Spotted Owl Mount Veeder Mountain Cuvee – 2008 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Varietals:

• 65% Cabernet Sauvignon
• 35% Syrah

Notes of Raspberry-blackberry, toasted fennel, freshly roasted New Mexico pine nut, hint of chile Guajillo.

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Elizabeth Spencer Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon – 2006 – 9.3 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Various wild bramble berries-blueberry Coulis, ground clove-cinnamon, white truffle, scent of pine forest, pine cone and vanilla.

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Hess Collection Mount Veeder19 Block Cuvée – 2007 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Malbec, 4% Syrah, 4% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot; notes of blackberry-blueberry Confit, chocolate mint, Eucalyptus, Morel mushroom, rose petal and chile Nuevo Mexico; scent of pine cone, roasting nuts, and burning cedar wood.

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Mayacamas Mt Veeder Merlot – 2005 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Varied bramble fruit, cardamom, vanilla, toast and smoke.

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Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon – 2004 – 9.1 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Braised blueberry-boysenberry, baking spices, anise, and sweet red pepper.  Scent of Heirloom tomatoes, crushed Fall leaves, and Eucalyptus.

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Charter Oaks Mt Veeder Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon – 2007 – 9.2 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Focused wine; blueberry-cassis confit, allspice, vanilla and white truffle.

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Y Rousseau Mount Veeder Chardonnay – 2008 – 8.9 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Dried Turkish fig, Comice pear, freshly ground nutmeg, toasted almond.

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Fontanella Family Winery Mount Veeder Zinfandel – 2008 – 9.0 – James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Something about higher elevation wine is noticeable and alluring.  This wine certain takes a snapshot of Mount Veeder and relays to the palette a captivating wine.  Plenty of extracted black plum and Açai, hint of cardamom and ground clove, interspersed with fennel.

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Lagier Meredith Mount Veeder Syrah – 2004 – 8.9- James Meléndez / James the Wine Guy

Gorgeous deep ruby-garnet fruit; roasted Boysenberry accented with wood, crushed allspice and fennel.

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Yates Family Vineyard Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon – 2005 – 9.0 – James Meléndez / Jaimes the Wine Guy

Mountain fruit in the Napa gives markedly different when compared to the valley floor.  There is an intensity with more herbaceous qualities.  This wine gives notes of Eucalyptus-fennel, dried field mushroom, Boysenberry and pecan.

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