This is a good wine that can hold its own among some far more expensive bottlings. It’s ripe in currants and cassis, and well-oaked, with elaborate tannins. The mouth impression is of elegance, intensity and balance.
— S.H.
(5/1/2005)
Hess almost always nails the vintage, and this is a nice example of a good, not great, Cab. It tastes mountainy, to judge from the tannins and fruit concentration. Will be good now with rich, well-marbled beef, but should develop for a few years.
— S.H.
(11/1/2005)