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2018 O'Shaughnessy Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

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Latest Sale Price

June 25, 2023 - $96

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RATINGS

98Wine Enthusiast

Plush, polished tannins add to a weighty mouthfeel filled with deep flavors of cassis and blood orange, with seasonings of sage, herbes de Provence and black and white pepper.

96Vinous / IWC

...bright, sensual and impeccably balanced. Red berry fruit, blood orange, sweet spice, tobacco and rose petal accents all build in a sensual, silky Mt. Veeder Cabernet that delivers tons of class.

96Jeb Dunnuck

...brilliantly, with a dense purple color as well as killer notes of blueberries, pine forest, violets, graphite, crushed stone, and lead pencil. These all carry to a medium to full-bodied, structured wine that displays the vintage's purity and freshness, building tannins, and a great finish.

93James Suckling

This has aromas and flavors of blackberry leaf, thyme, blackcurrant, licorice and cedar...medium-to full-bodied... Mineral and iodine character on the finish.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley, Mount Veeder

Mount Veeder AVA was established in 1993, though its origins as a wine producing district date to the 19th century. A German Presbyterian pastor named Peter Veeder was one of the first landowners in the area, and by 1864 one of his neighbors, a German sea captain named Stelham Wing, was producing wine commercially. The area continued to attract German agricultural entrepreneurs, some of whom established the estate that would later become the Christian Brothers Mont La Salle winery. Today the AVA includes about 1,000 acres of vineyards, most of them at relatively high altitudes. The Mayacamas vineyard, for instance, is at 2,400 feet. Cabernet Sauvignon is the most frequently planted grape, followed by Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.

TYPE

Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most widely grown grape varieties, it can be found in nearly every wine growing region. A cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. It’s a hardy vine that produces a full-bodied wine with high tannins and great aging potential.