2003 The Hess Collection Mountain Cuvée

Community Tasting Notes (40) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  9/1/2018 - srh Likes this wine:

  BBQ Reds + 5 Shared Reds & a Winebar Retaste (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): Arturo, THANK for sharing this EXCELLENT wine! :)
  
  N: Vanilla slightly atop ripe berries with notes of pyrazines
  
  P: LM body; NICE frt met by puckerish astringency which, without ever losing touch with the frt, morphs into a LONG, very, VERY slight tangy finish with a refined swtness to the dusty tannings. For now with food, but really DESERVES another 2 yrs, the drinking for a yr or 2 beyond its 20th, I'd imagine. IMPRESSIVE! 14.5% ABV; My EXC, poss more. 88 pts WE @ $35, 87 WS, 17/20 Vinum, and Silvers from '06, '07, & '08 Mundus Vini.

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  2/14/2015 - WinoTim wrote: 84 Points

  Considerably beyond prime.

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  7/4/2013 - WinoTim wrote:

  Too much time has elapsed since we drank. I would say very good (86-89)

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  2/4/2012 - rtd3 wrote: 88 Points

  same as before... great with rib eye... last two bottles :(

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  12/18/2011 - Bob in NC wrote: 89 Points

  This was one of the better bottles (and our last) of this wine we have had. The wine is really drinking well right now with a great level of complexity, balance and smoothness. The fruit still has vibrancy and we loved the chocolate notes.

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