The 2017 vintage of this extraordinary Mount Veeder Cabernet is not only the top-rated yet for both the Wine Spectator and the Wine Advocate (and the only one sold out at the winery) – it’s also the only one to make the Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list.
They say:
This offers blackberry, boysenberry and açaí berry compote flavors that sparkle with anise, sassafras and sage accents. Shows serious tarry grip, but that recedes into the fruit as this airs in the glass, leaving embers of singed juniper and alder at the very end. Best from 2023 through 2040.
Among the Napa Cabernets, it finished behind only the great 2016 Mayacamas in the list. (Interestingly, all three Napa Cabs to make the list were from Mount Veeder.
Also the top Mount Brave rating from the Wine Advocate:
Two percent of the Malbec in the blend this year comes from the 2018 vintage. Very deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder bursts out of the glass with vivacious black currants, black cherries and wild blueberries notes with touches of dark chocolate, licorice, violets and cloves. Full-bodied, firm and very finely grained in terms of texture, the palate explodes with fruit and freshness, finishing very long and wonderfully fragrant. Impressive!
The average price on Wine-Searcher is $101, and ours is the lowest anywhere. (The winery is only sold out of this great 2017, at $110.)