TN: 2000 Donedei Cabernet Sauvignon

2000 Donedei Cabernet Sauvignon - doing some research in the cellar for a wine for a Pacific Northwest tasting lunch next week and pulled this Washington cab to try. Mature cab notes with blackberry and blood notes, fully resolved and smooth, decent rather than notable. Posting a note as I won't be putting it up for the lunch but thought some might know the winery (Jenise?).

Not Jenise, but made by Gibbons Lane Winery, according to the interwebs, but I've never heard of that winery either!

[Jenise]

What I remember: lady winemaker/owner, married to a very very rich man. IIRC he owned most of the tug boats that ply our coastline and act as escorts for big ships in sensitive waters and ports. They lived in a serious mansion down around Olympia (I might know that they donated it to the state and it's now open for tours, it's THAT kind of big). She got serious about wine while living in Bordeaux, came home, studied winemaking and created Donadei. Heard about the wines around 2003 when we moved here and even spoke to her once on the phone (she invited me down for a visit, I was too terrified to go) and haven't heard a peep since.

[Jenise]

Carolyn Lakewold.

There's even a doc/movie about her husband: https://vimeo.com/97780662