2014 Arrow & Branch Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 94 points

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  3/12/2022 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This seems to be right in its drinking window. Lovely floral aromas on the nose, complimented by cedar, cassis and loamy soil. Medium to full bodied, there's still a lot of decadent rich fruit, but the transition to secondary and tertiary notes of tobacco, mushroom and earth has begun. The tannins are soft and fine grained and there's much better overall structure and acidity than in the 2012 edition I had a few months back. Around the mid-palate a bitter chocolate element emerges, which carries the wine into a relatively long finish. While this is going to drink well for many more years, I am not sure it will get better. With Dr Crane, the character is in the fruit, and so I'd consider popping the cork.

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  10/24/2021 - greg@newsomehh.com Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Lovely, I think Beckstoffer Dr. Crane grapes are the BEST

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  10/5/2021 - greg@newsomehh.com Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Killer good, decanted for 2 hours and enjoyed with venison rib racks
  What a great combo

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  3/23/2021 - greg@newsomehh.com Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Love Beckstoffer but not the best

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  5/19/2020 - greg@newsomehh.com Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Not as good as I recalled from my previous notes

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