2004 Betz Family Cabernet Sauvignon Père de Famille - USA, Washington, Columbia Valley (1/6/2013)
Beautiful wine. Young, just breaking stride. Impresses with elegance and balance rather than power. Not too much tertiary development yet. Black currant and cherries, tobacco and moist earth. Just the right tannins and acid to complement the CV fruit. Even my wife gave it the thumbs up, unheard of for a new world Cab. (91 pts.)
We absolutely loved the '05 Pere de Famille, and, like you, didn’t really perceive it as ‘New World’, or, that it deftly walks the border between new and old, sufficiently to please both sides of the fence.