2023 Bevan Cabernet Sauvignon Dr Crane vineyard
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Based on 100% Cabernet Sauvignon raised all in new barrels, the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Dr. Crane Vineyard offers smoky black fruits, smoked tobacco, darker chocolate, gravelly earth, and crushed stone in a ripe, powerful, massively concentrated package. It builds beautifully with time in the glass and has tons of ripe tannins and a great finish. It tastes like the blood of this terroir (as well as Cabernet Sauvignon) and needs an hour in a decanter if drinking any time soon. It will cruise for 30 years on its density, depth, and structure. Drink 2030-2055.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is a fabulous example of this site. Plush, silky tannins wrap around a core of red/purplish fruit, rose petal and cinnamon. Everything about the 2023 speaks to finesse, and also to the super distinctive personality of this St. Helena site. The 2023 Crane is a very beautiful and complete wine.
Bevan's 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard features copious amounts of black cherries, with delicate floral undertones on the nose. It's full-bodied, plush and bit warm on the palate, with dark, chocolaty flavors on the lingering, velvety finish. It very much hews to the Bevan style and that of this warm, valley-floor site, delivering ample hedonistic charm.
Cassis, blue fruits, green tobacco, graphite, and damp earth notes all emerge from Russell's 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard, another truly impressive, full-bodied 2023 barrel sample. Incredibly concentrated, with ripe yet building tannins and a great finish, Russell's expression of this site always has an herbal edge, and this beauty pulls it off with style.