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2021 Pilot Shadow
Wine Specs
Vintage
2021
Varietal
Red Blend
Appellation
North Carolina
Alcohol %
13.2
In Stock
This wine boasts aromas of blackberry, dark cherry, violets & minerals that give way to cedar, spice and chocolate. The palate is energized with berry and earth carried with a supple and velvety mouthfeel of perfectly integrated tannins and a long finish. This wine will continue to age gracefully for a decade or more if stored properly. You may pair this wine with steak, Italian food, cured meats, or just enjoy on its own.
Varietal: 5% Chambourcin, 9% Cynthiana, 11% Cabernet Franc, 11% Merlot,
19 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Petit Verdot
Harvested: Various days in September and October 2021
Bottled: April 19, 2022
Released On: May 2, 2022
Number of Bottles Produced: 9,075
Cooperage: 90% French Oak, 10% New American Oak
Wine Profile
Awards
Gold Medal Award 90 Points – 2024 International Eastern Wine Competition (Santa Rosa, CA)
Gold Medal Award 92 Points- 2024 Critics Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition
Gold Medal Award 93 Points- 2024 Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition
Gold Medal Award 93 Points- 2024 Los Angeles Invitational
Judge Says: “Delicious, clean dry blue fruit”
Gold Medal Award 91 Points- San Diego International Wine and Spirits Challenge
Best of Class and Double Gold Medal Award 97 Points– 2023 Harvest Challenge, Sonoma CA
Judge Says: “Good wine crafting, cranberry, integrated complete and seamless”
Gold Medal Award- 2023 American Fine Wines Competition
Gold Medal Award 93 Points- 2023 Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition
Double Gold Medal Award- 2023 Mid Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition
Gold Medal Award – 92 Points – 2023 International Winemaker’s Challenge – San Diego, CA
Best of Class- 2023 Los Angeles Invitational Wine and Spirits Challenge
Double Gold Medal Award- 2023 Los Angeles Invitational Wine and Spirits Challenge
Gold Medal Winner 90 Points- 2023 San Diego Wine and Spirits Competition
Double Gold- 2022 San Francisco Chronicle
92 Points- 2022 American Wine Society Wine Competition
Best Dry Red of the Show- 2022 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition
Best of Show- 2022 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition
Product Reviews
Rhonda Moore Lavelle
(May 10, 2022 at 4:42 PM)
Crimson creek has long been my absolute favorite wine. I enjoyed the crimson shadow but I didn’t love it. And I enjoy the pilot fog. But this wine is absolutely fantastic!!! It might even rep,ace crimson creek as my favorite! I highly recommend you give it a try…you definitely won’t be disappointed! I just hope they make more!