Long Shadows, Feather Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley

Fine but nothing special. Forest floor, cherry, smoke, oak and spice. Medium finish.

2004 vintage

Wow, what a great wine. PnP through aerator, dark color and incredible nose. Deep black fruits, graphite, well integrated and a very long finish. Fantastic!

2012 vintage

DELICIOSO!!! If you have any, try one soon... drinking perfectly now. So well balanced, great mouthfeel, spectacular color, and what an amazing flavor profile. Open one, and find out for yourself.

2012 vintage

Decanted for two hours. Plenty of life still. Lots of red and blue fruit, medium body but a bit lacking in texture and depth.

2004 vintage

Very dark and dry tannins with blackberry and tobacco

2006 vintage

Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (R&R's) : Blind. A good bit of bricking hints at an older wine. A bouillon cube aroma dominates the red fruit undertones. Flavors of dried herbs and ripe, plummy fruit on the palate. The bouillon note is a bit distracting. This bottle has not held up as well as we had hoped it might. This had been double decanted two hours before the flight was poured and there was no hint that this would have …

2006 vintage

With Jeroen and Isobel, brought this to DeLorenzo's Tomato Pies (a NJ classic). Last bottle from a batch purchsed from Garagiste circe 2009. Decanted and rebottled about 3 hours before drinking. Notes from 2020: "Nose showing dark cherry, savory, vanilla oak, cedar. Aromas jumped out during the decant. Palate of dark fruits, blackberry, currant, baking spice. Perfumed secondary notes. Medium weight, smooth texture." This showing had more pronounced blue and dark fruits, blueberry/blackberry and currants. Rich texture and good persistence …

2006 vintage

Nice.

2012 vintage

Fabulous full bodied wine! This is my flavor

2004 vintage

Had high hopes for this one as I have had some great older Feathers of late, ‘05 & ‘07. But alas this 2004 is past it’s prime and on its way downhill. Both aroma and taste are highly subdued from ones I have had in the past.

2004 vintage

Wow...just WOW!! I have had a lot of the Long Shadows wines, and they tend to be in my wheelhouse for qualitity, I like them and the style in which they are made. But THIS wine tonight was off the charts. BIG Cab, but not bombastic big, amazing intensity and "energy" without overstepping. Fruit, floral, oak, earth, it was all there. Finish for days, and I'd say another 3-5 years at this level. But why wait! Randy Dunn I salute …

2012 vintage

Similar notes to last time. Easy to drink, well balanced wine. Very expressive of the region. Medium bodied. Lacks a bit in the complexity department, but other than that, a very well made wine.

2004 vintage

Excellent long finish, elegant dark fruit with light oak, vanilla notes. Drinking well now and next few years. Excellent with Easter lamb.

2012 vintage

1/22/2022 consumed, decanted for 2 hours. Had subtle flavor of Blackberry and plum. Well balanced, delicious!!!

2006 vintage

1/22/22 Pored through Vinturi. Bottle stored on side and I see sediment, good. Good cork, not soft, hard as a rock, no infiltration. Wine really fragrant right after opening. Deeply maroon colored, cork end the same. Initially tasted diluted and watery but it's not. Very fruit forward and tannins are present but not fierce, just right. Slight bricking at rim of glass. This is a very nice cabernet. I swish this and I can taste tannins, but not bitter or …

2012 vintage

Should not have waited this long, a few years past it’s prime.

2006 vintage

Decanted and showing moderate fine sediment. Aromas show notes of cassis, blueberry, sweet dark cherry and plum that show nuances of cocoa, herbs, cedar, pepper spice, earth and hints of bell pepper. The palate is full-bodied and dry with firm, grippy, dusty tannins. Acidity is structured. Flavors show darker fruits with plum, cassis, fig and dried blueberry that come with earth, cocoa, herbs, spice with hints of floral pastilles and wood. The dry finish lingers above-moderately.

2012 vintage

Garnet colored, medium bodied, dark blackberry, black currant and black cherry fruits with earthy leather, black tea, spices and toasted oak on a moderate tannin laced finish. https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2021/09/chateau-montelena-napa-cabernet-long.html

2006 vintage

Decanted 1 hour. Blueberry, plums, light spice and cocoa. Silky smooth with fine tannins. Well balanced.

2012 vintage

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2006 vintage

big and rich with tannins attenuated

2004 vintage

Opened last night for dinner with friends at the Biltmore. This bottle followed a 22 year old Bordeaux and the differences and similarities were striking! Color is dark red and the nose was inviting with light leather, flowers and baking spice. The mouth was filled with what seemed to be a youthful but complex Cabernet. I find most of the tasting notes below to be very accurate so I won't recapitulate. This wine is in a perfect spot and I …

2006 vintage

Nose of blueberry, leather, spice & slate. A very nice tasting cab with a surprisingly peppery finish on day one. Day two presented more cocoa notes in the finish.

2012 vintage

very youthful, years to go, full on fruit, currants, berry, blackberry, well integrated tannins, much softer than Dunn Napa and Howell Mountain, but like them seems to be ageing glacially

2006 vintage

Napa Howell Mountain legend Randy Dunn makes this Columbia Valley Cabernet for the Long Shadows Project. This ‘12 was absolutely gorgeous. Fully integrated with nuance, balance, and perfect weight. Definitely a Washington Cabernet with some basalt notes, silky tannins, and just the right acid/oak balance. Drinking perfectly with just a short decant.

