2003 Hawk's Crest

[TheEngineer]

Full list of 2003's tried at The Wine Club a few weeks ago:

Simi Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Buehler Estate Napa
Mondavi Napa
Hess Estate Napa
Turnbull Napa
Chimney Rock Stag's Leap
Whitehall Lane Napa
Whistering Dove Stag's Leap District
Caymus Napa
Chappellet Signature Series Napa
Stag's Leap Wine Cellar's Artemis
Ramey Diamond Mountain

My first reaction to these wines (I admittedly had a bit of a cold when I was there), was how seemingly straight forward they were, but not in a massive kind of way. Only with the Artemis, the Ramey and the Camus did we get any really nice complexity in the wine, otherwise, straightforward, faultless (although at times a bit too forward and overoaked) wines.

[This message has been edited by TheEngII (edited 01-23-2006).]