Heitz Cellar California Dessert Wine Angelica (Mission Grape) 1974

California history in a bottle. This fortified Angelica, made from the Mission grape that early missionaries planted in California, was aged for 17 years in cool stone cellars before bottling in 1991—giving it extraordinary complexity and mellow richness. Dark brown in color with toffee, dried fig, salty, and root beer essences on the nose, the palate is dense and complex with Christmas pudding and candied fruit richness. A meditation wine, sipped slowly and savored for its place in California winemaking lore.