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Heintz 2007 Syrah (Sonoma Coast)

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Price $48

An interesting and different Syrah, and a promising release from a young brand to watch. The wine is very high in acidity, giving it a firm grip. The flavors are tremendously rich, offering a tsunami of blackberries, currants, plum sauce, baker’s chocolate, leather, grilled meat, pine nut and black pepper. It’s youthfully aggressive right now in tannins, and needs… — S.H. (7/1/2009)

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Heintz 2008 Syrah (Sonoma Coast)

Price $48

Dark as midnight on a moonless night,with an impenetrable, mysterious aroma, this wine is nowhere near ready to drink, but it shows considerable promise. Teases with flavors of blackberry tart, black currants, mocha and sweet violets, and chocaholics will appreciate the dark, slightly sweet chocolate notes. Dramatic and complex, this Syrah should develop through… — S.H. (7/1/2010)

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Heintz 2006 Late Harvest Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast)

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Price $38

With tiers of honeyed apricot, pear, pineapple tart, vanilla and crème brûlée flavors, this is a delicious sweet wine. The residual sugar is more than 13%. Fortunately, all this richness is balanced with crisp coastal acidity. — S.H. (11/1/2009)

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Heintz 2008 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)

Price $48

A lovely Pinot marked by crispness, complexity of fruit, and the hard-to-describe wild, feral attractions of the Sonoma Coast. With brisk tannins, the wine shows cherry, cola, pomegranate and cedar flavors, with an ineffable expression of wild thyme, sage and lavender. Drink this beautiful wine now and through 2014. — S.H. (7/1/2010)

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Heintz 2009 Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast)

Price $39

The most notable thing about this Pinot is the acidity. It’s brighter and crisper than almost any other Pinot out there. Almost as noteworthy are the raspberry, cranberry and licorice flavors, so spicy and pure. Such an interesting wine, and one that could develop bottle complexities over the next six years. — S.H. (12/15/2011)

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Heintz 2007 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast)

Price $48

A very good wine that easily earns its score, but is not perfect. It’s a bit on the fruity-sweet, one-dimensional side, with jammy pineapple and apricot flavors, enriched with sweet, smoky, vanilla-accented oak. Yet fine, firm coastal acidity provides needed balance. — S.H. (7/1/2009)

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Heintz 2005 Syrah (Sonoma Coast)

Price $48

Released, for some reason, at the age of four-plus years, this Syrah is losing fruit and showing its age. It’s dry and tannic and showing some vegetal, herbal bones, but with enough of a blackberry and cherry coat to get by. Not going anywhere. — S.H. (7/1/2010)

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Heintz 2008 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast)

Price $48

The underlying wine is very good, showing brisk acidity, a cool-climate minerality and long hangtime, ripe flavors of pineapples, crisp green apples, mangoes and limes. Yet the oak is heavy-handed, overwhelming the fruit with caramel, and making the finish too sweet. — S.H. (7/1/2010)

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Late Harvest

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Chardonnay Pinot Noir Syrah

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