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The November 2024 Auction: Part 2
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"The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is straight-up awesome and the talents of winemaker Benoit Touquette cannot be overstated. Incredible blue fruits dark chocolate graphite Haut-Brion-like scorched earth and smoke all soar from this majestic full-bodied massively concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon. It reminds me of the 2013 and has that rare mix of power opulence and elegance. This utterly classic Dr. Crane deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will blow you away over the following 20 years. Even after tasting 8 to 12 thousand wines for close to 15 years now this beauty still stopped me in my tracks."
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"The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is straight-up awesome and the talents of winemaker Benoit Touquette cannot be overstated. Incredible blue fruits dark chocolate graphite Haut-Brion-like scorched earth and smoke all soar from this majestic full-bodied massively concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon. It reminds me of the 2013 and has that rare mix of power opulence and elegance. This utterly classic Dr. Crane deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will blow you away over the following 20 years. Even after tasting 8 to 12 thousand wines for close to 15 years now this beauty still stopped me in my tracks."
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The fourth-largest wine producer in the world, led by California. American fine wine is defined by ripe, expressive fruit and a spirit of innovation, with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon among the most sought-after wines globally.
California's most prestigious wine region, celebrated worldwide for opulent, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Diverse soils and mountain-to-valley-floor sites yield wines of remarkable ripeness, power and longevity.
St. Helena is a warm valley-floor sub-AVA in Napa Valley, California, producing rich, ripe and generously fruited Cabernet Sauvignon of supple tannins, plush texture and classic Napa structure.
2021 in Napa Valley was a drought year yielding a small crop of concentrated, powerful Cabernet; free of smoke issues, the wines are ripe yet balanced, deeply structured and ageworthy, ranking among the decade's best.
A wine blended from two or more red grape varieties for balance and complexity. In Napa and the New World it commonly denotes a proprietary, Bordeaux-style or estate red blend.