Hess Select Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl, 13.5%)

Hess Select Cabernet Sauvignon is a North Coast California red blend from The Hess Collection. It combines 79% Cabernet Sauvignon with Petite Sirah, Malbec, Merlot, Syrah and Zinfandel, with fruit drawn from Mendocino, Lake and Napa counties. The wine spends 18 months in 35% new French and American oak barrels. On the nose there is black cherry, ripe plum, warm caramel, smoke, cedar and dusty oak. The palate is lush and round with black cherry, plum, clove, nutmeg, boysenberry jam, black currant and vanilla. The finish is medium in length with soft tannins, baking spice and dark chocolate.