Tasting - Honig Cabernet Sauvignon Bartolucci Vineyard 2008

• Name: Honig Cabernet Sauvignon Bartolucci Vineyard 2008
• Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
• Region: Napa Valley, California
• Country: USA
• Year: 2008
• Price: $85.00
• My Review: This next Cabernet Sauvignon was the third wine in my tasting at the Honig winery in Napa. Prior to tasting this Cabernet, I tasted another Cabernet which I was hugely impressed by. This wine had a lot to live up to, so if I had perhaps tasted this wine at a different time, I may have been far more impressed than I was. This wine was similar to the previous wine on the nose, with very heavy dark fruit aromas and hints of chocolate. This wine provided an immensely tannic taste, and it was very dry. The wine was well balanced, and it was very smooth with only a very mild spice on the backend. This wine has a very heavy body, and was overall a huge wine. Perhaps my palate is not refined quite enough to appreciate this wine as much as the 2007 Napa Cabernet from this tasting, but I thought this wine was just very good, but not quite great.