Wine reviews
Quite dark and ripe, with fig and blackberry reduction notes that build steadily while licorice snap and Turkish coffee accents emerge through the back end. Late singed-alder note adds a nice touch. Drink now through 2027. 150 cases made. – JM
A total knockout in the vintage, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard offers a ripe, powerful, full-bodied style as well as textbook Missouri Hopper notes of black, chocolaty fruit, smoked herbs, tobacco, and crushed rocks. This site doesn’t get the recognition it deserves and has produced some awesome wines over the past 4-5 years. With a great mid-palate, loads of pure, opulent fruit, integrated oak, and fine tannins, it dishes up loads of pleasure already yet will keep for 15-20 years or more. – JD
Made of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 22 months in 100% new French oak—Taransaud, Sylvain and Darnajou barrels—the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard is very deep garnet-purple colored and offers up expressive red and black currants notes with hints of fresh plums, dried Provence herbs, cedar chest and pencil lead with a waft of forest floor. Full-bodied, the palate has a lot more generosity than many 2017s, with a solid backbone of grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and savory. 230 cases produced. – LPB
I think the star of the show in 2017 is the Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard. It has a weightless feel on the palate similar to the To Kolan yet offers more black, smoky, mineral, and tobacco-laced aromatics. This beauty is stacked, concentrated yet perfectly balanced. It’s another gem from 2017 delivered by Amici and winemaker Tony Biagi. – JD
A barrel sample of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon anticipated to age 22 months in 100% new French oak, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard is deep garnet-purple colored and gives up notes of crème de cassis, dark chocolate and licorice with hints of fruitcake, wild thyme, espresso and garrigue. The palate is medium to full-bodied, firm, grainy and savory with loads of layers on the finish. 190 cases are expected to be made. – LPB