Wine

2013

Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

Veeder Peak, Mount Veeder
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Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon
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This wine is dark, very dark, in fact it is opaque garnet with ruby edges.  With massive depth, the aroma opens to ripe blackcurrant, blackberry, black olive, black pepper, tobacco, and mushroom with very well integrated oak spices. The spicy oak has subtle nuances of cinnamon, clove, aromatic cedar, and the overall impression is of a dark chocolate truffle dusted with cocoa powder.  The entry is full and promising with dark fruit flavors like blackberry and currant, while the tannins are soft on entry they build to be more firm on the mid to back palate.  With lots of depth, great acid balance, this wine is juicy and rich; a great example of a refined mountain cabernet that begs to be paired with a perfectly marbled, grilled ribeye steak! 

Vintage

2013

Vineyard

Veeder Peak

Varietal

Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation

Mount Veeder

Composition

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

pH

3.83

Alcohol

14.50%

Harvest Date

Barrel Aging

Barrels: Cooperage: Taransaud, Seguin Moreau, Nadalie, Demptos, World Cooperage
% of new wood: 77% new French Oak
Aged in Barrel: 813 days

2013

Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

Veeder Peak, Mount Veeder

This wine is dark, very dark, in fact it is opaque garnet with ruby edges.  With massive depth, the aroma opens to ripe blackcurrant, blackberry, black olive, black pepper, tobacco, and mushroom with very well integrated oak spices. The spicy oak has subtle nuances of cinnamon, clove, aromatic cedar, and the overall impression is of a dark chocolate truffle dusted with cocoa powder.  The entry is full and promising with dark fruit flavors like blackberry and currant, while the tannins are soft on entry they build to be more firm on the mid to back palate.  With lots of depth, great acid balance, this wine is juicy and rich; a great example of a refined mountain cabernet that begs to be paired with a perfectly marbled, grilled ribeye steak! 

750 mL:
$170
Members: $136.00

Vintage

2013

Vineyard

Veeder Peak

Varietal

Cabernet Sauvignon

Appellation

Mount Veeder

Composition

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

pH

3.83

Alcohol

14.50%

Harvest Date

Barrel Aging

Barrels: Cooperage: Taransaud, Seguin Moreau, Nadalie, Demptos, World Cooperage
% of new wood: 77% new French Oak
Aged in Barrel: 813 days

750 mL:
$170
Members: $136.00
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91+ Points

The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 27 months in French oak. This wine has huge tannins, big structure, and a muscular character. Plenty of white chocolate, blackcurrant, unsmoked cigar tobacco and mulberry are all present in this big, muscular, powerful wine that is built for the long-term. Don’t touch it for another 5-7 years, and drink it over the following 30 years.

Robert M. Parker Jr
Robert Parker Wine Advocate