Nose
This sophisticated cabernet sauvignon opens up to lavender,
cassis, cocoa powder, pencil shaving and damp earth.
Palate
The fruit is pure and elegant, showing
boysenberry and blackberry with layers of graphite, leading to a focused and polished wine.
Growing Conditions
2009 began with an abundance of spring rain followed by mild, steady
summer temperatures that set the stage for nearly ideal growing conditions. The well‐set
fruit ripened slowly allowing for an excellent balance of sugars and acids to develop. The
resulting wines can be characterized as elegant and rich with profound depth and structure.
Properties: Beckstoffer Dr. Crane (St. Helena), Beckstoffer Las Piedras (Napa Valley),
Beckstoffer To Kalon (Oakville), Stagecoach (Napa Valley)
Clonal Selections: 4, 337
Harvest
Hand‐harvested grapes
Bottling
Unfined and unfiltered; bottled June 2011.
Winemaking
Fermented in closed‐top stainless steel fermentors with indigenous selected yeasts
6‐day cold soak, 29 days total maceration
Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrels
Aging
Aged 20 months in French oak; 74% new.
Appearance
Displaying a black garnet hue.