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  • Country ranking ?

    294
  • Producer ranking ?

    6
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Sourced from favored rows within the acclaimed C2 block of Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, this elegant wine exudes class and refinement. It is dark violet in hue with aromas of blueberry, lavender, balsa, wet stone, vanilla and biscotti. Velvety tannins give this wine a luxurious mouthfeel that is punctuated by bright elegant flavors of boysenberry pie, mocha, pipe tobacco, salted caramel, and shale. A refined finish of black fruit, tar and wet earth persist for more than a minute long. We recommend decanting this wine in its youth.

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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard is another compelling wine in this set of dazzling 2016 Cabernets from Paul Hobbs. Inky, voluptuous and racy in the glass, the 2016 captures all the signatures that make To Kalon such a special place for growing Cabernet Sauvignon. Creme de cassis, chocolate, inky purplish fruit and spice overtones about in this sensual, arrestingly beautiful wine.

  • 97p

Bright, full medium ruby. Compelling floral lift to the very dark aromas of boysenberry, blueberry, violet, minerals and sea salt; showed a distinct wild berry quality as it opened in the glass. Densely packed, seamless and brisk, with intense blue fruit and violet flavors dominating. A strong spine of acidity and tannins is currently keeping the wine a bit youthfully simple, but its explosive, palate-staining length and energy suggest that it will be a beauty--and long-lived. (14.9% alcohol; 3.7 pH; 5.7 g/l acidity)

  • 95p
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Origin

Sebastopol, Sonoma Valley

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