The Debate Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard
Tasted 8 January 2016
Napa Valley · St. Helena
Pnp with a nose of ripe berry fruit, vanilla, and alcohol. On the palate, a chalky grip (not unpleasant) initially surrounded flavors of sweet blackberry, thick, reduced blueberry sauce (like the kind you might pour…
A captivating bottle of wine. Balanced and exquisitely focused, while still delivering a beautifully concentrated core of black fruit. Signature To Kalon, with powerfully mouth-couting waves of…
Much improved from my last bottle. Some old world restraint here (which is indicative of Hoefliger's style), but some nice dark berry and currant flavors that kept me coming back for another sip.…
Much better than the 2012 Debate Crane I had recently, this 2013 had a somewhat older-school hybrid profile that displayed both cedar-laced red fruit and some dark black soil characteristics. Much…
