Wine reviews
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard La BAM is the largest production cuvée from this site, although there are still just a miniscule 154 cases produced. Coming from a parcel of slightly deeper soils, its saturated purple hue is followed by a brilliant perfume of crème de cassis, smoked tobacco, dark chocolate, crushed stone, and new leather. It's pure, focused, and precise aromatically and hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a terrific sense of minerality, ripe yet building tannins, and a great finish. It shows the vintage’s tighter, more focused, straighter profile (this cuvée is usually one of the most approachable of the three Las Piedras releases) and deserves 4-5 years of bottle age. It's going to have 20-25 years of overall longevity. It's another stunning wine from this vineyard. – JD
I loved the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard La BAM, which has a wonderful purity in its ripe blue fruits as well as notes of sappy herbs, violets, and tobacco. The palate matches the nose and is pure and focused, with medium to full body, ripe tannins, and an elegant, focused mouthfeel. It's going to hit the ground running yet also evolve for 20 years. – JD