2013 Beckstoffer The Debate Cabernet Sauvignon Missouri Hopper Vineyard
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Inky in color, with all the blackberry, black cherry and smoke you need. Full bodied, intense, deep and long, there is an elegance to the power and a freshness to keeps this right on going.
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Missouri Hopper, which comes from another Oakville Beckstoffer Vineyard, is spectacular. Opaque purple in color, the wine offers up notes of white chocolate, blackberry and cassis, some subtle background oak, rich, foresty notes, a full-bodied, opulent texture, and terrific purity and overall harmony. It is young and tightly coiled, but this is a stunner that should evolve beautifully for 25-30 years. Tel. (707) 204-0934; www.thedebatewine.com
The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Missouri Hopper is another huge, super-ripe, tannic wine with little in the way of vineyard expression.