Domaine Magdalena Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 (750ML)

A warm year for the Red Mountain AVA. The juxtaposition of ph and brix established a wine with softness, with a high percentage of the fine tannin which replaces acid structure as the main core of angularity. Aged for 15 months in neutral barrels, this wine displays a raw and wild interpretation of Cabernet Sauvignon. Transparency is key to this vintage.

Maggie Hedges grew up in Northern California and her farther was a wine connoisseur in the 70s, before it was trendy. When Maggie met her husband, Christophe, she loved red wine, but her entire experience was based around California – she knew nothing about Washington State wine. She was virtually a blank slate. Christophe, half French and already seeped in the industry through his family winery, was her guide. Maggie underwent a steep learning curve – some of her first dinners with the in-laws included blind tastings – but a passion for Washington vineyards, specifically the Red Mountain AVA, became ingrained quickly. In addition to Washington wines, she learned to enjoy so many other wines by cultivating an appreciation for place, otherwise known as terroir. When Maggie and Cristophe married in 2004, instead of taking a honeymoon they put everything we had into a piece of land on Red Mountain, and planted a vineyard. They planted four acres of Cabernet Sauvignon and within a few years built our home on our vineyard property.

The main tenet of Biodynamics is minimal input, to allow things to grow the way they would without human intervention. Domaine Magdalena’s winemaking philosophy emulates this. Unmasked by unnecessary oak or time in barrel, it is the truest expression of our land and its story in the year of 2014.