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SHOP / 2012 Harrison Hill

Varietal

65% Cabernet Sauvignon
25% Merlot
8% Cabernet Franc
2% Petit Verdot

Appellation

Snipes Mountain AVA

Aging

Drink Now Or Age 15+ Years

Vineyard

Harrison Hill

2012 Harrison Hill

A vintage showing classic black cherry characters along with Herbs de Provence, sandalwood, peppercorns and a touch of fresh leather. This year has superb lift with dense black and blue fruits, earth tones, star anise and cardamom. It demonstrates great complexity and Bordeaux-like focus steeped in grace and elegance that reinforces Harrison Hill’s impressive pedigree – enjoy another great vintage.

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94-96 Barrel Score

— Jeb Dunnuck, Robert Parker

94-96 Barrel Score

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Harrison Hill continues to show the quality of this unique site. Beautiful all around, with fabulous purity of fruit and a layered, seamless character, it exhibits notions of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, tobacco leaf, and edgy minerality. Full-bodied and slightly more fruit-driven than previous vintages (prior vintages showed a slightly more feral/wild character at this point), it will drink reasonably well on release yet have 15 years of prime drinking.

June 2015

Additional Scores:

92+

Vinous

July 2015

93

Wine Enthusiast

September 2015

95

Jeb Dunnuck

January 2018

Pairing Suggestion

Ravioli with Pancetta — Harrison Hill is a wine that will age beautifully and can be enjoyed with a plethora of selections over time. Consider pairing with grilled or roasted lamb, roasted beef or venison. Earthy vegetables such as Brussel sprouts, parsnips, squash, mushrooms and dark greens pair particularly well. For older vintages, pairings with game birds such as duck and pheasant or lighter stews are recommended.

Behind the Wine

2012 Harrison Hill

A Bordeaux-style blend from a small, historic vineyard on Snipes Mountain, this wine is labelled after the vineyard’s namesake – Harrison Hill. Over the past six decades, the state’s second oldest Cabernet vines have matured gracefully while producing progressively limited yields. This slow, elegant maturation is a compelling expression of what it means to be a terroir-driven wine.

Vineyards

Harrison Hill, a five-acre site in the Snipes Mountain AVA, still boasts a 1962 Cabernet Sauvignon planting by William Bridgman, a pioneer of planting European wine grapes in Washington State. These vines are the second oldest in the state, and the oldest used in commercial wine production.

Winemaking

Single Vineyard blend from Harrison Hill. Stainless steel fermented, 14-16 days on skins. Barrel aged 20 months in French oak (92% new). Bottle aged 10 months prior to release.