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  • Country ranking ?

    298
  • Producer ranking ?

    15
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    Now-2030
  • Food Pairing

    Grilled venison fillet with blackberry sauce & Gorgonzola and salty hard cheeses

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The Story

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Origin:

Beckstoffer To Kalon continues to receive worldwide accolades for the wines, particularly in the last decade. The vineyard is on a gentle slope on the western foothills of the Oakville appellation. Soils are Bale loam/Bale clay loam, and are impeccably farmed by Andy Beckstoffer’s team. We have a by-acre contract so we can determine canopy, crop load and picking dates – but rely on the Beckstoffer viticult...

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Wine Information

Production: 175 cases

Vintage:

2009 growing season was definitely one of the most uniform in recent history. No spring frosts, long and cool, except for one heat spike in June - I think one of the best for our blocks in Oakville’s Beckstoffer To Kalon and on Howell Mountain, our Cimarossa vineyard. The wines from these terroirs have developed beautifully in barrel. All the grapes from these sites were picked under ideal conditions at opt...

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Origin

St Helena, Napa Valley

Drinking temperature

17-18C

Inside Information

“...Beckstoffer To Kalon Clone 6 is fabulous. Dark red cherries, menthol, graphite and spices are some of the nuances that emerge from this virile, layered wine. The Clone 6 is majestic in its expressive layers of fruit and huge, building finish.”

94+ Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate, December 2011

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