Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Paul Hobbs |
Label Name: | Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon |
Vintage: | 2017 |
Country: | United States |
Region: | Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard, St. Helena, Napa Valley |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 14.7% |
Grape(s): | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Acidity: | 3 |
Tannins: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 5 |
Length: | 4 |
Aroma Intensity: | 4 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 95+; James Suckling ~94–96 (various listings); Wine Spectator 94; Vinous 93–93+
Tasting Note
Fresh blackberry and cassis with kirsch and wild blueberry, layered with lavender, graphite, tobacco and dark chocolate. Mineral, damp-earth core; medium–full body, grainy yet polished tannins and a long, floral-tinged finish.
Food Pairing
Western: grilled ribeye, roast lamb, braised short ribs, aged cheddar; Asian: Korean BBQ (bulgogi), Cantonese char siu, Szechuan beef, soy-glazed/teriyaki beef, Peking duck.
Production Method
Hand-harvested, cold-sorted and fermented in small lots with extended maceration; spontaneous malolactic fermentation in barrel. Aged ~18–20 months in French oak (majority new); bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Vineyard Info
Paul Hobbs Winery (est. 1991) crafts site-driven, minimal-intervention wines. Fruit for this bottling comes from the historic Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard—gravelly soils at the foot of Spring Mountain in St. Helena.