In 2012, Duckhorn Portfolio made its inaugural vintage of Canvasback Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Home to some of Washington State’s most celebrated vineyards, Red Mountain is renowned for Cabernet. With ideal southwest-facing slopes and significant day and nighttime temperature swings, this small but highly prized area in Eastern Washington produces exceptional wines. Named for the Canvasback duck, native to the Pacific Flyway, Canvasback is crafted from grapes cultivated by some of Red Mountain's finest grape growers.
This luxurious wine draws you in with soaring aromas of cherry pie, grenadine and plum, as well as delightful notions of sagebrush, fennel, sarsaparilla and hints of flinty minerality and barrel spice. On the broad, supple palate, silky tannins underscore concentrated flavors of dark fruit and spice, with sophisticated notes of cocoa, tobacco leaf, black tea, nutmeg and cardamom emerging on the long, rich finish.
