Beckstoffer missouri hopper vineyard cabernet sauvignon
Oakville, Napa Valley
VARIETY
100% Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
WINEMAKER’S RECORDS
This wine features a beautiful purple hue that sheets the glass indicating a full-bodied, concentrated beauty! Perfumed aromatics of clove, barrel vanillin, black cherries and currants fill the senses with anticipation. The palate is expansive and full bodied with fine grained tannins and a lengthy finish that lingers for minutes. There is no pocket of the mouth unfilled or escaping this wine’s sumptuous composition.
The Vineyards
Located north of the town of Yountville in the Oakville AVA, Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper was originally part of a large piece of land owned by George C Yount, from whom the town of Yountville takes its name Purchased by Charles Hopper and given to his daughter, Missouri, in 1877, the land was planted to wine grapes and, as much of the Napa land was at the time, prunes and walnuts. In 1960, the land was purchased by Bruce Kelham as part of the historic Vine Hill Ranch. Purchased by Beckstoffer Vineyards from the Kelham family in 1996, the vineyard is today planted with multiple clones of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In 2002 the property was placed under land conservation easement that forever prohibits non-agricultural development.
PRODUCTION ESSENTIALS
Method | Pellenc Destemmed Into Open Top Fermenters and Concrete Diamond Tanks, 100% Native Primary and Secondary Fermentation With Extended Macerations of 18 to 27 Days. 100% Free Run Juice.
Aging Regimen | 26 Months, 100% New 3-Year Air-Dried French Oak (Boutes, Sylvain, Taransaud, Gamba and Alain Foquet)
Production | 290 Cases