Wine reviews
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard also seems like a candidate that could reach a threedigit score given its extravagant blackberry and cassis fruit with incense and graphite.- RP Tor Kenward is using his vast experience in the wine industry and impressive palate to find exceptional terroirs and produce fascinating wines that merit serious attention. His winemaking guru is Jeff Ames, who makes his own wines under the Rudius label. I re-reviewed the 2014 Chardonnays and most of them fell within one to two points after bottling last year. His 2015 Chardonnays are also bottled. The 2015 Chardonnays, which are concentrated and generally made from smaller yields are slightly even more impressive than his 2014 Chardonnays. Kenward has an impressive array of 2014 reds, all of them showing as well as, or better, than I had predicted in my range of scores last year
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon is another incredible 2015 that shows the richness, depth, and opulence of the vintage. It's loaded with notions of blackberry liqueur, crème de cassis, licorice, spice-box, incense and flowers. Super concentrated, opulent and unctuous, yet never heavy, over the top, or cumbersome, it has a terrific sense of purity as well as solid underlying structure. Give bottles 3-4 years and it should keep for 2-3 decades. – JD