de Negoce Cabernet Sauvignon N.288

Opens up in the glass!

2019 vintage

With a good decant, this is really singing. Worthy of the "multiple of 50" naming, and significantly underscored here. As a generality, Washington cabs need more time than Cali to shine.

2019 vintage

Enjoyable and accessible as a PnP now.

2019 vintage

Ready to drink now. I’m not sure further aging will improve this wine. Fruity and smooth. Tannins are gone

2019 vintage

90-91. Highest QPR. Sweet finish. What a value. Delicious! Not sure if further aging will improve this much. I have 9 more so time will tell

2019 vintage

Double decanted back into bottle prior to serving. Nose: Spicy, blackberry with violet florals. Color: Nearly opaque in glass, purple to rim. Young still. Palate: Some intriguing Washington Cabernet notes here. This is not a Napa style Cab. More red rock, leather, cherry. Very enjoyable and still young. Finish holds for 30 plus seconds with medium acidity, and resolved, not harsh tannins like young Washington Cabs can provide. Needs 2-3 more years in bottle. Bargain at $144/case.

2019 vintage

Impenetrably deep purple. Wound pretty tight on the nose, cherries, cedar and dark chocolate. Palate medium acid high alcohol full body, very tannic, blue fruit, walnuts. Long finish. Tasty, still dense, should benefit from further time.

2019 vintage

Still really good. Nice lift and length. Great value!

2019 vintage

For $11 (all in) it a nice wine, if your a fan of Washington State fruit its a great buy.

2019 vintage

In a really good spot. Very drinkable. Not sure if this has stuffing for the long haul, but no reason to wait.

2019 vintage

Decanted 20 minutes prior to dinner with flank steak. Pours pretty inky in glass I found it opaque. Nose has lifted spice from oak, dark berries. 1st glass was a touch oaky, but smooth with a nice mineral finish- this is almost 2 years in bottle. Needs more time- maybe 1 year more. Paired well with food. Very enjoyable and at the $149 delivered price outstanding bargain again from the Originator of de Negoce.

2019 vintage

very consistent with prior bottles and other's tasting notes. This wine continues to be a solid choice for an easy pairing. Very dark in the glass, with a good bit of heft and just an all around easy drinker.

2019 vintage

Solid and chugging along. Really a very pleasant midweek quaffer.

2019 vintage

Strikes me as a solid, fastball down the middle Washington cab. Classic character, cassis and some blackberry. Some minerality on the finish. Not the most complex or layered wine in the world but tasty and without any significant faults. At $10 a bottle it feels like I stole it

2019 vintage

Still solid, dark red fruits, nice structure, lift in midpalate, and smooth tannins at finish. Need to try this beside some WA branded Red Mountain Cabs.

2019 vintage

Cherry, blueberry compote, cassis, toasted oak, vanilla. Well put together wine, resolved tannin, long finish, though somewhat hot with high alcohol present due to resolved tannin. Pleasant but not profound.

2019 vintage

Lovely, straight shooting Cab from Washington. Ran in through through the Aervana and it opened up some more in the glass. Young tasting so perhaps a 2 hour decant would have been a good choice if I had time. Probably better in a few years, but drinkable now if given sufficient air. Tastes like a quality wine from a good producer. Solid

2019 vintage

Markedly better on day 2.

2019 vintage

Drinking nicely.

2019 vintage

Night two notes. Black fruits are dominant with silky tannins and vanilla on the finish.

2019 vintage

Generally good but a decent amount of menthol/eucalyptus on the nose and palate. Distracts from the rather nice cabernet fruit character. I’ve had this bottle a few times and never had this experience. Not bad but not as enjoyable as I remember.

2019 vintage

Creme de cassis, dust, cacao. Black and blue fruits with wet stone, great structure with a broad finish of silky tannins. Opened up over ~3 hours. Really good value.

