2016 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Three Kings Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 96.4 points

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  12/9/2023 - gogiants925 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  2 hr decant. Deep purple in the glass, appeared almost thick as I swirled it. Blackberry aromas with some anise. On the palate, I got lots of blackberry, currant and black cherry, just mouth filling and super smooth. A big wine to be sure. I didn't notice the tannin that others seemed to taste. To me they were pretty soft. Big long black cherry finish. Really spectacular. I had opened a Carter To Kalon 2016 back in 2019, and found it to be jammy and pretty syrupy, just all over the place. I'm glad I gave this one another 4 years, seemed to do it justice. Best cab I had this year.

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  11/19/2023 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  After one hour in the decanter this wine came together with a Massive dark fruit and tons of tannin. Very big and bold, great wine with good finish.

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  9/16/2023 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Two hour decant. Deep, rich, powerful fruit driven wine. Grainy tannin gave way to a soft and elegant texture after another hour. Black currants, dark red cherries, spice, cassis. 30 second finish.

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  9/4/2023 - jimyeni Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Tasting beautifully right now still lots of fruit and the complexity is off the charts. Time has done this wine well, smoothing out the rough edges. This, like most Carter wines are huge at release and I believe this is a good proof point that time really brings Carter wines to life

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  7/24/2023 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Very rich and dense with teeth staining tannins. Very juicy upfront fruit. Blue and black fruit, anise, spice aromas. Very good now with a 2 hour decant but this is really going to get better with more time.

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