2017

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Grand Daddy Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

Tasted 8 February 2019 Napa Valley · Oakville

Barrel samples: 2017 Carter OG, Verdad, Grand Daddy, and Weitz.

Producer: Carter Cellars
Wine: All vintages
Region: Napa Valley · Oakville
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
Record: 2017 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Grand Daddy Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

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8 June 2019 Almost identical in profile to the Three Kings, but with more plush and somewhat rotund ripe fruit, the Grand Daddy was the most unresolved of the To…

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