Wine reviews
2012 Bure Family Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Beckstoffer
Missouri Hopper
Vineyard
The backward, inky/purple-hued 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Duration includes a dollop of Cabernet Franc. It offers up scents of asphalt, blueberry liqueur, camphor and graphite. This dense, full-bodied, opulent effort can be drunk now and over the next 15 years. Former Russian Olympic and professional hockey player Valeri Bure has hired Luc Morlet to fashion these 100% Cabernet Sauvignon cuvées from cuttings from the Margaux clone (which is also present in the Bosché Vineyard of Freemark Abbey). The Estate wine comes from St. Helena, the Duration from the Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper and To Kalon vineyards, and the Thirteen is from St. Helena. The 2012s and 2013s are very impressive wines, possessing both complexity and richness -RP