Cabernet Sauvignon "Royal Slope", Mullan Road Cellars, Columbia Valley, WA, 2022

• Producer: Mullan Road Cellars (founded by Dennis Cakebread).
• Region: Royal Slope AVA, Columbia Valley, WA.
• Composition: Primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc and Merlot.
• Profile: Rich, full-bodied with sweet tannins, notes of blackberry, plum, black tea, mocha, and savory herbs.
• Production Notes: Sourced from low-yielding vineyards like Stillwater Creek and Lawrence Solaksen. 

Mullan Road Cellars was founded in 2012 by Dennis Cakebread of the renowned Cakebread Cellars winery in Napa Valley. A 40-year veteran of the wine trade, Dennis embarked on a mission to make a world-class Washington State wine embodying the rich history and terroir of the Northwest. Mullan Road Cellars is named for Lieutenant John Mullan, a 19th-century pioneer who built the first wagon road into eastern Washington. Its winemaker is Aryn Morrell, a Washington native who spent years making wine in Napa Valley with prestigious wineries such as Silver Oak Cellars, Joseph Phelps, Quintessa and Chappellet before returning to Washington in 2007. The grapes for Mullan Road Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon come from several outstanding, low-yielding vineyards in the Columbia Valley, including the famed Seven Hills Vineyard, as well as Stillwater Creek Vineyard and the Corfu Crossing Vineyard outside Royal City, in the newly designated Royal Slope appellation.