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Tasting Notes:
With deep, complex flavors, the 2006 Provenance Vineyards Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon captures the terroir of this historic Napa Valley vineyard. The rich aromas are filled with dark berry, violet, graphite, cedar and olive. Blackberry and plum fruit character predominate on the velvety palate, with integrated chocolate, toffee, sweet spice and leather nuances. The solid core of fine-grain tannins supports the expansive dark fruit flavors, carrying them through the long finish.
Vineyard Notes:
To Kalon, one of Napa Valley’s most famous vineyards, was first planted in 1868 by viticulture pioneer Hamilton W. Crabb. The vineyard’s angle of sun exposure and complexity of soils foster diverse flavor profiles in the grapes. Located in the Oakville American Viticultural Area, it is one of California’s finest sites for Cabernet Sauvignon. Our grapes come from the Beckstoffer Vineyard, a section of To Kalon that is trained to bilateral cordon with vertical shoot positioning. Clusters are positioned for optimum sun exposure to develop fully ripe, lush flavors. When the grapes reached peak maturity, we carefully hand harvested the clusters into half-ton bins at the break of dawn.
Winemaker Notes:
To achieve a wine of great elegance while capturing the intense To Kalon flavors and age-worthy tannins, Winemakers Tom Rinaldi and Chris Cooney cold soaked the partially crushed grapes (60 percent whole berry) for gentle extraction before fermentation, followed by more than a week of extended maceration. During barrel aging, four rackings gently clarified the wine, as soft French oak spices married with the opulent, dark fruit expression.
Artisan Wine Depot's Report:
Once again we are able to acquire a very high-quality, age-worthy
Napa Cabernet and offer it at the lowest close-out pricing in the entire
nation.
Provenance Vineyards has been enjoying great press and acclaim for
their work; their Sauvignon
Blanc was Rank #56 on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2009!
Their 2006 Provenance "Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard"
Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon is a superb Cabernet for a multitude of reasons
which are provided below.
About the Beckstoffer To Kalon
Vineyard
The Beckstoffer portion of the historic original To Kalon Vineyard
in the Oakville AVA was purchased from Beaulieu Vineyard in 1993.
Beaulieu had purchased the property from the Crabb estate in 1940 and
called it their Beaulieu Vineyard No. 4. Napa Pioneer Hamilton Crabb
first planted the vineyard in 1868 and it has produced some of the Napa
Valley's best red grapes ever since.
This vineyard produces several luxury “Cult” wines, such as: Schrader (100
point-scoring wines), Paul Hobbs, Carter, Realm, Janzen, Karl Lawrence, Cain, Cardinale, Bounty Hunter, Alpha Omega, Macauley, Herzog, Harlan,
Breton, Calistoga Ranch, PlumpJack, and others.
About Winemaker Tom Rinaldi
Throughout his three decades of Napa Valley winemaking, Tom
Rinaldi has remained thrilled that his life’s work involves creating something
beautiful to share with others.
Rinaldi has made wine at some of the valley’s most important
wineries, apprenticing at Freemark Abbey, Rutherford Hill and
Round Hill before joining Dan and Margaret Duckhorn to help found Duckhorn
Vineyards in 1978. There, for two decades, he established himself as one of Napa
Valley’s premier fashioners of elegantly classic Cabernet Sauvignons and
Merlots.
Ratings & Reviews
93 Points - Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine:"Somewhat more rugged in its texture than is typical of bottlings from this justifiably famous vineyard, the Provenance version nonetheless does a fine job of capturing both the fruit and the range for which ToKalon has become so renowned. High in curranty and red cherry fruit and possessed of rich oak overlays, this full-bodied, tannic wine demands time in bottle to come into its own and promises to offer lot more with up to a decade of cellaring."
92 Points - Wine Spectator Magazine (2005 vintage):"This is rich, intense and concentrated, yet offers a measure of finesse, with a complex mix of dried currant, spice, blackberry and wild berry fruit that's expressive without going to excess. Drink now through 2014. 1,625 cases made." –JL (8/31/2008)
91 Points & 2 Puffs - Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine (2005 vintage):"If big, rich and flamboyant with little sense of restraint, this highly extracted and extraordinarily rich wine shows remarkable Cabernet focus and never once drifts from the varietal path. Ripe, but not too ripe, and very full, but not overly heavy, it is a succulent, fruit-laden example of what California does best, and, for all of its unabashed richness and near-term appeal, it is built for keeping and is likely to get better for five to eight years." (12/2008)
