2019 Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

Amentet Vineyard

Mount Veeder

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“The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder) is gorgeous. It offers up a whole range of inky dark fruit, leather, crushed rock, graphite, lavender and spice notes, with big, firm tannins that wrap it all together. A dollop of Cabernet Franc adds gorgeous aromatic presence. For readers who want to know what Mount Veeder is all about, well, this is it!.”
- Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 10/1/21

750 ml

"In the 2019 vintage we essentially dry farmed an already small crop due to weather and drought. Our little hanging garden that salutes the fair Egyptian goddess of rebirth, Amentet, has reached maturity along the northern border of the Mount Veeder AVA. The Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with the spectacular Cabernet Franc grown there to make a wine that seems more Château Cheval Blanc than Napa Cabernet at times. There’s a savage intensity that is unapologetic, as are the acid, tannins, and deep colored fruit. We have very little of this wine in 2019, but I can easily see why Bob Craig always called this his favorite, though I still keep the final life jacket for the Howell Mountain should our boat capsize. Our neighbors from Bordeaux continue to produce fantastic wine from our old joint next door, yet despite claiming a price point that is four times higher, they have yet to best us with the critics. "

VINEYARDS: Amentet Estate Vineyard
APPELLATION: Mount Veeder
COMPOSITION: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Cabernet Franc
CASES PRODUCED: 404

APPELLATION: MOUNT VEEDER
ELEVATION: 1700'
ACRES: 6.5
VARIETALS: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Perched at 1,700’ of elevation along Wall Road on the north end of the Mount Veeder AVA, this 6.5-acre vineyard is destined for greatness. After 22 vintages of purchasing fruit on a handshake contract with the late actor Robin Williams from the neighboring Pym Rae vineyard, it was a joy to receive a first harvest from our own immaculate young vineyard in 2016.

We christened the property Amentet Vineyard, after the Egyptian Goddess of the West. With the “rebirth” of our Veeder Cab, Amentet (pronounced “AH-men-TETT”) seems the perfect patroness—the goddess of fertility and rebirth, who was often depicted with a hawk perched upon her head. Given the number of red tails spotted from our new vineyard, this seems particularly providential.

The site was planted and managed by the same man who farmed the neighboring Pym Rae vineyard for Robin for more than two decades, and it is no surprise that the resulting wines are so similar. The sandy, gravel-based soils of shale with a sandstone topsoil produce wines that are black in color with very low PH values and naturally high acids. A perfect combination for longevity. The beauty of this warmer, fog-free northern section of Mount Veeder is that the wines are free of any unwanted vegetal or rustic characteristics that can affect cooler climate sites to the south.

96 POINTS
“The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder) is gorgeous. It offers up a whole range of inky dark fruit, leather, crushed rock, graphite, lavender and spice notes, with big, firm tannins that wrap it all together. A dollop of Cabernet Franc adds gorgeous aromatic presence. For readers who want to know what Mount Veeder is all about, well, this is it!.”
- Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 10/1/21

VINEYARDS: Amentet Estate Vineyard
APPELLATION: Mount Veeder
COMPOSITION: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Cabernet Franc
CASES PRODUCED: 404

2019 Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

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