Winery - Hess Collection
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Always an underestimated wine, this 2007 from Hess Collection is a beautiful Cabernet. It’s dry and balanced, and the blackberry and currant flavors have a pleasing earthiness. That old cliché, “food friendly,” definitely applies. Drink it now and over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Excellent depth of color. Nose of dark-berry fruit. More dark berries on the palate and a touch of tobacco and coffee, too, with mouth-coating tannins. Full and elegant, promises much future pleasure. Needs 3 to 5 years (at least!), or decant 1 to 2 hours before serving. Cellar Selection.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s an outstanding Napa Cab, notable not just for its lush black currant and mocha flavors, but the outstanding tannic structure. Firm as two-by-fours, yet soft as velvet, the tannins lend this wine a great internal architecture. Drink now through 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Against a background of dusty earth and herbs, there’s bright peach, pear and pineapple flavors and a rich tangerine streak that meshes with the sweet new oak. It’s all on the surface, but what a deliciously polished surface it is.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A lush, opulent Chard marked by oaky aromas and flavors. The underlying flavors are of tropical fruits, enhanced with vanilla, buttered toast and smoky spices. Drinks very rich and flamboyant; a show-off wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tough and tannic now, and not yielding much, this 96% Cabernet Sauvignon was grown in Mayacamas Mountains vineyards. Yet there’s a tremendous core of cherry and blackberry fruit, and a rich spine of acidity to hold the wine for aging. Designed for 10 years in the cellar.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rich and oaky, this Chard has flavors of vanilla custard, caramel, butterscotch, pineapple jam, Meyer lemons and pear tart with the crust. It’s a crowd-pleaser that will appeal to legions of Chardonnay lovers.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ripe and forward in the modern cult style, with flavors of blackberry tart, black currants, milk chocolate and ripe mulberry, in addition to sweet, smoky oak. Sturdy mountain tannins provide structural bite, and should help the wine mature beyond 2011.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Smells ripe and oaky, with tons of blackcurrant and blackberry fruit. Almost sweet in the mouth with rich oak and ripe fruit, but quite dry, with firm tannins that turn almond-skin bitter on the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A lovely wine, soft, supple and complex. It shows ripe, forward flavors of blackberries, cassis, mushu plum sauce, chocolate and oaky smoke and vanilla, with a sweet, wild edge of lavender and violets. A true Cabernet blend, with a drop of Syrah, it has the tannic structure to improve for five years.
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