More intense than the 2018, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon blends 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot into an elegantly medium-bodied mountain expression of rounded tannins, crunchy red fruit, and notes of iron and smoked meat. From the estate's 1,600-foot elevation, it shows plenty of structure and tannin power without being heavy, though it will benefit greatly, as these wines always do, from decanting and/or aging another 10-20 years.
96 points, Virginie Boone, Jeb Dunnuck (Apr 2025)
The 2019 Mount Eden Cabernet is a remarkably elegant wine, with feral finesse and mountain purity. Wild berries, and mint leaves, Santa Cruz Mountains garrigue and even a touch of wild anise. The palate shows real intensity, lifted, taut with notes of sauvage and spice. Pure early-season blackberries, chopped mint leaves and dried thyme. The Cabernet legacy is a long one here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A planting at La Questa in the late 1890s, utilising source material from Margaux, contributed to the creation of the Mt Eden Cabernet blocks in the 1940s.
96 points, Clive Pursehouse, Decanter (Aug 2025)
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.
95 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous (Nov 2023)
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a fresh, vibrant showing of this historically consistent and always elegant wine. The nose opens with refined aromas of loganberry, clay dust, roses, redwood and oiled leather. The palate is svelte, plush and lifted with youthful yet accessible tannins and a pleasing, high-toned finish. This wine always benefits substantially from cellaring until the 10-year mark and should provide a wonderful drinking experience for two decades beyond that.
94 points, Matthew Luczy, Wine Advocate (Apr 2024)
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