This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is harvested from Block D1 of the Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard located on the western bench of the St. Helena AVA at the foot of Spring Mountain.
2021
Tasting Notes
The signature profile of this famed heritage vineyard includes powerful black fruit notes that rest on a backbone of minerality. The nose offers up notes of dark chocolate, and baking spice, while the dense, lush, dark-fruited palate seamlessly integrates silky tannins for a long, generous finish.
Winemaking Notes
In 2021, an early bud break, a long hang time, naturally small berries and lower than average yields produced intense, concentrated flavors that married seamlessly with the minerality characteristic of Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard.
- Vintage
- 2021
- Composition
- 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cases Produced
- 117
- Harvest Date
- September 21, 2021
- Months in Barrel
- 21 months in 75% new French oak
- Alcohol
- 14.9%
“97 points — Gorgeous red and black fruits, graphite, baking spices, and chocolate give way to a medium to full-bodied, ultra-pure, seamless, finesse driven Cabernet Sauvignon. This brilliant wine will… have two decades or more of prime drinking.”
— Jeb Dunnuck, December 2023
“96 points — Full-bodied with silky tannins, blackberry fruit, blueberry compote, and wonderfully rich mocha spices that thread a sweet line interrupted by savoury notes of salty minerals on the long finish.”
— Decanter, Jonathan Cristaldi, May 2024
