2018 Stewart Cabernet Sauvignon Nomad Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

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Score 96/100 · Drink 2025-2052, Jeb Dunnuck, May 2022

All Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon NOMAD Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard comes from one of the great vineyards in the valley and spent 24 months in 95% new French oak. This deep purple-hued beauty offers up a beautiful perfume of ripe black cherry and cassis fruits as well as classy tobacco, new oak, cedar pencil, and violets, with some loamy earth and chocolate emerging with time in the glass. It's a classic 2018 on the palate and stays relatively focused and straight, with good concentration, ripe, polished tannins, and a wonderful sense of balance and purity. Give bottles another 3-5 years in the cellar, and it will evolve for another 20-25 years.

Critic scores

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90
90/100

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96
96/100

Jeb Dunnuck

78
78/100

Antonio Galloni, Vinous

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78 points
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Score 78/100 · Drink 2021-2023, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Jan 2022

The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Nomad Beckstoffer's Dr. Crane Vineyard shows none of the charm that is such a signature of Dr. Crane Cabernets. Searing tannins and oxidative notes are concerning, to say the least.

97 points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
Score 97/100 · Drink 2024-2050, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, Nov 2021

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Nomad Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane soars out of the glass with bright, vivacious blackcurrant jelly, black cherry preserves and mulberries scents, plus wafts of crushed rocks, cardamom, fragrant earth and violets. The medium to full-bodied palate shimmers with crunchy black fruits and red berry sparks, framed by taut, fine-grained tannins and a lively backbone, finishing long and perfumed.

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Stewart Cellars
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Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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