92 Points, Gold Medal, "Exceptional" - World Wine Championships
Today's Heist returns to a perennial favorite producer of ours, Hagafen Cellars in Napa Valley. While Hagafen produces wonderful wines that are perfect at any time of year, a little known fact is that all of their wines also happen to be Kosher.
The 2007 Hagafen Estate Napa Valley Merlot is deep ruby in color. The nose shows plenty of fruit with plum, blackberry, and raspberry, along with notes of baking spice. The palate is bright and racy, with blackberry, mint and leather flavors combining in this medium bodied wine. This wine has Merlot’s typical dark fruit profile with plenty of refreshing acidity. It is extremely versatile, pairing well with your favorite dishes. Stock up today and enjoy this one through the Summer months! And don’t worry, if you have some left over, this one to age for several years with ease. Hagafen Cellars (along with a handful of producers around the world) shows that Kosher wine can hold their own with the finest wines of the world.
Vintage: 2007
Varietal: Merlot
Appellation: Napa Valley
Harvest Date: September 5th, 2007
Sugar: 23.8° Brix at harvest
Acid: 6.5g/L
PH: 3.69
Alcohol: 13.2%
95 Points
Entices with aromas of Bing cherry, raspberry, and cedar spice. Indicative of the cool vintage, the wine carries a freshness throughout. The palate offers a harmonious balance between bright red fruit, spice, and nicely woven tannins.
93 Points
Aromas of blackcurrant, dark plum, and cedar unfold alongside soft notes of vanilla and toasted oak. On the palate, structured tannins frame layers of black cherry, baking spice, and a subtle herbal lift from the Merlot blended beneath the Cabernet's backbone. Medium-bodied gem with good concentration finishing long and warm, with lingering impressions of cocoa and dried fig.
96 Points
Aromas of Bing cherry, raspberry liqueur, and purple flowers drive the nose of this energetic Syrah which is co-fermented with a whisper of Viognier. Gracing the palate are dark berries, plum, blackberries, peppercorns, hints of sweet tobacco, and well-positioned oak spice with plush acid and rich tannin peaking through the finish.
