Tasting Notes

WA98

One of his more experimental wines is called Deep Time. The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Deep Time spent 46 months in cask. There are only probably two winemakers I know who are pushing long cask-aging this far: Manfred Krankl with some of his long, barrique-aged Rhône Ranger wines and Justin Smith doing the same thing farther north at Saxum. Forty-six months may be the longest time I have known a Cabernet Sauvignon to spend in oak, but like so many things with Jayson Woodbridge, although it may seem irrational, when you taste the results it all adds up. The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Deep Time shows no evidence of oak, which I know may be hard to believe, but go ahead, find a bottle and taste it. It is a layered, powerful, seamless Cabernet Sauvignon with loads of graphite, forest floor, cedar wood, crème de cassis and blackberry. The wine is dense and full-bodied. No one would ever guess by its youthfulness and energetic personality that this wine had spent this much time in cask. Look for it to continue to drink well from its release forward, easily 25 or more years.

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