2018 Myriad "Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

“This iconic site located outside of St. Helena always produces a rich, powerful wine, and the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is no exception, offering loads of black and blue fruits, gravelly earth, chocolate, and Asian spice notes as well as a full-bodied, opulent, sexy profile on the palate. With a beautiful sense of freshness, ripe, polished tannins, and a great finish, this gorgeous effort needs 2-3 years of bottle age and will cruise for 30 years or more.” (08/2020)

“The deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It comes bounding out of the glass with exuberant scents of ripe blackberries, Morello cherries, blackcurrant pastilles and chocolate box with hints of camphor, lilacs and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is intense with bags of tension and energetic black and red fruits, supported by ripe grainy tannins, finishing long and mineral laced. (LPB)” (11/2020)

“Youthfully compact, but there's a core of dark currant and blackberry compote flavors that want to burst out, wrapped in bramble, sweet bay leaf and anise notes for now, which should eventually meld into the fruit and stretch out the alder-tinged finish. (JM)” (06/2021)

“The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard is laced with crushed red berry fruit, spice and silky floral overtones, all signatures of this well-known St. Helena site. Gracious and medium in body, the 2018 Dr. Crane will drink well right out of the gate. (AG)” (02/2021)