Hess Collection Mount Veeder Small Block Series Estate Malbec 2005
Region: Mount Veeder, California
Winery: Hess Collection
Variety: Malbec

Color: Inky purple, opaque

Nose: Smoky, with black fruit and some blue fruit. Still closed at this young age, but an detect some almost brambly mountain tannins.

Palate: Oak is more dominant here and hasn't fully integrated, but I think a few more years will allow this to happen and also allow the fruit to break out a bit more. You can detect that deep and dark fruit, but it's still buried.

Posted by drxeno on March 30th, 2008 at 2:04pm | report comment