89 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, June 2002

This blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon and 39% Cabernet Franc reveals attractive cassis and blueberry notes, subtle oak, and spice. This wine is graceful, elegant, and medium-bodied, with sweet ripe tannin, and a moderate finish. It will drink well for 10-12 years.

89 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2002

This blend of 61% Cabernet Sauvignon and 39% Cabernet Franc reveals attractive cassis and blueberry notes, subtle oak, and spice. This wine is graceful, elegant, and medium-bodied, with sweet ripe tannin, and a moderate finish. It will drink well for 10-12 years. Tel. (707) 963-3816

92 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, November 2001

...Bright ruby. Vibrant, multifaceted nose combines black raspberry, plum, bitter chocolate, leather, tar and smoke, plus a floral nuance. Bright, focused and very intensely flavored, with lovely sweetness and noteworthy detail. Bitter chocolate and dark berry notes, with a sweet overlay of oak. A structured, delineated wine with compelling density and sappy verve. The very long finish features fine, complex tannins. A superb example that really captures the potential of this cool, European-styled vintage...

92 points,

Wine Enthusiast, June 2002

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94 points,

Wine Spectator, May 2002

Very rich and distinctive, with spicy currant, leather, tobacco, cedar and mocha aromas and complex, concentrated, earth, currant, spice and cedar flavors. Gains depth and nuance on the finish, where the flavors run deep and long. Tannins are firm and well-integrated. Drink now through 2012. 3,500 cases made. (JL)

94 points,

Wine Spectator, May 2002

Very rich and distinctive, with spicy currant, leather, tobacco, cedar and mocha aromas and complex, concentrated, earth, currant, spice and cedar flavors. Gains depth and nuance on the finish, where the flavors run deep and long. Tannins are firm and well-integrated. Drink now through 2012. 3,500 cases made. –JL

About Winery

The VIADER vineyards are located 1200 feet above the Napa Valley floor just northeast of St. Helen a on the steep, rocky slopes of Howell Mountain. The first wine produced was the 1989 VIADER Proprietary Cabernet blend that features Cabernet Franc with a significant component of Cabernet Sauvignon.

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