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Red
1988 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Oakville
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Community Tasting Notes 26
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Ralph_ wrote: 93 points
December 8, 2023 - Brett
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BellevuePhil wrote: flawed
November 14, 2023 - bad bottle, salty and vinegar.
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kerv22 Likes this wine: 94 points
September 14, 2022 - Started off bricky and amarone like, but quickly progressed into a beautiful, silky wine. Tasting notes similar to the previous notes. Drinking at peak.
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Chekib m. Likes this wine: 93 points
August 5, 2022 - Almost 4yrs since I last tasted this wine, but still similar impressions to my last note.
Medium garnet. Same I tense nose, with mint, cedar, cassis, tobacco etc..
Light body, very fine light tannins, sweet cassis and red berries, cedar, mint, slightly herbal. Lacks a bit of intensity, due to the vinatge i guess,but compensate with great complexity and richness of flavours.
Great wine. Will keep the same score.1 person found this helpful Comment -
TWSA Likes this wine: 91 points
June 9, 2022 - Nose: black fruits, pepper, leather
Notes: I have continuous found old napa wines (namely from the 80s and early 90s) to be much more interesting than the late 90s and 00s. I am not sure if this is about age or whether it's the switch of wine making philosophy or the switch of consumer taste. Either way something from the 80s would very much be my preferred choice. We started drinking the 88 after 45 minutes of in the bottle breathing, it is a complex and well structured wine. I doubt if this will will get any better with more cellaring while 1988 was nothing but an ordinary year at Napa so it's time to drink up.
Drink: Now - 2028
Rating: 91
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By Richard Jennings
1/24/2007 (link)(Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard) Corked
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1988
- Type Red
- Producer Heitz Cellar
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Martha's Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Oakville
- UPC Codes 098803018735, 098803018834
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 244 (64%)
- Consumed 136 (36%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
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- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationOakville
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