Heitz Cellar
Heitz Cellar
Cellar Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
A night of finishing coravined 07’s.
A purchase on the secondary market about 8 plus months ago. Its storage not what mine would show at this point. It’s farther advanced from what it should be at this stage, but still enjoyable. Showing some liqueur notes.
I feel similarly about this producers Napa Cabernets as I do Joseph Phelps. There’s differences and I lean into Phelps Napa over most of the Heitz Napa’s.
The nose shows baked & slightly stewed fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, dark slightly liqueured cherries, both plums stewed, cherries, raspberries, tree bark with sap, mid berry cola, delicate baking spices-nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, vanillin, spices, anise to black licorice, black tea, fresh & old tobacco, sweet tarriness, withering & just slightly, candied flowers that are dark at the core, red, withering red roses with violets.
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The palate is ripe, a touch lush & ruby; blackberries, black raspberries, dark slightly liqueured cherries, both plums, cherries & raspberries. Tree bark with sap, mid berry cola, delicate baking spices-nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, vanillin, caramel, malt balls, menthol, dark spices with some palate heat, anise to black licorice, expresso, milk chocolate w/ toffee bit’s, black tea, fresh & old tobacco, sweet tarriness, sweet forest floor w/ dry leaves, withering & just slightly, candied flowers that are dark at the core, red, withering red roses with violets, excellent acidity, well balanced/crafted, nicely tensioned & elegance/polish for days with a finish that lasts 90 seconds and lands evenly on earthiness & spice. — 3 months ago
Heitz Cellar
Linda Falls Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Left by guest, thank you! — a month ago
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Lot C-91 Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Truncated cookout notes. Damn this is spectacular. The flavor density and balance is so old school. The nose is ethereal. None of that 15% alc. chocolately bullshit that now seems to permeate Napa Cab orthodoxy.
UPDATE: Next morning, the wine long gone, I’m sitting here watching college football highlights from yesterday still thinking about how much I liked this. There’s usually only one wine per year that has that effect on me. — 2 months ago
Heitz Cellar
Trailside Vineyard Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Yeah man. Wow. We’ve got cedar, baking spice, black cherry, blackberries, all in perfect harmony. Goes great with this Chinese dinner w five spice — 7 months ago
Paul T HB
Orchid samples coming in for the holiday season, I might as well use them before I deliver to the buyers.
On to the Heitz,, I thought it might still be too young but not the case here. Give these classically styled Napa cabs that were $30-40 on release 15-20 years and you would think you’re drinking a $100-150 Bordeaux. It Paired fantastic with some Wagyu Ribcap from Snake River Farms. #dodgers! @Somm David T for helping me realize this — 7 hours ago