“A total knockout in the vintage, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper offers a ripe, powerful, full-bodied style as well as textbook Missouri Hopper notes of black, chocolaty fruit, smoked herbs, tobacco, and crushed rocks. This site doesn’t get the recognition it deserves and has produced some awesome wines over the past 4-5 years. With a great mid-palate, loads of pure, opulent fruit, integrated oak, and fine tannins, it dishes up loads of pleasure already yet will keep for 15-20 years or more.”

“A juicy, rich red with blackberries, plums and chocolate. Full and deep fruit. Velvety and creamy with lots of fruity and velvety tannins. Drink or hold.”

“The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Missouri Hopper is deep, plush and yet also wonderfully nuanced. Inky dark fruit, chocolate, leather, licorice, spice and menthol infuse the 2017 with tons of character. This flashy and exuberant Cabernet is one of the most open-knit and exuberant wines in this range.”

“Made of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 22 months in 100% new French oak—Taransaud, Sylvain and Darnajou barrels—the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard is very deep garnet-purple colored and offers up expressive red and black currants notes with hints of fresh plums, dried Provence herbs, cedar chest and pencil lead with a waft of forest floor. Full-bodied, the palate has a lot more generosity than many 2017s, with a solid backbone of grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing long and savory.”

“Quite dark and ripe, with fig and blackberry reduction notes that build steadily while licorice snap and Turkish coffee accents emerge through the back end. Late singed-alder note adds a nice touch. Drink now through 2027”