2021 | Hess Collection Cabernet Sauvignon | Mount Veeder Lingua Franca offering bitter cherry

offering bitter cherry

plum and dried herbs framed by fine

the 2023 has plenty of density with delicate flavors of ripe lemon and elderflower

clean and bright with thin and persistent bubbles

it makes me think of a classical Châteauneuf

2021 | Hess Collection Cabernet Sauvignon | Mount Veeder Lingua Franca offering bitter cherryThis blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Malbec, and 1% Petit Verdot was aged 22 months in 80% new French oak barrels. Grapes come from Hess's Veeder Hills Vineyard atop its Mount Veeder estate. A full bodied wine teeming with bright and fragrant wild herbs, spearmint, and spring flowers balanced by a more robust palate expression backed by dense and compact tannins laced with dark cocoa, toffee, and espresso bean, finishing with bold dark berry