2016 Mt. Brave Cabernet Sauvignon

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Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley, made by sexy Malrboro Man look-alike, Chris Carpenter. I really like Napa Cabernet, and while they are often intense and full-bodied, they have a tannin profile that is quite something. Black and blue fruit, iodine, mocha, baking spice and ginger biscuits. Full-bodied, incredibly dense and chewy, with masses of graphite tannin rolling through sweet dark fruit and high quality oak. So much power of fruit, and tannin, and assertive winemaking overlay, but so compelling. Finish is very long, slick with tannin, and juicy perfumed black fruit. Fortune favours the Brave, surely.

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder is composed of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 3.5% Merlot, 1.5% Malbec and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep purple-black, it sings of warm blackberries, cassis and wild blueberries with hints of violets, dark chocolate, cigar box and menthol. Full-bodied and laden with black and blue fruit, it has a firm structure of grainy tannins and wonderful freshness, finishing long. 6,441 cases produced.

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Wine Spectator

This shows a vivid boysenberry and blackberry fruit profile, laced with licorice, roasted apple wood and violet notes, all backed by a solidly grippy structure and a late zing of minerality.

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Virginie Boone - Wine Enthusiast

With 6% Cabernet Franc, 4% Merlot and 2% Malbec, this mountain wine is supple and silky on the palate, its tannins relatively tamed. A touch of reduction on the nose dives into tar, leather and oak, with a tease of black pepper and meaty red fruit, the wine weighty yet ultimately graceful.

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James Suckling

Aromas of blackberries, blueberries and blackcurrants follow through to a full body and chewy tannins. So much character and intensity. Muscular and gorgeous. Needs two to three years to soften.

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Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder) is incredibly primary at this stage. Crème de cassis, plum, spice, bittersweet chocolate, menthol, licorice and leather all run through this plush yet structured, inviting Cabernet Sauvignon.