Old-School California Cabernet, XIX: Mount Veeder 1998

I happened upon a local Mom-and-Pop wine and liquor store recently with which I was unfamiliar. Right inside the front door stood the "Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!" sign, four months late. The shelves and racks held a typical selection of wine and spirits genres, brands and labels. Oh, well, I thought, doing a little exploring, not much interesting he…