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Greetings from the Mountain Wine Club!
Hand harvesting is not the only challenge of our mountain Appellation vineyards. There are also the bears. High on our Mt. Veeder Estate, we have a family of bears with excellent taste that occasionally picnics in our vineyards. We can’t blame them—mountain fruit is rich, vibrant, and full of flavor. It also makes extremely structured wines built to age. With this shipment, we bring you the 2014 La Jota Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2014 Mt. Brave Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon—two exceptional mountain wines from the tasty vineyards of Howell Mountain and Mt. Veeder.
95 Points
2014 La Jota Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
“It has an opaque purple color, a big, sweet kiss of crème de cassis and blackberry with a touch of lead pencil shavings, vanilla and incense. It is full-bodied and dense, with moderately high tannins but beautiful sweetness and fruit. Drink it over the next 25-30 years.”
Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate, October 2016
95+ Points
2014 Mt. Brave Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon
“This wine has [notes of] blueberry and blackberry liqueur, some graphite, a juicy, full-bodied, savory mouthfeel, and excellent purity and underlying balance. This seamlessly rich mountain Cabernet Sauvignon should age effortlessly for two decades or more.”
Robert M. Parker, Jr., The Wine Advocate, October 2016
Christopher Carpenter
Howell Mountain, Napa Valley
La Jota Estate Vineyard, W.S. Keyes Vineyard
19 months in French oak (90% new)
September 18 – October 18, 2014
14.8%
75.5% Cabernet Sauvignon,
12% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot,
5% Petit Verdot, 2.5% Malbec
Christopher Carpenter
Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley
Mt. Brave Vineyard
14.5%
19 months in French oak (89% new)
September 16 – October 15, 2014
90.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot, 3.5% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec
