Vintage Chart

A chunky, earthy and iron-driven style, with a solid core of black currant and black cherry reduction flavors, while generous notes of iron minerality and sweet bay leaf fill in. Solidly built, with a tangy, mouthwatering, savory finish. Drink now through 2035.—J.M.

Dried meat, toasty wood, savory leather and black plum-elderberry aromas converge on the nose of this bottling. There is a savory, toasty combination to the palate, where dried dill, soy and cocoa flavors decorate the strawberry and cherry fruits. —M.K.

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is everything this wine should be and can be. Floral, deep and yet also light on its feet, the 2019 is a model of total elegance. Crushed flowers, herbs, menthol, rose petal and sweet pipe tobacco run through a core of red-toned Cabernet Sauvignon fruit. The 2019 is perhaps not quite as explosive as the best wines in this range, but it does possess magnificent finesse and tons of personality. Don’t miss it.—A.G.

A wine of dynamic energy immediately bursts from the glass, that energy enlivening the layers of earthy black fruit through this cabernet’s substantial, structured tannins.  Between the high elevation of the site, 2,000 feet above the Pacific, its shale soils and the mass selection of its vines (immigrants in the 19^th century from Château Margaux), Mount Eden consistently produces one of the most compelling cabernets in California. In 2019, it appears as a dark wine with some restraint, needing bottle age to open and for the tannins to evolve. It has the vitality to last through long aging. —J.G.