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Wine Reviews
| 12/23/2009 |
| BOUNTY HUNTER 2007 Poetic Justice Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard - Oakville - $132 |
| Robert M. Parker, Jr. |
| Score 95 - Wine Advocate |
| Made from a slightly different blend (61% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot), the 2007 Poetic Justice Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard is a classic Oakville offering revealing copious amounts of cedar, graphite, cassis, black cherries, spice box, and new wood. Very Pauillac-like (which seems to be a characteristic of this vineyard), full-bodied, and opaque purple-colored, it possesses huge tannins as well as massive fruit. Give it 4-5 years of cellaring, and drink it over the following 25+.
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.
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