Sleight Of Hand The Illusionist Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

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Vintage
2015

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750ML

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Winemaker Notes

Using mostly Estate fruit from the Walla Walla, Red Mtn., and Horse Heaven Hills AVA's, Sleight of Hand has composed an incredibly complex, elegant Cabernet. The deep, opaque ruby red color leads to aromas and flavors of spicebox and tobacco, leather, herbes de provence, and copious amounts of dark red and black fruits. This wine is beautifully balanced, with terrific acidity, a full, rich texture, and mouth coating, fine grained tannins that lead to a long finish. Drink this over the next two decades.

Blend: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot

Professional Ratings

  • 94
    The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Illusionist (there's 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot) spent 20 months in 65% new French oak. It offers a more classic Cabernet Sauvignon bouquet of crème de cassis, tobacco, damp earth and chocolate. As with the Archimage, it's full-bodied, rich, and concentrated, with sweet tannin, and is going to drink nicely for a decade or more.
  • 93
    A stylishly presented nose with fine, spiced-chocolate notes, across a rich array of ripe red-to-dark berries. The palate has impressively fine tannins that carry long and even, around a core of fresh and vibrant purple berries. Plenty of appeal here. Drink or hold.
  • 91
    Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2015 The Illusionist offers up aromas of red and black currants, cigar box and loamy soil, followed by a medium to full-bodied, textural and chewy palate that concludes with a tangy, vanilla-inflected finish. While I gravitate to the Syrah bottlings, it's a nice wine that may improve with a year or two in bottle.
    Rating: 91+

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Sleight Of Hand

Sleight Of Hand

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Sleight Of Hand, Washington
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Born out of a chance meeting at the Sun Valley Wine Auction's trade tasting that developed into a deep friendship, and a shared passion for outstanding wine, rock and roll, and fun, Sleight of Hand Cellars is the brainchild (love child) of Trey Busch and Jerry Solomon. Following that initial meeting in 2002, Trey, Jerry, and the winery's third partner, Sandy Solomon, started doing annual wine dinners in Sun Valley while Trey worked as the winemaker at another local winery (a job he had taken after training under Eric Dunham of Dunham Cellars beginning in 2000). Those dinners continued for four years, until in 2006 Trey finally convinced Sandy and Jerry to come over to Walla Walla for a visit.

That visit proved to be life-changing for the three partners. In less than 24 hours after their arrival in Walla Walla, the Solomons had not only fallen in love with Walla Walla and its unique charm, but a deal had been struck to start the winery. In June of 2007 the winery officially opened its doors with a small storefront tasting room in Downtown Walla Walla, while renting space at another winery for production purposes. But great press, and outstanding scores from critics, soon changed those minimalist beginnings.

Sleight of Hand Cellars has two basic goals in its vision statement, to make world class wines and to have fun while doing it—a visit to the winery is all the proof anyone needs to confirm that the winery, and its partners, are succeeding on both fronts. The winery has been open for less than ten years, but in that time Sleight of Hand Cellars has been named one of "The Next Generation" of up and coming wineries in Washington State, as well as one of "The Next Cult Wineries" by Seattle Magazine. We have had numerous wines make the top 100 of Wine and Spirits Magazine, as well as Seattle Met Magazine.

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Washington produces so many exciting wines, and that definitely includes Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. With over 10,000 acres under vine, Cabernet Sauvignon is now the most widely-grown varietal in the state. Terrific examples hail from sub-appellations like Red Mountain, Wahluke Slope, Horse Heaven Hills and Walla Walla Valley. One of the fascinations of these Columbia Valley Cabs is that they so often seem to have one foot in the New World and one in the Old. Representing the former are characteristics like the ripe, forward fruit that results from long sunny days during the growing season (up to two hours longer than in much of California). Old World similarities include an undeniable brightness from acidity, as well as notes of herbs, graphite and a dusty, sometimes gravelly minerality.

Whether you’re looking for a budget bottle for everyday enjoyment, or a stellar, world-class wine with tremendous aging potential, Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wines can deliver the goods! Among the many fine options are bottles from Columbia Crest, Chateau Ste. Michelle, L’ecole #41, Quilceda Creek and Leonetti.

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