WA:91 Drink Date: 2023 - 2028
A blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Vik fermented after a cold soak, went through malolactic in barrel and matured for 26 months in French oak barrels, 55% of them new. It has 14.7% alcohol, a little riper than the 2018 I tasted next to it, and also kept some residual sugar, 3.59 grams. 2019 was a warmer and drier year than 2018, and the wine is a little more closed and less aromatic. The wine is full-bodied with generous tannins and some oak-related flavors that might need a little more time in bottle. It finishes quite dry, and the sugar is not noticeable. 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2020.