2019 vintage

Had a few ounces then left the bottle overnight in the fridge. Wasn't able to get around to it so had to portion into 4oz bottles. Nose has dark cherries that are rich and dense. Some richness from oak as well. Palate is medium bodied and shows true cherry, little kiss of oak, some nice acidity and red florals. Finish has some chocolate covered raspberries and more cherries. Pretty simple and one dimensional, though admittedly I didn't give this wine …

2019 vintage

Drank over 4 days. A guest opened a bottle near the end of a Friday tasting night, but only drank a quarter glass. I walked over, tried a sip, and squirreled it away for later. Day 1 was a pretty good PnP, but improved by day 4 (Monday). Nearly inky, with pronounced cherry aroma in the glass. First taste comes with dark fruit, cherry, and some leather/smoky barrel characteristics. Trying to note the secondary flavors, I thought blueberry came through, …

2019 vintage

This is an opaque extracted wine with quintessential blue and black fruits and a touch of cherry on the finish. The wine has a leather quality with some old world dusty tannin, but new school big Washington wine that delivers in an outstanding way, for the price point. It can lean in with a musty tinge as well, but in a "we've stored this wine in a cave in France way". It also has a mint/menthol focus as well and …

2019 vintage

Splash decant and back to bottle. Poured off a few ounces and rest back to bottle for slow ox. Will update day 2. Houyi vineyard. Nose of mixed berry compote underpinned by minerals and oak. Palate is medium full and reasonably lively. Plenty of dark fruits with a hint of herbal complexity. Some ripe tobacco too. Finish is slightly more savory but still a huge amount of dense fruit. Some cedar and sweet tobacco but definite cassis and rich oak …

2019 vintage

Consistent with my earlier note

2019 vintage

From De Negoce: I have been sourcing grapes and wine from the spectacular Notre Vue/Windsor Oaks vineyard on Chalk Hall for decades and I can tell you this is the best Cabernet I have ever tasted off of this property. Partial credit goes to the fantastic 2019 vintage, who's warmth propelled the Chalk Hill appellation into one of the best vintages in decades, with the rest going to Keith Rutz who has given us a spectacular wine at an unprecedented …

2019 vintage

Dark fruit, dark color and a tad drying on the finish. Has that Washington state flavor that i don't love but overall a very nice wine.

2019 vintage

A delightful cab. On the nose, without decanting it is pretty wound up and forceful. A tight wine; it might be worth decanting for a bit to truly get more out of it. After an hour or so, I had a medium and fruity to start with a longer, blackberry jammy finish and some nice earthy/rocky finish that you can't help but notice. I ordered it as part of a shipment with various wines and liked it so much I …

2019 vintage

First dN to go from N.# to Lot#. My First post on CT.My First Tasting of #150, with finally almost 2 years in the bottle. Pours dark, slightly hot nose, and rich palate. Long Finish. With 3-4 hours in the decanter the nose cools off and the flavors emerge. This is just starting to hit its stride, I will wait for more time in the cellar, then try again. 23 bottles left. This will age well for another 3-5 years. …

2019 vintage

Jammy and hot- 14.7% ABV per back label. Good QPR at about $14 landed. However, not much structure and very primary.

2019 vintage

This has the stuffing for a great QPR… still a bit disjointed but all the components are there.. brooding dark fruit but very primary at the moment .. give another year or two.. was starting to come around after 2 hour decant.

2019 vintage

Big wine. Very big wine. Might calm down with a little more time. Cheesr!

2019 vintage

Pulled from basement at 61 degrees. Decanted, swirled and poured. Good fruit on the nose. Initially a little flat but became more giving of the red fruit as it opened up. Tannins not particularly noticeable, nice balance. First of six, looking forward to seeing how the rest develop, but a nice weeknight quaff now. Very happy with this purchase.

2019 vintage

This wine was even better than before. Very dark purple in the glass, and seeming very "fresh" and fruity. Nice dark rich fruit flavors and really very smooth almost "qauffable" as Cam likes to say. Not too tannic, just nice fresh fruit flavors/aromas. I really enjoyed this bottle & sorry that it's the last one.

