2018 Moone-Tsai Hillside Blend Howell Mountain

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Score 94/100 · Drink 2025-2046, Jeb Dunnuck, Jan 2021

Coming from mountain terroirs and a blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon and 49% Merlot, the deeply hued 2018 Howell Mountain Hillside Blend offers more masculine notes of blackcurrants, blueberries, scorched earth, chocolate, and gravelly earth. Full-bodied and structured, with ample tannins, it needs 4-5 years of bottle age and will keep for two decades.

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87
87/100

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94
94/100

Jeb Dunnuck

79
79/100

Antonio Galloni, Vinous

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79 points
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Score 79/100 · Drink 2022-2028, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Jan 2021

The 2018 Hillside Blend (Howell Mountain) is a wild, feral wine. Huge tannins wrap around a core of inky dark red fruit, cedar, game, licorice and tobacco. The tannins are searing and astringent. I can't tell you if this wine technically has smoke taint, but the flavor and tannin profile are those of a wine with issues.

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Moone-Tsai
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Red

Taste

Dry

Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business. 根據香港法律,不得在業務過程中,向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類 。
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