2022 Hedges Family Estate Red Mountain estate spotlight
Hedges Family Estate tells the story of Tom and Anne-Marie on Red Mountain, the first generation of the house.
The market on this bottle
U.S. shop listings for this bottle, before sales tax. Auctions and clearance specials are left out. The main-listing low is $29.99, so this bottle is $30. Checked 2026-10-06.
Red Mountain Bordeaux blend
2022 Hedges Family Estate Red Mountain, Columbia Valley, USA
Sarah Goedhart's 2022 estate blend from five Red Mountain vineyards.
Tom and Anne-Marie Hedges bought their first 50 acres on Red Mountain in 1989, and the AVA was recognized in 2001. Sarah Goedhart makes this 2022 estate blend. Jeb Dunnuck scored it 91, and it holds a Sommeliers Choice gold. The bottle is $30.
Five vineyards, all within about two miles
The 2022 is 60 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 29 percent Merlot, 5 percent Syrah, 3 percent Cabernet Franc, and 3 percent Malbec. The vineyard split is 35 percent Bel Villa, 31 percent Hedges, 19 percent Jolet, 10 percent Magdalena, and 5 percent Les Gosses. Sarah Goedhart is the winemaker.
New oak is 49 percent, and that oak is 58 percent American, 39 percent French, and 3 percent Hungarian. Alcohol is 14 percent, pH is 3.90, and the wine was bottled on May 1, 2023. If the people who got this mountain recognized grew the fruit within about two miles, why pour a red with less of it in the glass?
The family
Tom and Anne-Marie Hedges bought the first 50 acres in 1989, and the AVA was recognized in 2001.
The blend
60 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 29 percent Merlot, 5 percent Syrah, 3 percent Cabernet Franc, and 3 percent Malbec.
The sites
35 percent Bel Villa, 31 percent Hedges, 19 percent Jolet, 10 percent Magdalena, and 5 percent Les Gosses.
The oak
49 percent new, split 58 percent American, 39 percent French, and 3 percent Hungarian.
Jeb Dunnuck 91, and a Sommeliers Choice gold
Jeb Dunnuck scored the 2022 a 91, and the wine holds a Sommeliers Choice gold.
The year was Red Mountain from the start: snow in April, heat over 100 in mid-August, and the fruit in before Thanksgiving. It is best with food now, and the peak runs over the next 5 to 10 years.
Black raspberry, cocoa, rosemary, and toffee
Black raspberry and fig, then baking spice, cocoa, achiote, and rosemary. Toffee, nutmeg, and vanilla close it.
Pour the 2022 at $30. Twelve bottles ship free in the lower 48. Hawaii and Alaska are quoted on their own.
Black raspberry, fig, and baking spice.
Cocoa, achiote, and rosemary.
Toffee, nutmeg, and vanilla.
American oak in the lead
Just under half the barrels were new, and the wine was bottled on May 1, 2023.
Sarah Goedhart built the 2022 from five vineyards within about two miles: Bel Villa, Hedges, Jolet, Magdalena, and Les Gosses.
Cabernet Sauvignon is 60 percent of the blend, then Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, and Malbec. The new oak is 49 percent, and the barrels are 58 percent American, 39 percent French, and 3 percent Hungarian.
Alcohol is 14 percent and pH is 3.90. Snow fell in April, the heat ran over 100 in mid-August, and the fruit was in before Thanksgiving. Drink it with food now. The peak is the next 5 to 10 years.
The first 50 acres, then the AVA
Tom and Anne-Marie Hedges put Red Mountain on the map, and Sarah Goedhart makes the wine now.
Tom and Anne-Marie Hedges bought their first 50 acres on Red Mountain in 1989.
The AVA was recognized in 2001, after the family had already spent a decade growing fruit on the mountain.
The 2022 comes from Bel Villa, Hedges, Jolet, Magdalena, and Les Gosses, vineyards within about two miles of one another, and Sarah Goedhart is the winemaker.
Coffee-rubbed chops, then grilled peaches
Cocoa, rosemary, and baking spice want a coffee rub on pork, and the fig and toffee want a grilled peach.
Two plates. Coffee-rubbed pork chops. Grilled peaches. Both can take fig, cocoa, and rosemary.
Give this Cabernet blend a short decant, then pour it with the chops.
Coffee-rubbed pork chops
Pork chops coated in coffee, brown sugar, paprika, and warm spice, then grilled.
Why it works: The coffee crust meets cocoa and baking spice, and the pork fat softens the tannin.
View Recipe for Coffee-rubbed pork chops (opens in a new tab)Grilled peaches
Halved peaches brushed with butter, grilled cut side down, then finished with cinnamon sugar.
Why it works: Charred peach lines up with fig, toffee, and vanilla without covering the red fruit.
View Recipe for Grilled peaches (opens in a new tab)Put Red Mountain on the table
Jeb Dunnuck scored the 2022 a 91, it holds a Sommeliers Choice gold, and the bottle is $30.
Open the 2022 Hedges Red Mountain blend with coffee-rubbed pork chops.
