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Keenan 2002 Reserve Merlot (Spring Mountain)
- Editors' Choice
- $56
Keenan’s 2002 regular is very good. The Reserve emulates all its fine qualities and far exceeds it in richness. This is a soft yet complex wine, rich in supple tannins, with extraordinary flavors of blackberry-laced espresso and pure, dark unsweetened chocolate. As dry as it is, the finish is as sweet as crème de cassis.
— S.H.
(6/1/2006)
Keenan 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Spring Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $96
This Cab is built for the cellar. Don’t even think of touching it before 2010, and even then, it will still be tannicly tough. Better after 2012, to let things settle, and should evolve for many years afterward. Buried beneath the astringency is a wealth of blackberry, black currant and cedar flavors, rich, pure and mountain dense.
— S.H.
(8/1/2009)
Keenan 2007 Reserve Mailbox Vineyard Merlot (Spring Mountain)
- $60
Just delicious, an important, elegant Merlot to drink with the finest steaks and chops. Even better than the fine 2006, with vast, deep flavors of blackberries, black cherries, cocoa, grilled meat and herbs, wrapped into rich, smooth tannins. Gets better and better as it warms in the glass. Drink over the next six years.
— S.H.
(10/1/2011)
Keenan 2000 Reserve Merlot (Spring Mountain)
- $48
One of the best Merlots of the vintage, a rich, sumptuous wine that excites due to its impressive components. Complex blackcurrant, cassis, mocha, herb and smoky oak flavors flood the palate, while tannins and acidity rein it all in. An exciting experience, and gets even better with a few hours of air.
— S.H.
(6/1/2004)
Keenan 2005 Reserve Mailbox Vineyard Merlot (Spring Mountain)
- Online Exclusive
- $60
This bottling has turned out to be one of California’s more important Merlot releases. The ’05, like its immediate predecessors, is a dry, richly tannic wine of great elegance and structural complexity. It pleases now for the wealth of black currants, anise, herbs, spices and smoky oak, and should develop bottle nuances through 2011.
— S.H.
(5/1/2009)
Keenan 2004 Mailbox Vineyard Reserve Merlot (Spring Mountain)
- $60
Not many Merlots deserve time in the cellar, but this one does. Such are its mountain tannins that it’s in lockdown mode, with a tough, astringent finish. But just below the surface are voluptuously ripe flavors of blackberries, cherries and mulberries. Best to give this young wine at least through mid–2008, and it could improve for another five years.
— S.H.
(12/31/2007)
Keenan 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Spring Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $45
At the age of nearly four years, this mountain Cab remains vigorous in tannins, suggesting 4–6 additional years of aging. If you drink it now, decant. It’s a very good wine, rich in blackberries, black currants, herbs and cedar, with a very long, distinguished finish.
— S.H.
(8/1/2009)
Keenan 2006 Mailbox Vineyard Reserve Merlot (Spring Mountain)
- $60
This vineyard-designate is always the winery’s biggest Merlot. In this vintage of 2006, it shows impressively ripe flavors of blackberries and chocolate, with pleasant herbal nuances, wrapped into firm mountain tannins. The wine is dry, but oak adds frankly sweet notes of caramel. A bit awkward now, but should gather momentum by 2011.
— S.H.
(4/1/2010)
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