2012 vintage

Classic Cab profile of blackberry, pencil lead and oak. Smooth velvety texture. Good although not blow us away good. A little short on depth.

2004 vintage

The last of my four, and drinking beautifully. Reminds me of a high quality Pessac-Leognan. Plum on the nose, and lots of cassis and trailing blackberry in the mouth with real minerality and a touch of herb on the finish. Purchased on release and stored in the cellar since. This has much time left.

2006 vintage

TCA

2004 vintage

In my cellar from release, well stored bottles. Decanted for about 90 minutes, drank over 2 hours. Paired with some savory pulled pork. Deep purple/garnet color, mild separation. Nose showing dark cherry, savory, vanilla oak. Aromas jumped out during the decant. Palate of dark fruits, blackberry, currant, baking spice. Perfumed secondary notes. Medium weight, smooth texture. This might be in a perfect spot right now, although I have no comparison. I had let these bottles cellar for a while given …

2006 vintage

This wine has been in my EuroCave for nearly 9 years and was fresh and vibrant when I opened it and poured it to accompany a nice steak. I noticed that Wine Spectator said drink by 2013. They couldn't have been more wrong. This wine will last for another 5 years easily, stored properly, but is 'singing right on pitch' right now! Outstanding!

2006 vintage

Nose on this is incredible, textbook cab. Overall flavor is great too, however slightly disappointed in the lack of body and surprisingly short finish. There’s quite a bit “missing” mid-palate. Still quite enjoyable, if incomplete. Consumed over 2 hours with no real change. Drink now before the fruit disappears.

2004 vintage

Decanted for 2 hrs. Massive nose of dense dark red fruits - cassis and black cherry. Great spice and dried herbs. Still quite young but so much potential. Paired well w grilled striploins and twice baked spuds w Cambozola. Thank you Mr Dunn & Mr Shoup for a terrific collaboration. Last of our ‘12 Feathers.

2012 vintage

Smooth and velvety with plums and cherries. Drinking well.

2006 vintage

This wine is showing well right now and will continue to improve over the next couple of years. It needs decanting to really show. Leather, tobacco, cherry and giant mouthwatering finish. Night 2 with the wine was even better.

2012 vintage

The nose identified the usual suspects of dark fruit, smoke box, saddle, spice and a hint of vanilla. The fruit has moved secondary on the palate, and now has over reliance on the acid structure.

2006 vintage

Another excellent showing. Deep, dark and sweet fruit, complex currant and black plum fruit. Delicious.

2006 vintage

Drinking very well. I would say it’s in the prime drinking window. Decently expressive nose. Smokey and earthy with an undercurrent of black cherry and cedar. Round and nicely resolved tannins. Nice lingering finish that gains weight with time. 7-18-9-9

2006 vintage

Took to J&A's. Sweet dark fruit and leather very much like the 04 Abeja but with more iron-rich minerality. A splendid showing.

2006 vintage

Well structured cab, nice tenants, not too much fruit, will do well with more time.

2012 vintage

At 15 years, this wine is fully mature. A nice break from all the just released, big, fruity wines we've been drinking from CA the past couple months. Tannins are fully integrated, nice balance, lots of flavor variety on the initial palate (sage, black currant, herbs, pencil lead, hint of menthol). Finish is a tad bit short and no secondary characteristics though. It's still a very enjoyable wine though and glad we have one more. Drink now-2022.

2004 vintage

Stunning, well balanced, caramel, leather, rich plum, big fruit, current, chewy - just a great wine! The finish takes up residence like your best friend! Too bad it is gone - could drink this all night! 95 points!

2012 vintage

Decanted, drank over 3+hrs. Oak is starting to mellow out now, letting more fruit and spice notes show through. Very enjoyable, but still on the young side - try again in 1-2yrs, easily has 5+ years to go.

2012 vintage

An amazing WA Cab. First reaction was that this is spicy for a cab. Tobacco leaf, espresso, lead pencil shavings. herbs and olives.

2012 vintage

Fruits have gone a bit secondary, some currants and raspberries give way to cedar and leather.

2006 vintage

The fruit is gone. I held this bottle too long. It is a mature cab with good nose, but no fruit and a bit of stringent finish.

2006 vintage

Last night we paired this with a curry-cured rib-eye. This wine has never lived up to the Dunn reputation. Never had the complexity of his California wines, and now at age 14, it's one-noted and proves itself past peak as the last glass devolves into soy sauce flavors. Not one of my six bottles ever having developed anything in the way of satisfying secondary nuances. It's a real problem with Washington wines: too many don't age well--they just get old, …

2004 vintage

Another three years in cellar fixed the issues I had with this wine in 2014. It's in prime drinking window now, everything in alignment and well-balanced, with time to go. 2004 was an underrated vintage in WA--here's more proof.

2004 vintage

Smooth as silk. Not much on the fruit but very enjoyable but mature vino

2006 vintage

Still youthful but drinking really well now. Decanted for 2hrs

2012 vintage

Big nose. Free forward. Nice silky finish. Excellent

2006 vintage

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