2011 Bounty Hunter Rare Wine Blind Justice Beckstoffer To Kalon Vinyd Cabermet Sauvignon

Bounty Hunter Rare Wine and Provisions Co. is a wine catalog and retails company in Napa Valley that also produces wines under its own labels, which are: Broken Spur, Gus Rivers, Justice, Pursuit, Road Agent, Ridge Runner, Streamside, Tin Star, Waypoint, Weatherby and Vigilante. The winemaker is Tim Milos, and grapes come from Napa, Sonoma and other areas. The founder and CEO of the company is Mark Steven Pope, a former pharmaceutical executive and entrepreneur.

To- Kalon is one of the most famous vineyards in Napa Valley, often called the first “grand cru” California vineyard. It has always inspired those who live near it. Native Americans called the area around it tu-la-halusi – meaning “beautiful land.” And later residents called it To-Kalon, Greek for “the most beautiful.” Originally planted by Hamilton Crabb in 1968, it today is owned by Andy Beckstoffer, the Robert Mondavi Winery and Opus One. Beckstoffer owns the lion’s share, with an 89-acre vineyard planted to Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Beckstoffer sell To-Kalon grapes to such acclaimed producers as Schrader, Paul Hobbs, Tor Kenward, Realm, Alpha Omega and the Morlet Family. Beckstoffer Vineyards, a vineyard management business, owns and farms more than 3,600 acres of highly prestigious grape growing acreage in Napa Valley, Mendocino County and the Red Hills of Lake County. A senior executive with Heublein in the 1960s, Andy Beckstoffer is credited with steering Napa Valley vintners towards improving farming and the quality of the grapes used for wine.

One of the most widely grown grape varieties, it can be found in nearly every wine growing region. A cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. It’s a hardy vine that produces a full-bodied wine with high tannins and great aging potential.