2012 Quivet Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 94.2 points

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  4/30/2021 - Cow Town Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Second of two bottles. Had the first in 2015 and thought it was good, but maybe not worth the extra $$ over the other Quivets. This time? Wow. Simply an amazing wine, and maybe be best LPV I have had from any producer. Velvety smooth, fine tannins, a finish that lasted forever. Seems like it is in a perfect spot.

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  3/28/2021 - Bobbusch Likes this wine: 94 Points

  My last bottle. A wow wine! The wine is still really big with great oak integration through the fruit. Nice chocolate undertone . If you have some in your cellar this will continue to evolve.

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  7/4/2020 - EMark Likes this wine:

  This is a big, powerful wine. I opens with a nice unobtrusive level of dark fruit--currant, blueberry. Then there is some steeliness, or, maybe, graphite, followed by some dustiness,
  Then, the tannin hits--very serious tannin, I am enjoying this wine, right now, but there is sufficient acid here to predict that several more years of storage will provide terrific dividends to the patient collector,

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  6/21/2020 - BigTex22 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Fathers Day wine which we paired with filet mignon. Dusty dark fruit with some sediment. Wife loved it. I’ve moved on to Bdx so I’m not a fan of the style anymore, but it’s a very nice Napa and drinking well.

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  6/7/2020 - csimm wrote: 97 Points

  Almost four years have past since I last took a shot at this wine (my tasting note on 7/3/16 is vastly different than my experience today). Patience has paid off for sure, as this once spun-up purple palate eater has since developed into a beautifully smooth and deep crimson and black fruited specimen. Dark plum, blackberry cobbler, black raspberry, wild boysenberry, dried cranberry, subtle cassis, river rock, and faint hits of garrigue, graphite, violets, and forest floor.
  
  This needed about an hour or so of air to blow of some lingering booze on the finish, but once it was able to stretch its legs more, it was a glide of a delivery that coated the palate with debonair style. It tasted like what the color purple should taste like, with peripheral crimson and black fruits to add complexity. Throw in some rock and earth notes and you have yourself a complete wine primed for lazy weekend sipping on the porch. Satisfying without being too self-assertive.
  
  This certainly gives me confidence about the short-term aging potential of this lineage of wines. If memory serves, 2012 was the inaugural vintage of LPV for Quivet, so I'm happy to report all is more than well with this wine's ability to carry the torch since its inception. It also gives me pause about drinking these wines too early. I wouldn't wait until 2030 or anything here, but the 7-8 year from vintage mark might be a sweet spot for my palate with these wines. Of course varying vintages can change those assessments (and about 1,000 other factors as well), but at least for the 2012, this is entering a really nice drinking window.
  
  Last bottle for me here. Oh well. For those considering a dip into their stash, the 2012 is good now (remember to give it some air though folks) or perhaps even better in another year. 96-97 points. Well done!

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