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Moone-Tsai 2008 Cor Leonis Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $175
The question concerning this wine isn’t whether or not it’s very good—it is. Instead, it’s about ageability. Made from 100% Cabernet grown in two very different places, Pritchard Hill and Coombsville, it’s dry and refined. Floods the mouth with blackberry, blueberry, cassis, dark chocolate, spice and new oak flavors whose richness is tempered by a firm minerality…
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
Moone-Tsai 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $75
One sip is all it takes to fall in love with this Cabernet, which contains a little Merlot. It’s rich and lush and authoritative on every level. The texture is soft as velvet, but the tannins are firm, backing up blackberry, cherry, chocolate, cassis, mineral and new oak flavors that are complex and linger long into the spicy finish. Such are the tannins that the…
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
Moone-Tsai 2009 Cor Leonis Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $175
This wine is entirely Cabernet, using grapes from the southerly Coombsville area and warmer St. Helena. As such, it’s wonderfully balanced, with a sprightly burst of acidity brightening succulent flavors of black cherry and dark chocolate. The use of 100% new French oak sounds excessive on paper, but it’s perfectly integrated, providing a jacket of sweet buttered…
— S.H.
(12/31/2012)
Moone-Tsai 2009 Hillside Blend Red (Howell Mountain)
- $85
Based on Merlot, like the 2008, this low-production wine is high in alcohol and warm in the mouth, with dry, smooth tannins and rich flavors of blackberry jam, cassis, anise, cocoa and pepper. Really flashy and opulent, it’s not a long-term ager, but it will provide pleasant drinking now and over the next six years or so.
— S.H.
(12/31/2012)
Moone-Tsai 2008 Hillside Blend Red (Howell Mountain)
- $65
It used to be that Howell Mountain meant big, hard tannins, but no more. Winemaker Philippe Melka has made the tannins rich, but approachable, making the blackberry, blueberry and cherry pie flavors instantly loveable. Sweet in the finish, this flashy, Merlot-based wine is best now.
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
Moone-Tsai 2010 Charles Heintz Vineyard Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast)
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- $65
Every intervention available to the winemaker for creating richness has been applied here, including 75% new French oak. California Chardonnay hardly gets more extravagant in buttercream, smoky toast, lemon drop, apple butter and pear flavors, brightened with crisp acidity. Grown in one of the coolest areas of the appellation, yet it’s so rich and full bodied, it…
— S.H.
(12/31/2012)
Moone-Tsai 2010 Chardonnay (Napa Valley)
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- $55
Made using grapes grown high in the Mayacamas Mountains, this is extremely concentrated in pineapple essence, peach custard and tropical fruit flavors. It’s extravagant, with 50% new French oak playing a strong role in contributing notes of buttered toast, crème brûlée and butterscotch to the flavor profile.
— S.H.
(12/31/2012)
Moone-Tsai 2009 Chardonnay (Napa Valley)
- $50
Tight acidity and minerality mark this bone-dry Chardonnay. It’s stubborn now, offering hints of tangerines, apricots and limes, with lots of new oak and leesy cream and vanilla. Give it a few hours in a decanter.
— S.H.
(11/1/2011)
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