SHOP / 2024 Red Willow Malbec
Varietal
100% Malbec
Appellation
Yakima Valley AVA
Aging
Drink now or age 10+ years
Vineyard
Red Willow
2024 Red Willow Malbec
Yakima Valley AVA
The 2024 Red Willow Malbec is dark-fruited, dense and chocolatey. The nose has hints of scorched earth, mountain huckleberry, black currant and fresh espresso, and the slightly chewy tannins are felt broadly on the palate. There is a gravelly, mineral quality, framed by wild strawberry and dark plum flavors. Tightly-wound brambly fruits, bright red fruits and oak spice layer compellingly. This wine is very approachable in its youth and can be cellared 10+ years if desired.
94 Points - Previous Vintage
— Jeb Dunnuck
94 Points - Previous Vintage
Soft tannins and rich blue fruit define the delicious 2023 Malbec Red Willow Vineyard, from two blocks of some of the oldest Malbec vines in the state. There’s a lightness of spice that adds complexity and intrigue to the balanced body weight and enduring freshness on the long finish. Drink now through 2033.
April 2026
Additional Scores:
92
James Suckling
2023 vintage
95
Jeb Dunnuck
2022 vintage
94
Decanter
2022 vintage
Behind the Wine
2024 Red Willow Malbec
Our single-vineyard Malbec is crafted with fruit from one of our original and oldest partners, Red Willow Vineyard. Malbec, one of the five original Bordeaux-style blending varietals, famously thrives in many climates, showcasing characteristics unique to the place it is planted. The Malbec grapes grown on the Red Willow hillsides offer notes of leafy black fruits, blueberries and plum unique to the site, paired with plush, ripe tannins characteristic of Washington Malbec.
Winemaking
Single Vineyard Malbec from Red Willow Vineyard. Cold soaked for 24-36 hours. Fermented on skins for 12-14 days. Aged for 20 months in 100% French oak (40% new). 100% from the old block planting in 2000