95
points
Hanna 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley)
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$52
Grown in the flatlands and benches of Alexander Valley, this Cab tastes more like a high mountain wine, with its firm tannins and flavor intensity. It’s quite fine, showing intense blackberry, cherry, black currant, plum, cocoa and violet flavors that are tinged with soft, dry herbs. Very beautiful now for sheer charm, it will develop bottle complexities over the…
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)
91
points
Hanna 2007 Bismark Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma Valley)
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$54
Dark, spicy and deeply flavored, this Cabernet is dense and concentrated in blackberry and cassis flavors, with a stony minerality at its core. The fruit is so ripely expansive, it tastes sweet on the finish, yet the wine is utterly dry. It’s good now despite the hard mountain tannins, but should begin to blossom after 2014.
— S.H.
(8/1/2011)
91
points
Hanna 1999 Bismark Ranch Sangiovese (Sonoma County)
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$50
Deep, stewy red-berry and brown sugar notes get a little heat (and a little currant) on the nose; in the mouth, it’s got similar red-berry and toasty notes, and a creamy, velvety texture. Wants a little more acid to balance the vanillin fullness, but it’s sexy nonetheless. Has the same extracted-fruit quality as Hanna’s other Bismark Ranch offerings, with a percent…
— D.T.
(6/1/2002)