Yates Family Vineyard Yates Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder, USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder

Yates Family Vineyard

Other · Cabernet Sauvignon
Sign in to rate Create your cellar
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
90 /100
Reviews
25
professional

Vintages

1
2004 Other 90/100
Cabernet Sauvignon
NV

Community Reviews

27
27
Reviews
90.3
Avg Score
94
Highest
Taster #4299 · Jul 26, 2024
93/100
Wow, amazingly aromatic! Dark black fruit followed by rounded tannins with wonderful structure and perfect acidity. The finish goes on and. Simply amazing! And for the record, this isn’t even their reserve! Wonderful last bottle.
2004 vintage
Taster #7424 · Nov 17, 2018
88/100
Past it’s prime but still good.
2004 vintage
Taster #3020 · Apr 13, 2016
89/100
Slightly past its prime. Slight fruit and earth on the nose. Medium bodied with a touch of cherry and earth tobacco and leather with little tannin bite.
2004 vintage
Taster #5918 · Dec 29, 2013
93/100
At 9 years old, this wine still had plenty of life left in it. Fantastic wine that we'll be stocking up on.
2004 vintage
Taster #0873 · Jul 8, 2013
94/100
Vegetal, decomposition earthy aromas upon first uncorking. With time some black fruit on the nose. On the palatte a full bodied, low acidity well balanced wine, complex, with chocolate covered cherries and coffee/ blueberry finish.
2004 vintage
Taster #0733 · Apr 29, 2013
94/100
Opened at lunch and drank again at dinner and much later. This wine is awesome! It's dark, with really nice aromas and taste of black fruits, balanced oak and tannins. Sometimes you get a bottle that doesn't reflect the experience of the overall wine, usually not uo to standard. This bottle was the opposite. It was better than what others have experienced. I have 5 more and will see if my enthusiasm wanes as I drink my way through these.
2004 vintage
Taster #5839 · Oct 28, 2012
90/100
T.C.from Santee, this Cab is slightly pasts its prime, no tannin grip left. its Bbeautiully smooth, full of delicious black berry fruit. Drink now.
2004 vintage
Taster #8653 · Aug 28, 2011
91/100
Popped and let breathe for about 45 minutes or so. Drinking fantastic right now.
2004 vintage
Taster #8578 · Mar 28, 2011
Drank along side the 05 Maple Lane. KC preferred the Yates. for me the ML was the more well rounded wine.
2004 vintage
Taster #8653 · Feb 6, 2011
90/100
Popped and let breathe. The fruit has dissipated a bit from the last bottle I had, but this is drinking very well right now - very much in balance. This was better than a bottle of tyhis we drank about a year ago. I wish I had a few more of these, but unfortunately I only have one more.
2004 vintage
Taster #7988 · Nov 24, 2010
91/100
Purple with slight chocholate and mild heat on nose. Well integrated with subtle residual tannins and fruit sligtly muted but in nixw balance. Believe this is at or near prime. Would not hold much longer (at least in terms of the way this bottle has aged). Solid cab effort.
2004 vintage
Taster #8874 · Aug 15, 2010
89/100
Very nice cab. Not tons of fruit on the palate. Hints of berries including blue and black. Decent finish with tannins still very present.
2004 vintage
Taster #2659 · Jul 4, 2010
91/100
Some lightly oxidated qualities, often coupled with a fresh leather play. Both of these aromas are quite enjoyable to me. A nice BRET note that I enjoy in this case. Dark purple, blue and black fruits. Blackberries, blueberries some currant. Not a lot of red fruit notes. Some black rock and violets - other dark purple flowers. A very big wine. Completely coats the palate with a mammoth tannin structure. Finish is long with moderate high acidity, high tannins and …
2004 vintage
Taster #0076 · May 3, 2010
92/100
Classic Frank Family cabernet, perfect all of the way around. Great california fruit-bomb, with good tannins and nice finish. Served 2 magnums at Czufin's as part of the 2010 Derby Party. Everyone loved the wine, even the professional chef brought in for the event. I wish I had more.
2004 vintage
Taster #4887 · Apr 22, 2010
91/100
Nice. Deep ruby. Rutherford Cab nose, earthy, leather, dusty, dark blue/black fruit. Milk duds dipped in dark red fruit, chewy tannins, big sweet fruit finish, drys out the palate, love it, nice, mature ,time left, drinking great. Very similar as before with the black tea thing etc. Classic.
2004 vintage
Taster #5128 · Mar 27, 2010
85/100
Very simple in its flavor. The tannins were lower than I expected for a six year bottle.
2004 vintage
Taster #6586 · Mar 14, 2010
88/100
too eucalyptus and big but ok.
2004 vintage
Taster #2770 · Feb 6, 2010
90/100
Wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon -- rich, concentrated, exhibiting layers of plums, black cherries, and blueberries that are well-balanced.
2004 vintage
Taster #4887 · Dec 19, 2009
90/100
Same as previous TN's. Decent example of the NAPA grape.
2004 vintage
Taster #8653 · Dec 10, 2009
88/100
Drank alongside the 2002, which is drinking beautifully right now. This was a bit green comparatively. Not bad, just not very good either. Perhaps it is in a dumb phase. We enjoyed our previous bottles of this much more.
2004 vintage
Taster #4887 · Dec 4, 2009
91/100
Really enjoyed this one.These are just getting nice. Purple. Dark roasted fruits on the nose. Really good treatment of the fruit. Almost lie liquid blueberries on the palate, with some nice smoke. Cassis, black tea, good long finish. After some time I get a smashed Grape flavored Toostie Pop thing going. Cool. The shaved chocolate palate comes on. This is really nice.
2004 vintage
Taster #4887 · Oct 21, 2009
91/100
Dark purple. Fruity & creamy on th nose. Nice clean cab, albiet a bit simplistic, decent value. Rich Cab fruit, that could almost be mistaken for a rich Merlot. Nicely made in an more old world style. A good value, and a better bet from FF than their reserve. Started to come unwound after a ew hours, oaky and drying.
2004 vintage
Taster #0935 · Feb 6, 2009
91/100
Notes of black cherry, spice, blackberry and cassis, with a strong vanilla note toward the end of the bottle. Medium to full bodied, with plush tannins and red fruit tones filling out the midpalate and finish. 90-92 pts.
2004 vintage
Taster #8710 · Jan 25, 2009
91/100
Very nice medium priced cab. Ready to drink now. Well balanced. Nice berry fruits, currant. Went well with the prime rib.
2004 vintage
Taster #5675 · Nov 7, 2008
this was a great, full red meat cab.
2004 vintage
Taster #8216 · Nov 2, 2008
90/100
Juicy red currant flavors in a pure fruit sort of way, but left me wanting more as the mid palate seemed a little thin and the finish seemed a little hot. A very nice wine, just not one that hits on all cylinders. A slight step down from other vintages I have had of this wine. I would pass at the $40 price point.
2004 vintage
Taster #7909 · Jul 14, 2008
87/100
Solid cab. All the attributes expected from this region. Just not worth the price tag.
2004 vintage