lake Signature Series. Popped this with a cheating-on-the-diet-steak tonight. Was going to have it on VD and wound up working. So tonight I had a totally marbelized ribeye and this. The cork had a tiny bit of seepage when I removed the foil. Not enough to drip out of the foil, but there may have been prior seepage (per Wine Bid) and some old bottle marks. The cork moved easily but broke anyway. Not a biggie as the other …