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Veedercrest 2005 Vintner's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- Editors' Choice
- $40
A gorgeous Cabernet, and at this price, a bargain. Shows the greatness of the 2005 vintage, with perfectly ripe red and black cherry fruit, sweetly ripe tannins and a fine edge of acidity. Complex for drinking now, it should continue to develop bottle nuances over the next six years until it slowly winds down.
— S.H.
(12/1/2011)
Veedercrest 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (St. Helena)
- Cellar Selection
- $85
All the parts are here for this Cabernet to be seriously good after, say, 2014. It’s dry and firm in tannins, and the sweet blackberry and cherry fruit has an earthy edge of herbs and green olives. If you drink it now, give it a few hours in the decanter.
— S.H.
(12/1/2011)
Veedercrest 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder)
- Cellar Selection
- $200
This Cabernet will come around someday, but it probably won’t be in this decade. The tannins march down the middle like storm troopers in heavy boots. After the initial wave of astringency passes, you’re left with a long, sweet finish of blackberries. An old-fashioned Cab that could still be alive for your grandkids to drink.
— S.H.
(12/1/2011)
Veedercrest 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder)
- Cellar Selection
- $125
Dry as dust, full-bodied and very, very tannic, with a massive core of mineral-driven blackberries and cassis. Like an old-fashioned mountain Cab, the kind that took forever to come around, except that the alcohol is high. Put it in the cellar until 2014–2016 and see what happens.
— S.H.
(12/1/2011)
Veedercrest 2009 Villa Mille Rose Vineyard Unoaked Chardonnay (Oakville)
- $45
Earns its high score by virtue of complexity and interest, but be warned, it’s a very particular wine. Mineral-driven fruit stars front and center, and, with no malolactic fermentation, the acidity is extraordinary, even searing.
— S.H.
(12/1/2011)
Veedercrest 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $50
There’s lots to admire about this Cabernet. For one, it’s dry and controlled, with blackberry, cassis and chocolate flavors that are balanced with earthiness. It’s also very tannic, although the soft acidity makes it drinkable now.
— S.H.
(12/31/2012)
Veedercrest 2008 Villa Mille Rose Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- $50
Not very Oakville-like, this Cabernet is bone dry and strong in tannins, giving it an astringent mouthfeel. It’s light in body for a Cabernet, with lots of acidity. However, it does have pretty flavors of blackberry and sour cherry candy.
— S.H.
(12/31/2012)
Veedercrest 2008 Villa Mille Rose Vineyard Merlot (Oakville)
- Online Exclusive
- $40
Very dry and tannic, this has interesting suggestions of cherry, rose petal, red currant and mineral, all kissed by oak. It’s light in body, like a Pinot Noir, but with some real complexity. Drink now.
— S.H.
(12/31/2012)
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