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2017 Abreu Rothwell Hyde
3/11/2022 - GT3John Likes this wine: 95 Points
Seems like Abreu has figured out how to excel in tough years. This wine is very concentrated and suprisingly good with dense fruit. It doesn’t have the focus, clarity and depth of Abreu’s best, but it’s up there for the Rothwell.
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2016 Boich Family Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard
11/2/2019 - GT3John Likes this wine: 98 Points
Ok, I waited for the second bottle to talk about this wine. I don’t put many notes up. The reason is that I’m embarrassingly untrained and I don’t know the proper speak. However, I DO know my Napa wines.
Wow! This wine was such a surprise. Intense fruit typical Beckstoffer black fruits. The intensity is just wow. The tannins aren’t perfectly integrated but there’s a pop on the finish that helps the finish to linger. It may sound like a drawback but the extra grit makes it interesting and enjoyable. This is such a nicely crafted wine.
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2013 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon LPV Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard
2/24/2019 - GT3John wrote:
Disappointed in this bottle. I think the answer is that it’s in a closed down phase. The concentration is there, the mouthfeel is right, tannins are there but not overbearing. I just could not get anything in terms of smells and tastes. Opened it and sampled it over 5 hours and it never let loose. I hope this will come around in a few years because I have more bottles in the cellar.
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