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9.3

Brandlin Estate Mount Veeder Estate Cuvée 2019, Napa Valley, California

It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix.

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Strong nose of blackberries, black currants, cooked plums, cedar, licorice, light vanilla, diet coke, dark chocolates, light earth, tobacco leaf, herbs, light spices, black pepper.

Full-bodied and smooth, with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and very fruity on the palate with black currants, black plums, stewed cherries, chocolates, cedar, coffee, tobacco, cola, light earth, herbs, peppercorn, licorice and green tea.

Long spicy finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.

This is a delicious Cabernet Sauvignon blend from Mount Veeder. Elegant and robust. Spicy and entertaining.

Well balanced with nice complexity and mouthfeel. Rich and extracted. The high alcohol is well integrated by now.

Good right out of the bottle, and much better after 2 hours in the decanter.

This 5 year old will continue to age nicely in the next 7 years, with good potential to become a 94 point wine.

Easy drinking and very tasty. Loved the complexity on the nose and kept smelling on it.

Good by itself as a sipping wine, and will also pair nicely with a big piece of steak.

A blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Zinfandel, 7.5% Petit Verdot and 7.5% Cabernet Franc. Aged in (33% new) French Oak barrels for 20 months.

14.9% alcohol by volume.

93 points.

$75. — 4 hours ago

leon egozi

9.6

NY wine spectator event — 2 months ago

Alan Hyde

9.1

Rich fruit. — 3 months ago

Charlie Tapp

9.5

Black fruit, bramble, sassafras and red fruit. — 8 days ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.2

Delicious. Somewhat simple. Really similar to Hirsch Bohan Dillon. — 19 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2021 vintage. Mount Veeder used to (generally) be a mountain fruit pushover until the last two decades. That has changed. Mt. Brave been killing it for some time and this is no exception. A token trace of richness up front but quickly swept into mid and post-palate tannins. Grippy but not overtly so. 10.09.24. — 3 months ago

Vanessa

9.2

On the nose and palate are concentrated notes of crème de cassis, juicy blackberry, plum, purple fig, mulberry, violet, black licorice, anise seed, peppercorn, clove, vanilla, cardamom, leather, and forest floor. The palate is dry with medium (+) acidity, a medium (+) body, high alcohol (14.5% ABV), and velveteen tannins with a persistent finish.

— 22 days ago

with Deked1

Frank B

9.0

Very guava, interesting crisp and tart, not overly grassy — a month ago

Donald Williams

9.3

Aged beautifully. Glad there’s a couple more. — 2 months ago

with Bonnie

Rich Bluth

9.2

at peak, subtle and excellent — 3 months ago