Community Tasting Notes 17

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  June 7, 2022 - Wine Workshop: Heitz Martha's Vineyard (The Dutch): This felt perhaps like of all the wines the one that was most in its drinking window. Still doing quite well but not sure that this will end up getting significantly better. It's all fresh and minty and black fruits and some additional layers. It's drinking really nicely now.

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• Wine_lvr wrote: 94 points

  September 18, 2014 - Heitz, Heitz, Heitz and Heitz: Tasting note to follow

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• peternelson wrote: 93 points

  July 19, 2013 - Excellent fill/condition; mushrooms, truffle, forest floor; soft wet leather, lovely bouquet with light brown spices; silky, tannins pretty much resolved; slight tart sourness in mid-palate; this sailed for about 20 minutes, then crashed (or the '99 S. Conn Stag's Leap Cab and '05 Arger Martucci Cab completely transformed my palate!). I should've stayed with this a while longer before trying other wines. But quite nice and beautiful while it lasted.

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• Jeff Leve wrote: 84 points

  March 29, 2012 - Tobacco, cassis, earth, medium bodied and offering cassis with cranberry flavors, this was past its prime. Drink up.

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• TomStephenson wrote:

  January 29, 2011 - Base neck fill. Purchased from a retailer who seems to have procured it from Sotheby's.
  Popped and poured, which was the right decision. Earthy funk on the nose that blew off over time. Aromatics enjoyable, if not pronounced or special.
  On the palate someone at the table commented that they would have mistaken it for Bordeaux due to the eucalyptus and lead pencil.
  That said, I found the palate to be signature (old school) California. Dry baker's chocolate, tobacco, and deep, dark fruit dominant with noticeable, though subtle vanillan oak -- but not in an aggressive or unpleasant way. In fact, I'm certain that it knit together a wine that would have been a bit astringent without proper oak treatment . Dense, concentrated, and chewy in flavor though the body was as medium as you get. This wine was very enjoyable and certainly at apogee 38 years later. There's no reason to think that properly cellared examples couldn't hold on for another 5-10.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1972
• Type Red
• Producer Heitz Cellar
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Martha's Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Oakville

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• In Cellars 99 (66%)
• Consumed 52 (34%)

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