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2016 Bounty Hunter Rare Wine Blind Justice Beckstoffer To Kalon Vinyd Cabermet Sauvignon

Removed from a subterranean wine cellar; Purchased at retail

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RATINGS

98+ Jeb Dunnuck

...bouquet of black fruits, scorched earth, graphite, and gravelly minerality. It's powerful, concentrated, and locked and loaded on the palate...

96James Suckling

Impressive density and depth here. The nose offers brambly dark berries and leads to a palate soaked with ripe plums and attractively dense, pithy tannins, bathed in dark-fruit flavors. Majestic, long and suave finish. This is impressive.

95The Wine Advocate

...a nose of crème de cassis, baked black cherries and plum preserves with touches of Chinese five spice, garrigue, incense and dusty soil. Full-bodied, rich and boldly fruited, the palate gives tons of spicy accents and a firm, grainy frame, finishing on a lingering peppery note.

93+ Vinous / IWC

Black plum, grilled herb, menthol, licorice, graphite and bittersweet chocolate pulse through this dense, massively structured wine.

PRODUCER

Bounty Hunter Rare Wine

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.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley, Oakville, To Kalon Vineyard

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.

TYPE

Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

VINTAGE

2016 Bounty Hunter Rare Wine Blind Justice Beckstoffer To Kalon Vinyd Cabermet Sauvignon