2019 is a collector’s vintage, offering wines with robust flavors and phenomenal structure. Beckstoffer Vineyard Georges III offered lower yields in 2019 with smaller clusters and tiny berries, resulting in a wine of great intensity. Mild Napa Valley weather conditions allowed the grapes to ripen slowly and evenly over the course of summer and early fall. The lack of major heat waves and virtually no rain during harvest allowed us to pick each vineyard block at optimal ripeness. The classic Rutherford Dust profile shines in the wine’s dark cherry, earth and mocha flavor profile.
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Jeb Dunnuck
"The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard is lifted with graphite, boysenberry liqueur, and fresh tobacco leaf and reveals beautiful richness on the palate without being weighed down. It is fully ripe, with a well-integrated tannic structure and notes of kirsch, violets, and warming baking spice. This wine has immediate pleasure built in, but it can certainly be enjoyed over the next 10-15 years." - Audrey Frick, Jeb Dunnuck
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International Wine Report
"These grapes are sourced from the renowned F-Block of the Vineyard Georges III in Rutherford and ages in 75% new French oak barrels. A perfumed bouquet of black fruits, violet potpourri, scorched tobacco, dark chocolate, pencil shavings and dried purple flowers. It’s thrillingly textured, massive in body and concentrated, but stays light and elegant on the palate, with integrated sweet tannins. A Cabernet that is ripe, but incredibly sexy and structured, and should drink well over the next 8-10 years." - Jeremy Young, International Wine Report
Beckstoffer Vineyard Georges III
Rutherford, Napa Valley
Sojourn is honored to source fruit from Beckstoffer Vineyard Georges III, a famed property developed by winemaking pioneer Georges de Latour in 1928 and cultivated by the legendary Andre Tschelistcheff.