Winery - Hess
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This basic Cab shows blackberry, currant and oak flavors wrapped into firm tannins. It’s a sound, good wine, with a briary, rustic edge. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very dry and crisply acidic, this wine shows concentrated flavors of lemons and limes, gooseberries, green melons and peppery spices. It’s strong in that feline flavor often associated with New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Despite a warm, inviting nose of brandied cherries and blackberries, the mouthfeel doesn’t display much richness or texture and the finish shows a touch of alcoholic heat.
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Hess Syrah - 2002
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in the ever-popular style of a fully ripened, fruity Chard, with a good amount of new French oak and a creamy mouthfeel. Gets the job done in a fancy, no nonsense way.
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Hess Chardonnay - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
It is hard to believe that 41,000 cases of this wine were produced because it’s so good. Few other wineries could rise to this level at this production. Rich and dry in ripe cherry jam, blackberry pie, cassis, blueberry, smoky oak and spice flavors, it’s a complex young wine that approximates the best of Napa Valley.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Simple and a bit harsh in edgy acids and green tannins, this has just enough of a cherry-berry taste to pass. Okay for occasions calling for a decent red.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a gutsy, fruity Cabernet. It fills the mouth with juicy raspberry, cherry and blackberry flavors and hints of chocolate. Nothing subtle, just a dry, rich red wine for drinking now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s very little if any oak on this wine, which has a classic Central Coast profile of high acidity and bright, intense fruit. The flavors of limes, kiwis, passionfruit and vanilla finish long and bright. Good value in a classy, superdrinkable Chardonnay.
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Hess Chardonnay - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Could almost be a Cabernet Sauvignon, with ripe, concentrated blackberry, cassis and mocha-choco flavors. The tannins are strong, but very refined, in the Napa style, and the wine shows a good bite of acidity. A fine example of this variety, and should age well for a very long time.
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Hess Petite Sirah - 2008
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Good price, but the wine is green and unripe, with that unpleasant meow odor that turns many people off.
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