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1978 Mount Veeder Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Bernstein
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Label borrowed from 1977
Label borrowed from 1980
Label borrowed from 1975
Label borrowed from 1975
Community Tasting Notes 9
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MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
February 7, 2023 - Napa 2023: the quieter version; 2/6/2023-2/11/2023 (Napa/Sonoma California): Side by side with a Palmer of the same year to do our own mini Judgment of Paris. This was fun. Opened and decanted for sediment and then rebottled. Spent about 5 hours in a cooler before getting toted around as we walked around for a few hours before dinner. Just like the Bordeaux this was totally ready for business by the time we got to dinner. Darker fruited and still very much fruited and more secondary style and really just a special wine. From a rather large lot of old Mount Veeders and if they are all like this I am a happy camper.
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RockinCabs wrote: 92 points
November 14, 2021 - Wow. So fresh here. Nice black fruit, dark cherry, pencil and mint. Done as a side by side with the 1979, and this was just lacked the saturation and power to get to the next level. However, on its own this is an exceptional classic Mt Veeder wine.
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englishman's claret wrote: 90 points
November 14, 2021 - Like the 79, this offers a purely black fruit profile but here it is demure and accompanied by a little dill, mint, and thyme. Clean, lightish, but nice palate.
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austinbeeman- austinbeeman.com Likes this wine: 96 points
January 4, 2019 - Tasted out of Magnum.
Masterful. A beautiful aged wine with layers of complex melted blackberry and cassis. Lots of beautiful integrated tannins and gorgeous underbrush and forrest floor. -
pmevans wrote: 91 points
December 2, 2013 - Didn't take detailed notes, but had at Fred's birthday dinner. Drank from a mag, still holding up well, good fruit, drink sooner rather than later especially from a 750.
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By Richard Jennings
8/7/2009 (link) 93 points(Mount Veeder Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Bernstein) A little cloudy, bricking, dark raspberry red color with clear meniscus; maturing, herbal, dill, cassis nose; tasty, maturing, tart cassis, plum palate with roundness, very appealing; medium finish 93+ pts.
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By Richard Jennings
7/17/2008 (link) 88 points(Mount Veeder Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Bernstein) Group's #2 (my #4) – 41 pts; 3 1st place votes, 3 2nd place votes, 3 thirds, 0 last places – Dark brick red color with pale meniscus; nice tobacco, mint and tart cassis nose; mature, tart red fruit with an herbal edge and high acidity; medium finish 88+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1978
- Type Red
- Producer Mount Veeder Winery
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Bernstein
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 21 (46%)
- Consumed 25 (54%)
Food Pairing
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- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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