2004 RESERVE
Mount Veeder was the first winery in California to have one vineyard planted to all five Bordeaux varietals. The Mount Veeder Reserve is an elegant statement of the winemaking philosophy that blending creates a wine more than the sum of its parts. Crafted from small lots of exceptionally concentrated fruit from our three ranches, this distinctive red wine is the essence of power and finesse.
WINEMAKER: Janet Myers
APPEARANCE: Dark garnet red
AROMA: Very dense and brambly. The dark black fruit is complemented by sweet anise, sage, bay and toasty oak notes.
FLAVOR: Rich, supple and dense, loaded with dark blackberry fruit and ripe mountain tannin. Chewy, big-boned and intense, the flavors fill the pallet and continue with blackberry and coffee notes rounding out the long finish.
VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 3% Malbec
APPELLATION: Napa Valley
TIME IN OAK: 25 months
TYPE OF OAK: 80% FRENCH OAK, 99% NEW
ALCOHOL: 14.5%
CASES PRODUCED: 3,597