2018 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Los Compadres Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
#1Winelover wrote:
Sunday, October 4, 2020 - Well, after 2 days of air, this beast is strutting his/her (politically correct) stuff. Finally. 1st Coravin pour several months ago was, "meh." I opened it yesterday and it smelled the same; "meh." So, I decanted the wine! Tasted at 3pm today and the smell was alright. Smelled again at 5pm, and tasted at 5pm, and this wine is awesome. Very impressed. A blend of both Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard blocks; clones of 337 and 4. This just needs more time. It is a beast.
The smell is very strong and unusual. Dark purple and red; full-bodied and smooth. The mixture of the different blocks and clones from Las Piedras show through prominently.
If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that I was tasting a Chris Tynan wine. The construction of this wine is very different than typical Carter wines.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
11/5/2020 4:32:00 AM - =Interesting note...I had missed this. Tasted this wine at Carter back in Sept and didn't think much of it but she had to coravin a glass for us on the spot so no air time.
Comment posted by #1Winelover:
11/5/2020 4:47:00 AM - Yep. This was a weird one for sure, so I bought a bottle for later to hopefully figure it out. I love the vineyard.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
11/5/2020 4:56:00 AM - I did not buy any of this one, so keep me updated on how it does. If I see some down the road I may get a few.