{"product_id":"long-shadows-chester-kidder-cabernet-syrah-2021","title":"Long Shadows Chester-Kidder Cabernet-Syrah 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96+ Points - Anthony Mueller. \u003c\/strong\u003eNamed by founder Allen Shoup for his mother Elizabeth Chester and grandmother Maggie Kidder, this is Long Shadows' own flagship red — a New World answer to the great Rhône-Bordeaux hybrids, and the estate's most personal wine. It's built for serious Cabernet and Rhône-blend collectors, and its combination of pedigree, power and a genuinely touching backstory makes it one of the range's most memorable gifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWine Press Ratings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e96+ Points - Anthony Mueller (2021 Vintage)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The 2021 Chester-Kidder is epic. The Cab and Syrah harmonize together with stunning purity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaste\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraphite, cassis and cocoa bean lead to a richly layered palate of black currant and dark chocolate, finishing long and silky. Powerful yet balanced, with real ageing potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Syrah, rounded out with 11% Petit Verdot, sourced across Walla Walla Valley, Red Mountain, Candy Mountain and Wahluke Slope's Stone Tree Vineyard. Aged 30 months in 85% new French oak. 15.2% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Producer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong Shadows Vintners was founded in 2002 by Allen Shoup, former CEO of Chateau Ste. Michelle, on an audacious idea: invite a different world-renowned winemaker to craft each wine in the range, working alongside resident director of winemaking Gilles Nicault, and let each one \"cast their own shadow\" over a single Washington bottling. The result is a small collection of \"best of type\" wines that pair global star power with genuine Columbia Valley provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChester-Kidder carries no outside guest-winemaker credit. Allen Shoup entrusted it to Gilles Nicault, Long Shadows' director of winemaking and viticulture since 2002 and Seattle magazine's Washington State Winemaker of the Year in 2016, specifically because of its sentimental importance to the estate. Nicault, who trained in the south of France before working across the Côtes du Rhône, Provence and Champagne, built Chester-Kidder to showcase what Long Shadows' best vineyard sources can do without a single collaborator's signature — a flagship blend the team describes as near and dear to their hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Long Shadows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57879675896195,"sku":"LSW10421","price":78.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/9843\/1058\/files\/LongShadowsChesterKidder.png?v=1777376570","url":"https:\/\/www.perfectcellar.com\/products\/long-shadows-chester-kidder-cabernet-syrah-2021","provider":"Perfect Cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}