Hedges Family Estate
La Haute Cuvée Estate Red Blend
Red Mountain, Columbia Valley, Oregon/Washington, USA
Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.
Nose of plums, cherries, spices, light oak, dark chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf, herbs and black pepper.
Full-bodied with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, licorice, spices, chocolates, tobacco, herbs and peppercorn.
This young Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain is drinking very nicely now. Complex, elegant and smooth. Tangy and interesting.
Fruit forward, rich and feels like a Right Bank Bordeaux.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
A nice sipping wine, good by itself or with food.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were aged for 28 months in (45% new) mostly French oak barrels with some American oak. Organic and fermented with wild yeast. Unfiltered and unfined. Vegan.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$75.
Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.
Nose of plums, cherries, spices, light oak, dark chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf, herbs and black pepper.
Full-bodied with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, licorice, spices, chocolates, tobacco, herbs and peppercorn.
This young Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain is drinking very nicely now. Complex, elegant and smooth. Tangy and interesting.
Fruit forward, rich and feels like a Right Bank Bordeaux.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
A nice sipping wine, good by itself or with food.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were aged for 28 months in (45% new) mostly French oak barrels with some American oak. Organic and fermented with wild yeast. Unfiltered and unfined. Vegan.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$75.
Deep Ruby and prematurely gaining a garnet rim. Heavily extracted raspberry, black cherry, cassis, blackberry, black plum, mocks, vanilla and toast the main impression is the grapes (cab Sauvignon, cab franc, merlot and syrah with Vetri small amounts of other grapes) were overly ripe giving the wine a jammy character that borders on cloying (though it is fully dry). I longed for a bit more acidity and better definition though dinner guests loved the wine. Smooth velvet tannins, medium acidity and only 13.5% abv
Deep Ruby and prematurely gaining a garnet rim. Heavily extracted raspberry, black cherry, cassis, blackberry, black plum, mocks, vanilla and toast the main impression is the grapes (cab Sauvignon, cab franc, merlot and syrah with Vetri small amounts of other grapes) were overly ripe giving the wine a jammy character that borders on cloying (though it is fully dry). I longed for a bit more acidity and better definition though dinner guests loved the wine. Smooth velvet tannins, medium acidity and only 13.5% abv
Apr 10th, 2023
Oh that's the sweet spot! Bright black fruit, and baked plum. A menthol-like mustard seed aroma adds complexity, but faded into a lush candied licorice flavor on the palate. The tannins and acidity are well integrated. All around knock out.
Oh that's the sweet spot! Bright black fruit, and baked plum. A menthol-like mustard seed aroma adds complexity, but faded into a lush candied licorice flavor on the palate. The tannins and acidity are well integrated. All around knock out.
1 person found it helpfulSep 13th, 2016
Heavy fruit forward (dark fruits) with a hint of graphite. This is Hedges premier wine and quite good!
Heavy fruit forward (dark fruits) with a hint of graphite. This is Hedges premier wine and quite good!
Jun 14th, 2016
Great juice, biodynamic c/s, big and can use more air, got days to go.
Great juice, biodynamic c/s, big and can use more air, got days to go.
Jan 18th, 2016
Gorgeous Biodynamic Cabernet from #redmtn
Gorgeous Biodynamic Cabernet from #redmtn
Aug 15th, 2015
This is 100% Cabernet and is the first vintage all estate fruit, a blend of hedges estate vineyard and Magdalena. A good amount of roasted coffee fresh earth mineral notes a solid core of fruit intense earth and spice a very complex and long finish layered. Finish 50+. Most excellent+
This is 100% Cabernet and is the first vintage all estate fruit, a blend of hedges estate vineyard and Magdalena. A good amount of roasted coffee fresh earth mineral notes a solid core of fruit intense earth and spice a very complex and long finish layered. Finish 50+. Most excellent+
Aug 13th, 2014