Vashon Winery Journal (vashonwineryjournal.com)

I was invited to taste some of Vashon Winery’s wines from our cellar. I chose six different Cabernet Sauvignons, plus two Semillons. The Cabs that we tried were the ‘90, ‘92, ‘93 (Reserve), ‘96, ‘98 and ‘02. The Semillons were the ‘05 and the ‘93.

This tasting was suggested by my friend Nina Milligan for her Ladies Only tasting group. They are a group of lovely women that all have been in the industry, and most still are.

We started with the ‘05 Semillon. It was rich with great fruit, almost buttery.

Then we served each wine one at a time but saved enough in our glasses to go back and taste again. The ‘90 Cab was remarkable; the color only barely hinted at its age with just a tinge of orange. It smelled of crushed leaves and wilted rose petals. The ‘92 was beautiful with a great fruit, hinting at raspberry. The ‘93 was our reserve with the special label, The Wine Project. It was still muscular and rich and just starting to open up. Then the ‘96 that I thought had a wonderful direct fruit character and I nice linear character. Then the ‘98 was just beautiful, simpler, but younger. Then finally the ‘02 Cab which drank great with nice rich flavors but without the qualities of the older wines.

All were impressive. I was most impressed by the ‘90, ‘96 and ‘02.

The ‘90 and ‘96 were cooler vintages. And the quality that they had were higher acids…the key to aging the wine.

We finished with the ‘93 Semillon which was interesting. The fruit character that I thought would be richer had dried out, and the wine seemed sharp and a bit acid. It was a good wine and would have gone well with either a white fish dish or maybe pork.

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