1978 Mount Veeder Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Sidehill Ranch

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  12/3/2023 - Bryan F wrote:

  Had this bottle last night as part of a 45th birthday party of 1978 cabs and cab blends. Cork was in rough shape but came out whole. Needed 5-10 minutes to breathe where funk blew off. Excellent wine for its age with eucalyptus. Classic old mount veeder. Fruit still present and nice balance. I’m grateful for the opportunity to still taste this type of old Napa wine. Highly enjoyable if you still like this type of wine

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  9/11/2012 - BradKNYC wrote:

  1978 California Cabernet horizontal (Il Corso.): I was eager to try this as I'd never heard of this bottling, but I've enjoyed some older Mount Veeder Cabs. According to the Mount Veeder website, this bottling was the first American wine futures ever offered, 400 cases were produced and 100 cases each were sold on futures to 4 stores and it was Robert Mondavi that came up with the name "Sidehill Ranch." Anyhoo, unfortunately, the wine didn't show that well. It's full of mint and eucalyptus, not my favorite characteristics in California Cabernet, though a little bit of both is ok so long as there's a lot of fruit, but the cherry that remains is rapidly drying up. Pretty much a shell of a wine at this point, with mint, eucalyptus and structure remaining. Still, it was fun to try given its history. C+.

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