Great Northwest Platinum Awards

2020: Double Gold Medal Winner

SavorNW

2020: 93 Points & Double Gold Medal Winner: On the nose, lovely aromas draw you in with a nice mix of jammy black fruit that mix seamlessly with notes of cedar, dried herbs, baking spice and a hint of vanilla. On the palate, it delivers a beautifully rounded mouthfeel, with flavors of silky black plum and baking spice that linger on the mid-palate, finishing with just a hint of violet, peppery spice and earth.

2019: 90 Points & Gold Medal Winner: This Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with 17% Malbec that adds a nice juiciness. It delivers balanced flavors of dark berries and baking spice that mix with notes of chocolate on the mid-palate with emerging textured notes of cocoa and a finish hinting at earthy graphite. On the nose, it draws you in with pleasing aromas of dark fruit and spice alluding to Allspice with herbal notes of green peppercorn.

Seattle Wine Awards

2020: 94 Points & Gold Medal Winner

E & E Shaw Vineyards

Our 12 acre vineyard is planted with the 3 major Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, in the world famous Red Mountain Apellation. It was planted for us in 1997 by Eve’s brother, Fred Artz. It’s planted on a 9′ X 6′ spacing, bilateral cordon trained, and is spur pruned to produce approximately 10 lbs. per vine or about 3 1/2 tons per acre. We hand prune, thin and harvest and use no herbicides. We practice integrated pest management with a very soft, sustainable spray program. Because we are small, we can take great care in hand raising our grapes. We believe that exceptional wine is largely made in the vineyard. Our 100% estate grown red wines are proof of the high quality of our vineyard.

Sigillo Cellars sources Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from Shaw vineyards.

Bellingham Northwest Wine Festival

2019: Double Gold Winner

SavorNW

2019: 90 Points & Gold Medal Winner: This Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with 17% Malbec that adds a nice juiciness. It delivers balanced flavors of dark berries and baking spice that mix with notes of chocolate on the mid-palate with emerging textured notes of cocoa and a finish hinting at earthy graphite. On the nose, it draws you in with pleasing aromas of dark fruit and spice alluding to Allspice with herbal notes of green peppercorn.

The Wine Panel

2019: 94 Points: To date, this was our highest scoring Cabernet. A panel of judges can be a tough audience when the winemaker is no where to be found. Having said that, when all of the judges came around to discussing this wine, there was a universal appreciation for this Cab. Cabernet shouldn’t be too soft, but soft enough to be fun to drink. Silky with very fine tannins. Ripe but not overripe fruit, with a myriad of dark flavors like plum, blackberry, even blueberry, along with enough toast and vanilla from a nice barrel aging without being overdone. In the end, elegant, classy, and well, awesome.