Canoe Ridge Cabernet Expedition

”inspired by explorers lewis and clark who during their 1805 exploration thought the ridge above the columbia river resembled an overturned canoe. We’d argue the best exploration of all is discovering the horse heaven hills delicious quality in every bottle of canoe ridge wine. Uncork your expedition and enjoy. Vintage background the 2016 growing season started quickly with warm temperatures across washington encouraging vigorous vine development. By late june however. Temperatures cooled considerably creating optimal growing conditions for fruit maturation. In late summer rain came to the vineyard and helped ease vine stress while the vineyard teams worked tirelessly to ensure the canopies and fruit clusters would produce top quality grapes. White varietals will express lush tropical notes while early ripening red varietals are well developed with bright fruit notes. Longer ripening red varietals like cabernet sauvignon will show more savory characteristics than in year