Paul Hobbs Beckstoffer Las Piedras Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Professional Ratings

• 93 Wine Enthusiast
  From a warm vineyard site in a cool year, this Cab intrigues in sage and chewy black cherry, possessed of a powerful, buoyant minerality. Dark chocolate, tobacco and black tea frame the generous ripeness and velvety nature of the wine, which can withstand time in the cellar to commingle more, through 2021.
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• 93 Vinous

  The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard is stunningly beautiful. Sweet red berries, mint, spices and rose petals are woven together in a wine of unusual finesse and pure silkiness. Today the aromas and flavors are naturally quite primary, so readers will be well served giving the 2011 another few years in bottle. The 2011 isn't as big or voluptuous as the Paul Hobbs Cabernets can be, but it is remarkably polished and sophisticated. Rating: 93+

• 90 Wine Spectator
  Well-proportioned, showing a mix of dusty berry, loamy earth, cedar and crushed rock flavors that carry through the finish. Drink now through 2026.
• 90 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The single vineyard offerings include the elegant 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard, an impressive wine exhibiting a dense ruby/purple color, creamy richness, lots of creme de cassis, licorice and forest floor, a complete palate from the attack to the finish with no holes, vegetal characteristics or astringency. While less powerful than this cuvee can be in a great vintage, it still delivers the goods. Drink it over the next decade.