2016 Quivet Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard

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TastesGoodToMe Likes this wine:

93 Points

Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - Almost 2 years since my last bottle. Unfortunately it has not really improved. Fortunately, it is still a great wine. Just not as complex as I would hope based on this vineyard, this vintage, and this price to play. Nice nose, big fruits and nice balance. But not the kind of wine that makes you think a lot. Hope this review doesn't sound negative - because again, it is a great wine (especially on a Tuesday). Just not a wine I would plan a Saturday evening dinner around.

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Comment posted by Mark1npt:

5/26/2021 6:39:00 AM - Been almost 2 years since my last also and now yo make me want to try....

I agree with you and your comments. With this pricing, we should see pretty decent wine, not just a $50 fruit bomb. This has been my fear with many of these types of wines, that we'd hold them a few years, they'd calm down so much, we'd have just fruit and alcohol left. I'm going to have to try another soon and see.....thanks for your note.
Comment posted by Jazz Nut:

5/26/2021 6:48:00 AM - I've held off on my last 2016 Quivet LPV, and I appreciate your note. I was hoping it would have added some complexity and weight by this point. Maybe I should just open it soon, so it can stop taunting me, lol.
Comment posted by Jazz Nut:

5/26/2021 6:58:00 AM - What's interesting is that I was very much impressed by a recent 2016 Myriad Dr. Crane, thought it was firing on all cylinders--maybe this still needs time? Your review is not negative, but it's helpful knowing how the wine is showing, and the fact that you also drank a bottle 2 years ago. I'd guess that's around the time I drank my first bottle, and I was holding off probably for the same reasons you were.
Comment posted by TastesGoodToMe:

5/26/2021 11:34:00 AM - I would wait a little while longer on these. Or maybe try more air than I gave it (only about an hour in the decanter and then sent through a Vinturi. Drank over 2 hours). I did have a '16 Myriad Dr Crane Elysian about a month or so ago that I scored a '98. So I do not think it is the vintage necessarily (unlike most of the '18's that seem a little shut down to me right now). I did not get any of the '16 Carter LPV - would be interesting to see how those are drinking...
Comment posted by sfwinelover1:

5/26/2021 5:28:00 PM - As a sometime drinker, sometime critic of Mike Smith who has this wine in his cellar, your sentence, "[Not] the kind of wine that makes you think a lot." strikes me as a perfect summary of his ouvre. Gave the more highly scored '15 a 93, will be pleased if I can give this that score.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

5/26/2021 7:24:00 PM - Me, too.....from what it sounds like. Tiring of this style and these wines more quickly than I thought I would.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

5/27/2021 2:23:00 AM - Thanks for the review and sorry to read this. I have not tried these ‘16 LPVs in the hope that they would improve vs early reviews. Sounds like that might not happen.
Mark—this fits the ztp
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

5/27/2021 4:56:00 AM - Jen....all the Quivets do. Very, very slight variation from one vineyard to the other and they all behave the same. Same formula. Ztp, for sure.