DeLille Cellars Four Flags Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The 2021 Four Flags showcases the best qualities of our beloved Red Mountain AVA, in a warm vintage with beautiful richness and a silky firm structure. Red currants, graphite, fresh blackberry, and black tea leaf sing from the glass. The palate has incredible texture and liveliness, with flavors of dark chocolate, fresh truffle, and star
anise. The assortment of baking spice aromas, from the 78% of new French oak, add a layer of spice and complexity that lifts this wine to another level. Enjoy over several hours if drinking young or hold for several years to experience the new heights this wine will travel to.

APPELLATION: Red Mountain AVA
VINEYARDS: Upchurch, Grand Ciel, Klipsun, Ciel du Cheval

Stainless steel fermented, 14-16 days on skins. Barrel aged 20 months in French oak (78% new). Bottle aged 10 months prior to release

Robert Parker has called DeLille Cellars the “Lafite Rothschild of Washington State.” It is no coincidence that this boutique winery is often compared with First-Growth Bordeaux Chateaux. DeLille Cellars is dedicated to handcrafting elegant wines in the Bordeaux style, using only the very finest hand sorted grape clusters to make their wine. These sophisticated wines are made to uncompromising standards of quality. All of the wines are aged in new French oak and are bottled unfiltered. Winemaker Chris Upchurch talks in terms of ‘complete wine’, with qualities like opulence, mouthfeel, balance and elegance. Chris’ goal is simple: to blend the very best hand-crafted, Bordeaux style red and white wines made in the state of Washington. As a testament to his success, DeLille set the record for the highest price paid for a bottle of Washington State wine at auction ($16,000 in 1997).