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2014

Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras

Tasted 28 January 2018 Napa Valley · St. Helena

Same as previous notes. I'm going to try to hold remaining bottles until 2019. Just a little round on the mid-palate. Great core fruit flavors and concentration. Wanting a little more complexity and drive. Hoping a year…

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22 February 2020 Blackberry, blueberry, earth, river rock, and pulverized granite. This started off as many 2014s do with a giving amount of fruit and flavor on the… 24 April 2019 Previous notes apply from last year, though I do think another couple of years will produce even more upside for this wine. The 2014 is an agreeable… 12 May 2018 Previous notes apply. This was delivering really beautiful black and blue berry fruit flavors right away on PnP. A little softer and more plush than… 2 October 2017 As much as I thought the Sleeping Lady was an enjoyable wine (served alongside the LPV), this LPV was notably more complex and driven. PnP displayed…
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2016

Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras

Napa Valley · St. Helena

Over four years since my last sampling this, the '16 FM LPV has gone from a high-rider taut teaser to a lush, plush, and gurgling gush of muddled blackberries and choc-o-late silkiness. If you know…

Reviewed 15 January 2023
2013

Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras

Napa Valley · St. Helena

This was an especially ripe and ready showing. Deep and dark plum, black cherry, blackberry, smoke, wet tobacco, and slate notes are delivered in balanced but gushing and plush waves of chewy fruit…

Reviewed 3 January 2022
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