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Heitz Cellar
Cellar Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
On the nose; boysenberries, black plums, plums, dark cherries, black raspberries, blue fruit hues, vanilla, fig, light spice, dark moist soil, cinnamon and fresh dark florals. The body is rich, full & elegant. The tannins are round and soft with a ways to go. The structure, length and balance have just arrived to that next stop, “A Good Place.” The concentration is good but loses a little as it settles in on the palate. Fruits are; blackberries, boysenberries, black plums, plum, dark cherries, black raspberries, strawberries with blue fruit hues. Vanilla, cinnamon, mocha, light caramel, fig, mid intensity of spice, anise, a touch of fresh herbs on the long set, dark rich earth, touch of crushed volcanic rocks, soft leather, cedar, violets, fresh red florals, excellent round acidity and well balanced, long, elegant finish. So good tonight for a wine I paid right around or just under $35 upon release at Costco. Photos of; a long-shot of the estate, founders Joe & Alice Heitz...members of the early Napa Pioneers and winery building. One of the last Napa wineries you can taste four or five wines for free at their tasting room on Hwy 29 in Saint Helena. Quite often with the Martha’s Vineyard as the last wine. #RESPECT — 7 years ago
Quintessa
Rutherford Red Blend
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Kalin Cellars
Cuvée W Livermore Valley Chardonnay 1995
Enderle & Moll
Liaison Pinot Noir 2014
Heitz Cellar
Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
One of these bottles came out to play tonight, and I dare say it gave a Kapcsandy 2003 and a Favia 2009 Cerro Sur a run for its money. Between this wine and the Favia, I'm not sure which one I really liked more. I think they were both WOTN for different reasons. This wine started out with a funk that was a little bit strange right out of the bottle. A little hay and mushroom that had to die off. For the first 30 minutes, the wine was a little muted with regard to fruit. Lots of glycerine on the palate, but increased as it sat in the decanter. The wine eventually had a nice aged and completely ripe blackberry note that was ever present from front to finish. An herbaceous quality crept in and out throughout the entire experience, and finished rather bold for its age. Very impressed with this bottle. I have quite a bit more of the 2001 that I think I'm MORE impressed with, but this one certainly showed well. — 7 years ago
Foreau - Domaine du Clos Naudin
Vouvray Sec Chenin Blanc 1999
Could confuse for old Riesling. But brings the chenin. Just needed to know. #respect #butredtogo a — 7 years ago
Heitz Cellar
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
John had this 7 years ago
Heitz Cellar
Cellar Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1995
On the nose; half baked & half stewed, ripe fruits. Blackberries, black cherries, blueberries, black raspberries, plum, strong anise, black cherry cola, vanilla, cinnamon, wood shavings, loamy soils, volcanic minerals, violets and fresh dark florals. The body is medium with the tannins nearly completely resolved. The fruits are ripe & juicy and come in waves over the palate. Blackberries, black cherries, blueberries, black raspberries, plum, strawberries, strong anise, black cherry cola, vanilla, cinnamon, liqueur notes, heavily steeped black fruit tea, wood shavings, touch of leather, dry crushed rock powder, dry herbs, dry stems, loamy soils, volcanic minerals, violets and fresh dark florals. The acidity rains over the palate. The structure is soft, the length long & elegant, well balanced and the beautiful finish lasts over a minute. Still in good shape but needs to be enjoyed inside of three years. After 20 years in the bottle, she has become an elegant beauty! Photos of; their tasting bar, tasting room exterior, wine lab hovering over barrel room and their Estate. Still one of the very few places in Napa you can taste 4-5 wines at no charge. #oldschool #respect — 7 years ago
Kalin Cellars
Cuvée CH Sonoma County Chardonnay 1995
Rich, nutty, vanilla, brown butter, mildly oxidative, baked spiced orchard fruit--this is definitely not your lean mineral driven non-malo style--yet all that ripeness and flavor is offset by a palpable acidic core with smokey flinty finish. Like Chablis and Meursault together filtered through a Sonoma prism. It's a lot but it works. Very cool that he holds these this long before release — 7 years ago
JeremyC
If you are also a wine person try to relate to this....when you were young and not as experienced and you had Caymus for the first time you thought "Holy Shit I just discovered wine perfection ". My 1st few Punt e Mes exp were just like that. .....as time went on I found a lot more complexity in other , smaller production vermouth and while I'll still drink PeM, I find myself chasing everything but...Just like wine, WHERE vermouth producers get their fruit from has everything to do with what their products taste like.
I dont want to diss PeM but it reminds me of drinking Caymus which I also dont want to diss but feel like I have moved on from....#respect — 4 years ago