The growing season repeated a stellar performance, much like vintage 2012, with "early, even and excellent" the watchword throughout Napa. Winter was a warmer in Pope Valley than is the norm, and spring brought moderate temperatures with little moisture, encouraging an early bud break. Grapes languished lazily on the vine in the typical summer heat, ripening fully with complex, rich...

Aromas of pear, citrus, and tropical fruit. On the palate this medium-bodied Chardonnay offers a refreshing, fruit forward style that is woven together with subtle oak and a balancing acidity.

Hess Select winemakers explore California's Central Coast growing region, with a particular fondness for the famed Pinot Noir grown in the Santa Lucia Highlands and the Santa Maria Valley. This vintage features a blend of 78% fruit from Monterey, with much of that from the Sarmento Vineyard in SLH, and 22% from the Santa Maria Valley, where Pinot Noir benefits...

Nice nose of lemons, citrus, green apples, grapefruits, minerals, spices and white pepper. Full bodied with medium plus acidity and creamy. Dry on the palate with limes, grapefruits, citrus, green apples, bitter vegetables, herbs and white pepper.

Irony North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon opens with enticing aromas of boysenberry, black cherry and cassis, with a hint of cedar notes. This medium-bodied wine delivers dark berry flavors, mixed with layers of chocolate covered black cherries and baking spice.

Irony Monterey Merlot offers elegant aromas of raspberries, red cherries, black licorice and a hint of white pepper. The palate is rich and full with concentrated layers of ripe plum, blackberries and black pepper which lead into a long, elegant finish.

Nose is light with red fruits, minerality and spice. Rich flavors of strawberry, cherry and raspberry jam that blend together nicely with the integrated tannins. Medium body with a touch of cola in a medium finish. !

The 2012 Insignia has an inky dark hue and aromas of ripe blackberries, star anise, cigarbox, clove and sweet mochanotes. Richly opulent with velvety texture and supple tannins, this full-bodied offering envelops the palate in luscious, lingeringblack plum and violets along with layers of baking spices.

Deeper and richer than the 2014 with gorgeous notes of black currants, plums,  toasted spice and licorice, this beauty is full-bodied, supple and seamless on the palate, with fine tannin and surprising freshness and purity.