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2018 Becklyn Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Oakville
Label borrowed from 2017
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Community Tasting Notes 7
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RayT Likes this wine: 94 points
November 18, 2023 - Drank this for my mom's 80th birthday party. Decanted this 2 hours. Would and should have given this a longer decant but was busy setting up for the party. This powerful wine jumps out of the glass with notes of black currant, blackberries, cherry, and cocoa.
Being a 2018 this does have pretty big tannins which I don't mind. I agree wholeheartedly with Yackman that 2018 is a very tricky vintage and that this is drinking quite well right now for a 2018. I also think this will gain a point in another year or two. -
haldolugr wrote: 95 points
July 4, 2023 - A stunner. Big delicious cab. BlackBerry and cherry pop on the mostly black/blue fruit driven core. Touch of chocolate on the finish. Smooth even as a pop n pour. Enjoy!
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Yack Man Likes this wine: 95 points
August 25, 2022 - Excellent wine with plenty of big fruit, energy and flavors. How much better will it get, who knows? I do know that I like the drinking window that it's in currently and there's plenty of life with this tricky vintage. 95 Points on day one.
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Yack Man Likes this wine: 95 points
August 13, 2022 - Among the very few enjoyable 2018 Cabs that I’ve tasted (Lewis, Tor and Becklyn M/H) so far, yet still has greater potential here. Deep purple crimson color with a nose of a cotton candy/violets. On the palate, dark fruits: black cherry, blueberries, currants and hints of plum with coco dust with a lingering finish on the back end of the palate. So good for a 2018 where so many wines from 2018 started out really well only to back down and hibernate in my experience. 94+/ 95 Points. The only thing lacking with this Cab may have been depth, perhaps because it was a pop and pour and l didn’t give it enough air, we’ll see? There’s half a bottle remaining.
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ews3 wrote: flawed
December 8, 2021 - badly corked :-(
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- Type Red
- Producer Becklyn Cellars
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Oakville
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
- In Cellars 169 (73%)
- Consumed 62 (27%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationOakville
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