2017 Beckstoffer The Debate Cabernet Franc Beckstoffer To Kalon
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One of the top expressions of this variety coming from Napa is the 2017 Cabernet Franc To Kalon, which is 100% varietal that was barrel fermented and spent 22 months in 80% new French oak. It offers a wonderful, multi-dimensional, seamless texture as well as full-bodied richness and depth, silky tannins, and complex notes of cassis, toasted bread, and flowery incense. I’d be thrilled to have bottles in the cellar, and it should cruise for 15-20 years.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Cabernet Franc Beckstoffer To Kalon comes skipping out of the glass with pretty floral of roses and lilacs over a core of stewed red plums, wild blueberries and mulberries plus wafts of fragrant earth, cinnamon stick, dusty soil and garrigue. Medium to full-bodied, the palate features a rugged frame of chewy tannins with lovely freshness and loads of layers, finishing with a lingering mineral kick to the finish.