2021 Paul Hobbs Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

JS98 Ripe red fruit with crushed rock and cement aromas and undertones. Pine needles. Tobacco leaf. Medium-bodied with an agile and elegant character that gives this an energy and lightness. So much going on here. Complex and complete. So open and beautiful. Best after 2026 but already so gorgeous. Drinkable but better after 2027.
WA96 The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard offers up delicate sage and thyme notes, hints of dusty earth and plenty of delicious black cherry fruit. It’s medium to full-bodied in the mouth, rich but supple, harmonious and easy to drink, turning softly dusty on the long finish. Compared to the Nathan Coombs Estate, it’s more nuanced and complex as a young wine but perhaps not as concentrated or potentially long lived.
VIN95 The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstotter Dr. Crane Vineyard is an opulent, sensual wine. Plush, silky contours wrap around a core of inky dark fruit. Lavender, spice, licorice and mocha add character. This is an especially dark, somber expression of Dr. Crane with tons of fruit intensity and sheer volume. Pretty floral notes linger on the close.
Estate Notes: A brilliant shade of garnet red in the glass, our 2021 from the venerable Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard captures fresh dark red fruit aromas—black raspberry and cherry—that hang in savory balance with pungent cigar box, tobacco leaf, and graphite notes. The palate is bright and precise yet complex, its dusty tannins and crushed rock minerality integrated seamlessly through a long, indulgent finish.