This 100% Cab is a huge wine, an appropriate ambassador from Mount Veeder. It’s old-fashioned in its dryness and hard tannins, so unlike today’s softly gushy cult Cabs, but that should enable it to age for a long time. Shows a heart of cedar-accented black currants, with exotic cigar box complexities. A serious cellar candidate. Best after 2010, and for many years.——S.H.(4/1/2009)—— 94

Smells beautiful, with a nuanced perfume of rich cassis, black cherry and new smoky oak and vanilla. But be warned, the tannins are potent. They grip the palate and fundamentally close it down. Absolutely requires further cellaring. Drink 2010-2020. ——S.H.(5/1/2005)—— 89