Fruit is balanced by flinty minerality and Mount Veeder's signature freshness

wildflowers and tea leaves

August 2024

the 2025 Troplong Mondot is one of the wines of the vintage

9% alcohol but shows lots of crushed rock and wet gravel minerality

2014 JONATA Desafio Cayuse Fruit is balanced by flinty79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc 80% French oak and 20% neutral French oak 516 Cases Produced "Darker and more brooding with the essence of cassis. Tight and coiled as we would hope at this baby stage. Great expansion of fruit on the attack shows its potential. Sweet and substantial tannins build early and help define this young cabernet sauvignon. An absolutely refined and classic Desafio. We cant wait to watch