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2008 Behrens & Hitchcock The Heavyweight

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November 21, 2021 - $46

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RATINGS

93The Wine Advocate

...an intense, brooding red...Black fruit, tar, smoke and grilled herbs struggle to emerge from a wall of tannins..80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Merlot. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2018.

92Stephen Tanzer

...Black cherry and licorice on the nose. Juicy, spicy and a bit youthfully tight...boasts lovely ripeness to the redcurrant, graphite, spice and licorice flavors. Combines very good breadth and clarity...

91Wine Spectator

This supersized red is dark, rich, dense and chewy, with dark fruit, cedar, licorice and tobacco flavors giving the wine power. Ends with big, chewy tannins. Appropriately named...Drink now through 2024.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,