
Force Majeure Red Mountain Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
100 points Owen Bargreen: "A stunning wine that has otherworldly potential. This is a bit backwards right now but you can see the potential in this head-turning Cabernet. Loaded with dense blackberry, huckleberry sandalwood and sagebrush notes, with Turkish coffee, this is a massive, brooding Cabernet Sauvignon that will satisfy for decades to come. Give this another year or two in the bottle and this is going to blow your mind. Drink 2025-2050." Given the review above, remember when we wrote this?—Let's cut right to it and break from a long-established rule: this is 100 point Cabernet. It is Cabernet perfection. There, it feels better saying it. I believe it is the best Washington Cabernet Sauvignon available. I love everything about it—and in the 2021 there is an incredible amount to love, as it's amplified, stretching to another galaxy. Incredible black-fruited intensity, tobacco, graphite, depth and power for days yet remarkable balance for a wine of such stature. The tannins are l