Founded in 2013, Rocky Pond now has 100 acres under vine in two district locations in the Columbia Valley. From its three tasting rooms, it offers a wide range of wines with emphasis on red wines. This blend of 51% Malbec and 49% Cabernet Sauvignon was aged for 22 months in 35% new oak. It comes across as quite unusual with an aroma of black currants, plums along with tea leaf and cigar box. On the palate it offers plenty of ripe, juicy fruit but it is held in check by some dusty tannins and light oak. It finishes with a rush of Malbec’s juicy fruit but is complex and multi-faceted overall.
Rocky Pond Estate Winery, Columbia Valley (Washington) 2021
By Norm Roby