Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Paul Hobbs |
Label Name: | Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon |
Vintage: | 2012 |
Country: | United States |
Region: | Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard, St. Helena, Napa Valley |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 14.6% |
Grape(s): | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
Acidity: | 3 |
Tannins: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 5 |
Length: | 5 |
Aroma Intensity: | 5 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Robert Parker (The Wine Advocate) 95; Vinous 95; James Suckling 93; Wine Spectator 90. 6%. Sources:
Tasting Note
Dense, full-bodied Cabernet with blackcurrant, blackberry, cassis, graphite, bay leaf and cedar; dark chocolate, tobacco and savory spice. Plush, ripe fruit framed by firm, fine-grained tannins and a long, savory finish.
Food Pairing
Western: grilled ribeye, roast rack of lamb, braised short ribs, aged cheddar, dark chocolate. Asian: Korean BBQ (galbi), Cantonese roast duck/char siu, Sichuan beef, Indonesian beef rendang.
Production Method
Hand-harvested Beckstoffer Las Piedras fruit; small-lot fermentations, ~20 months in new French oak; minimal intervention, lightly fined/filtered or unfined/unfiltered depending on lot.
Vineyard Info
Paul Hobbs Wines (est.1991) produces single-vineyard Napa bottlings. Las Piedras is a Beckstoffer-owned St. Helena site; Hobbs sources the vineyard for concentrated, site-driven Cabernet bottlings.