Kiona Lemberger

This Lemberger from Red Mountain in Washington is dark ruby almost garnet in the glass. On the nose, the wine is redolent with aromas of black cherry and cardamom. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied offering the same black cherry and cardamom, as well as the famous Red Mountain "funk" (an earthy, musky, mineral-driven panoply of flavors that are characteristic of wines made from the region's volcanic soil). Has a medium-length finish with silky tannins. Its cellaring potential is …