Paul Hobbs Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
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Saturated red-ruby. Site-driven scents of black cherry, red- and blackcurrant, licorice, violet and sexy soil tones. Densely packed, youthful and rather elegantly styled, showing lovely inner-mouth lift to its slightly inky dark fruit, spice and graphite flavors. No easy sweetness here but this classically dry wine boasts excellent definition and inner-mouth tension. With its firm tannic structure this wine is still a baby, but it can still be enjoyed now with some decanting. More time in the cellar should bring greater complexity, though. This is one of Paul Hobbs's favorite vintages for this wine, from fruit picked on the later side. But he feels that the 2010 version is easier to drink in spite of its very primary character. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, July 2019)
Saturated red-ruby. Site-driven scents of black cherry, red- and blackcurrant, licorice, violet and sexy soil tones. Densely packed, youthful and rather elegantly styled, showing lovely inner-mouth lift to its slightly inky dark fruit, spice and graphite flavors. No easy sweetness here but this classically dry wine boasts excellent definition and inner-mouth tension. With its firm tannic structure this wine is still a baby, but it can still be enjoyed now with some decanting. More time in the cellar should bring greater complexity, though. This is one of Paul Hobbs's favorite vintages for this wine, from fruit picked on the later side. But he feels that the 2010 version is easier to drink in spite of its very primary character. (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, July 2019)
9.3
Patrick Derdeyn
Shout out to @Craig Benner. Great wine in a sea of great wines tonight. Stupidly tannic still and needs a tom of time but the fruit stood out as being truly special.
Shout out to @Craig Benner. Great wine in a sea of great wines tonight. Stupidly tannic still and needs a tom of time but the fruit stood out as being truly special.
9.5
Rebecca Fletcher
Dark cherry, plum, kirsch, blueberry, chocolate and mint. M+ intensity on the nose and palate. Plum and black cherry. M- acid, m+ body, m+ finish and complexity. Beckstoffer To Kalon vineyard never disappoints.
Dark cherry, plum, kirsch, blueberry, chocolate and mint. M+ intensity on the nose and palate. Plum and black cherry. M- acid, m+ body, m+ finish and complexity. Beckstoffer To Kalon vineyard never disappoints.
9.6
Charlie Beatty
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Pure fruit and soft tannin structure . Opened 3 hours before event! Wine Spec Tasting in NYC
Pure fruit and soft tannin structure . Opened 3 hours before event! Wine Spec Tasting in NYC
9.4
