Woodward Canyon Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 750ml

This wine is dark purple and dense in the glass. Aromas of cocoa, black currant, and anise develop with a rich concentration of ripe black fruits and molasses. New French oak integrates the fruit, acid, and alcohol creating a nice weight, texture, and overall mouthfeel. The smooth but firm tannins leave you with a seamlessly rich and long finish. The wine expresses the purity of fully mature cabernet sauvignon that can only be achieved from old vine fruit. Store and serve at cellar temperature.

95 Points - Wine Enthusiast, Cellar Selection

This wine has quite an old vine pedigree, with fruit primarily sourced from the Champoux and Sagemoor Vineyards. It's mostly Cabernet Sauvignon, with small amounts of Malbec and Petit Verdot. It is full bodied, with sturdy tannins and aromas and flavors of blueberries, black currants, seared steak and espresso. Enjoy now until 2034.

94+ Points - Jeb Dunnuck

The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Old Vines comes from a mix of sites and was brought up all in new French barrels. Its deep plum/purple color is followed by a ripe, meaty, iron-laced bouquet offering plenty of black fruit, leafy herbs, chocolate, and graphite. This concentrated, medium to full-bodied red has a great mid-palate, ripe tannins, and outstanding length. It's tight, closed, and mostly potential today, but this is a terrific wine that will benefit from 4-5 years in the cellar and evolve for two decades.

94 Points - International Wine Report

The 2020 Woodward Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon Old Vines is sourced from some of Washington’s oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards. Possessing 3% each of Petit Verdot and Malbec and spending 22 months in 100% new French oak, this medium purple offering shows prominent oak on the nose. The fine, settled, and sultry tannic base provides a wonderful mouthfeel. Blackberry, smokey bramble, prune, and sweet tobacco are all present early. This medium-bodied wine continues to round out as it moves mid-palate through the finish, flashing ripe plum, concentrated licorice, and slight liquid malt. There is no reason to delay enjoying this wine, it is approachable now and will have 15 good years of enjoyment ahead of it. 

94 Points - Vinous

Opening slowly in the glass, the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Old Vines from Woodward Canyon blends dusty dried roses with crushed black raspberry, dried cherries, savory exotic spice and the slightest hint of animal musk that adds an Old World flair. It's rich and textural on the palate, balanced by brisk acids and cooling mineral tones, displaying potent wild berry fruits and wild herbal tones that form toward the close. A wall of grippy tannins penetrate deeply as red currant notes mix with cola and mocha through the long and dramatic finale. This is packed full of potential, but the 2020 is just begging for a long stay in the cellar to show its best.