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2016 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon La Verdad Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard
11/2/2018 - BigRed1000 Likes this wine: 99 Points
Some kind of magic - Mike Smith puts in his wines! This man is a master at new world Cabernet. Tasted the La Verdad at a surprise 50th birthday party. It was on the table with a popped cork, so guessing just an hour of air. Singing right out of the glass, leaping waves of graphite and dark boysenberry, gravely structure and a finish to last a life time. Fantastic! 99-100 points as I can't imagine a better Las Piedras wine out there. Thank you Mike Smith!
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2015 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Foss Vineyard
2/20/2018 - BigRed1000 wrote: 93 Points
Pop n pour at a friends BBQ, served with family style chicken/ sausage and pesto salad. Ripe strawberry and raspberry, flint like minerality and nice acidity lead up to a plump mid palate. Well made, but not over the top - Overall a nice pinot, a bit young, i prefer a few years on WS Pinots and this confirmed. 15 is a solid year, id hold for a year or two and try again.
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2015 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Grand Daddy Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard
2/18/2018 - BigRed1000 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Gotta love the Mike Smith and ToKalon combination. The Grand Daddy has all the layers and details i want in a big cali cab but the jaw dropping finish is what I just love about Mikes wines. 2015 is drinking so nice now, i have 2 more of these, so great now and can't wait to see how they evolve over the next year. ToKalon/ Mike Smith perfection!
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