A NEW ICON WINE, 2022 NARAVANE
2022 NARAVANE
THE SECOND VINTAGE OF OUR ICON WINE
We are proud to announce the release of the second vintage of our icon wine - the 2022 Naravane Cabernet Sauvignon. The limited-edition namesake release celebrates the power and elegance of Cabernet Sauvignon and is inspired by the grit and grace of generations of Naravane matriarchs.
When we founded Rasa Vineyards in Walla Walla in 2007, we felt we’d stumbled upon a hidden gem – an area with incredibly diverse terroir capable of high-quality winemaking and a still-nascent wine industry that would allow us the freedom to develop our own unique approach to Bordeaux- and Rhône-style wines. The release of our newest wine, the 2022 Naravane Cabernet, is the culmination of 19 years of honing our craft to produce the second vintage of our namesake wine that honors the terroir of the Columbia Valley and interplay of power and finesse possible with Cabernet. This wine is also deeply personal to us and is an homage to our mother and grandmother, whose fortitude, strength and love shaped our own journey as people and entrepreneurs.
The 2022 Naravane Cabernet Sauvignon features a blend of the highest-quality Cabernet Sauvignon grapes hand-picked from four carefully selected vineyards in Columbia Valley, including Red Mountain’s Ciel du Cheval, planted to vines in 1975. In 2022, these vineyards yielded grapes with high fruit concentration, intensity and depth of phenolics. Aged for 36 months in 100% new French oak barrels, this old world-style cab delivers incredible fruit purity, elegance, and concentration in a complex, thought-provoking style.
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2022 NARAVANE | Behind the Wine
REVIEWS FOR 2022 NARAVANE
100 POINTS | OWEN BARGREEN
“The 2022 ‘Naravane’ is in its second edition and is only released in vintages where they feel they have made their highest level of wine. This edition was stored for 36 months in new French oak barrels prior to bottling. This is a perfect wine made from a challenging vintage for Bordeaux varietals. Turkish coffee and creme de violette notes combine with sandalwood tones that caress the black fruits. It is astonishingly seamless throughout the drinking experience. A world-class wine from 2022, give this several hours in the decanter before enjoying. Bravo! Drink 2026-2050.”
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We create our wines and tell our stories to form a meaningful connection with our customers. To taste our wine with purpose is to taste its essence and to feel our passion, commitment, and vision. To taste our wine with purpose is to commune with the wine as well as us. It’s why wine matters.
“Like a poem, my wine is complete only when the wine is experienced with an open mind and an open heart; and a connection is made to the essence of the wine, to the place where the grapes were grown, and to the intent, passion, and vision of the winemaker.”
— Pinto Naravane
“The wines of Rasa Vineyards transcend beverage into art. Like a fine painting by the masters they move the soul, stir the imagination, engage the intellect.”
— Billo Naravane MW
