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Wine Reviews
| 12/23/2009 |
| BOUNTY HUNTER 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Blind Justice Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard - Oakville - $132 |
| Robert M. Parker, Jr. |
| Score 89 - Wine Advocate |
| These impressive wines are made in relatively small quantities ranging from 160 to 300+ cases. Winemaker Marco DiGiulio, who did terrific work for some of the Jess Jackson projects, is making the wine at Bounty Hunter Rare Wines. All the fruit comes from either the Beckstoffer To Kalon or Beckstoffer Dr. Crane vineyards, and I find the Justice-themed names very clever, and the packaging top-flight. The 2007s are slightly more powerful, backward wines (alcohol levels range from the upper 14% to low 15%), but they have enough structure as well as sensational concentration and depth to support the tannins. The most backward of this group is the 2006 Blind Justice Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard. It exhibits plenty of spicy oak, plum, cassis, graphite, and cedarwood characteristics as well as ripe tannin, and a medium to full-bodied, rich style. It just seemed slightly shorter and more narrowly pinched at the rear end than the other wines. However, I could have just caught it on a day where it wasnt strutting its stuff as effectively as its siblings. |
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