Mount Veeder, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon 1991 Grenache graphite and licorice

graphite and licorice

Notions of red roses and garrigue reward patient swirling and coaxing

Here too there is more volume and punch to the more mineral-driven flavors that possess focused power on the linear and austere finish

with a complex bouquet of pear

and half in concrete tank

Mount Veeder, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon 1991 Grenache graphite and licoriceBase of neck or better; In Original Carton 92 points CellarTracker Member Double blind. Dark core with a touch of bricking at the meniscus. Lovely bouquet of tobacco, black currants and violets. Flavors of currants, plum, cherry and green tobacco. I am struggling to determine if this is from Bordeaux or California. Forest floor notes emerge with air. Just a touch lean perhaps, and the acidity is there, so the while the fruit says CA, the structure