North by Northwest Cabernet Sauvignon from King Estate (Summer Hold) - $74.99 - $109.99

Tasting notes & discussion 1

This wine will ship in OCTOBER 2025. If you want it ASAP, click here!

Typically $60/bottle from King Estate Winery
Vintage 2012 from the Columbia Valley
Available for AZ; CA; CO; DC; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; KS; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NM; NV; NY; OR; PA; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; WA; WI; WV; WY
Sold by participating winery or licensee, fulfilled by Wine Country Connect

About King Estate Winery: “The King Estate story is woven into the history of Oregon wine, where winemaking is synonymous with discovery and sustainability. The last 30 years have been focused on innovation, craft, and a deep sense of respect for the land, the vines and the people who enjoy our wines. We have been establishing our traditions, one vintage at a time.”

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TASTING NOTES: “The 2012 vintage is comprised of fruit from several different vineyards, predominately The Benches, Alder Ridge, Seven Hills, and Les Collines. The addition of Merlot, Malbec, and Petit Verdot contributed to the blend’s full body and firm tannins. Chocolate and black fruits like blackberry and currant take center stage in this smooth and balanced wine. After a rich entrance fruit and earth blend seamlessly through a lingering finish. Enjoy now through 2025.” (AbV 13.9%)

VARIETALS: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 4% Malbec, 1% Petit Verdot

BARRELS: 16 months in both American and French oak.

PAIRS WITH: N/A

THAT REMINDS ME OF: Checkers.

Checkers, or draughts, or dames/damas, is a game I’m sure everyone is familiar with to some degree, but just in case. Two players. You have a checkered board and 12 pieces each. Pieces can only move on one color, so everything is diagonal. If you’ve got a piece next to an opponent’s piece with an open space on the other side, you jump over it and take their piece. You don’t have a choice. Get a piece to the other end of the board and you crown it with another piece. That piece can now move backwards, and depending on if you’re playing international style, it can fly. Take all their pieces and you win.

ICYMI, you have two choices:

Worried Summer heat might get to your wine before your wine gets to you? Order from this sale, the page you’re on right now, and we’ll get it to you at a cooler time of year (October)!
Want it ASAP, don’t think heat will be a problem? Order from the sale linked here! We’ll still try to get them to you with as little travel time as we can.

North by Northwest Cabernet Sauvignon from King Estate (Summer Hold) - $74.99 - $109.99

This wine will ship in OCTOBER 2025. If you want it ASAP, click here!

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