2019 vintage

This is my third bottle of this cab. Despite being identified as a “drink or hold” wine, I’m putting my remaining bottles in the hold category. The tension between tannins & acidity has not smoothed out sufficiently for my preferences (even after being open for a few days), though wine drinkers who prefer more assertive wines might really like this wine when it’s younger. I liked the wine better slightly chilled & I think another year will make all the …

2019 vintage

Splash decant, 15min later. Beautiful Cabernet nose of red currants, iron earth, violets. Palate is medium body with great concentration and elegance. Lighter currants, stemmy herbs, red earth, violets. Plenty of tannic and acidic tension. Finish is rather drying and chewy but is beautifully floral with fruits too. Wow, this has gotten so much better since my last bottle. Palate has rounded out and gained strength though is still on the elegant side. Tons of complexity that is just starting …

2019 vintage

Inky opaque purple fringing to dark ruby. Heavy body. Black cherry with a touch of cedar/smoke, maybe little hint of menthol/eucalyptus. Graphite. More of same on palate with mocha. Mocha and eucalyptus linger to a medium length finish. Complex and classy for the $13 or so I paid Updated with Cam's notes for my reference: Deep, deep, ruby - just a shade off of inky. Newly but nicely emerging from shock with an ethereal bouquet of sweet florals and black …

2019 vintage

A QPR winner! $19 on their site, we got a sale price of $13.30/bottle. This is a bottle you can gladly share with friends - even those with very high standards. We will definitely seek out more.

2019 vintage

Opened & decanted on arrival day. Very deep dark purple in the glass with dark fruit aromas and flavors. At first this really did taste like #240.. but with a shorter finish. Definitely dark fruits - cherries, berries, plums, figs - flavors with a little bit of spice. I didn't think it was overly tannic - enough to stand up to beef & other big flavor foods. This was also good with out food - thus a real easy drinker. …

2019 vintage

Deep ruby. Restrained nose of black cherries and anise, on the palate medium acidity cherries and raspberries, very primary, nice long finish. In a good place and ready to go with a short decant. Very good.

2019 vintage

This was an enjoyable wine: smooth , rich, layered, with a good nose & delicious dark fruits on the tongue, combined with a long finish. A real crowd-pleaser with broad appeal.

2019 vintage

This was deep dark purple, and even with only a short 1 hr decant, it was really good. A little excess alcohol bite at the end for me but overall a good bottle for grilled steaks, meats, etc. Dark fruits, not sweet, some spice/herbal flavors, good tannins for heavier foods. This was a good wine that was an even better QPR. I think that this is a wine that will and did please all kinds of palettes.

2019 vintage

Deep ruby colored with nose of cherry and leather. Taste has typical Red Mountain dust with a long finish and quite tannic even after a 4 hr decant. Small amount of bitter woody notes on the finish but not unpleasant and showing quite a bit of complexity

2019 vintage

Decanted 30min, back into bottle for a few hours. Color is a touch lighter and more translucent. Red/purple flowers, crushed red rock, dark berries, little bit of leather on the nose. Palate is a very smooth, little bit of acid, medium full body but stays light on its feet, nice red and black cherry, fine but good tannic structure. Finish shows power and complexity, with fruit and acid making way for grippy but fine tannins and leathery/earthy notes. Nice wine …

2019 vintage

Purple and opaque in the glass, freshly picked purple lilacs, blue flowers and vanilla aromas; light to medium bodied, a lighter feel in the mouth grows in the glass; soft, effusive dark blue fruits & black currant on the palate, an ever so slight dryness on the sweet and strong finish develops over an hour into full blown tannin dryness but the sweet finish persists throughout There is a subtle power to this bottling, a pleasure now but you can …

2019 vintage

Solid cab that has a classic Wash state profile. It’s very solid start to finish, dense wild berry and cassis. Full bodied but not heavy, with smooth texture and a medium finish. For the price paid this wine is much better than any $15 bottle I’d get at my local wine shop

2019 vintage

Very nice floral bouquet. Hint of clean soap, refreshing. Very aromatic. Dark burgandy throughout. Very tannic. This wine needs time in the bottle to settle down. Give it time. 2 hour decant and still wound up tightly. Dark fruit flavors of blackberry, blueberry and cassis. Hint of cocoa on the finish. Very nice wine with significant time to agree on the bottle. Should be fantastic in a few years. Give it some time.

2019 vintage

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