Also, read this article from Wine Spectator: “Keeping an Open Mind on the 2020 vintage – REALLY!”
We are offering the 2020 Carter wines in 2 mixed six-pack versions
Carter Cellars 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley Six-Pack A
RETAIL: $1,075.00 – GGWC $999.99
This great six-pack consists of one bottle each of the following wines:
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer To Kalon “The O.G.”
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer To Kalon “The Three Kings”
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer Las Piedras “La BAM”
Carter Cellars 2020 “Carter Vineyard
Carter Cellars 2020 "The Daze" Proprietary Red
Carter Cellars 2020 “The Haze”
Carter Cellars 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley – Six-Pack B
RETAIL $1,075.00 – GGWC $999.99
This great six-pack consists of one bottle each of the following wines:
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer To Kalon “The Grand Daddy”
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer Las Piedras “La Verdad”
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer To Kalon “The Three Kings”
Carter Cellars 2020 “Carter Vineyard”
Carter Cellars 2020 "The Daze" Proprietary Red
Carter Cellars 2020 “The Haze”
TASTING NOTES:
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer To Kalon “The O.G.” Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville Napa Valley
GGWC 229.99
Winery Notes: “From our original block of Beckstoffer To Kalon grapes planted to clone 337, this dense and ethereal Napa Cabernet Sauvignon strikes the perfect balance between power and elegance. In 2020 there is a rush of dark fruits, cassis, dark coffee, and earthly undertones matched with an inky deep dark purple color. Sweet rounded tannins and balanced acidity integrate perfectly, resulting in a concentrated and plush palate that makes this a decadent complex wine with layers of texture and remarkable purity on the finish. As with the prior vintages, the structure, and power of the clone 337 from the Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard lends itself well to an extended decant.”
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer To Kalon “The Grand Daddy” Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville Napa Valley
GGWC 229.99
Winery Notes: “From the very front of the Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard, this block produced exceptional wines in 2020 as a result of great farming and cluster thinning matched with talented winemaking. These Clone 4 vines offer our most upfront and instantly appealing wine from this vineyard. Blackcurrant fruits, dark coffee, and earthy minerality intertwine to create a lavish multi-layered wine resulting in an enormous mid-palate buttressed perfectly by the wine's natural acidity and impactful tannins. Offering a unique amount of ripeness and texture, this is an elegant wine wrapped up in a cloak of raw but refined power.”
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer To Kalon “The Three Kings” Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville Napa Valley
GGWC 229.99
Winery Notes: ”From the back of the Beckstoffer To Kalon vineyard, this wine throws off an amazingly deep ruby color tinged with an electric purple hue. Revealing superb balance and concentration, it is a successful expression of both the richness and power of clone 7 from this world-class vineyard. With its fruit-forward profile, the wine opens up immediately with floral aromatics mixed with dark currants, spices, and blue/black fruit. The palate is heroic loaded with racy yet rounded firm tannins and waves of decadent fruit. Like all Carter Cellars wines, this wine is approachable immediately, but give this beautiful wine a couple of years in the cellar to round out and you’ll be rewarded by additional nuances and depth.”
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer Las Piedras “La Verdad” Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville Napa Valley
GGWC 229.99
One of our most highly sought-after wines, the 2020 'La Verdad' is an extremely low production wine from our original block of stressed vines on the Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard. Inky and dark in the glass, the nose emits a show-stopping rush of mouth-watering black cherry and blue fruits. The first taste is a pleasurable attack on the senses, bursting with concentrated dark black and blue fruits, mixed with crushed earth and spicy floral undertones. Year after year, the underlying structure and minerality result in a muscular but well-balanced Cabernet. A full-bodied mid-palate reveals finely integrated tannins that lift the overall backbone of the wine and ends with a textured and lengthy finish.
Carter Cellars 2020 Beckstoffer Las Piedras “La BAM” Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville Napa Valley
GGWC 229.99
Winery Notes: “Along the banks of Sulphur Springs Creek in St Helena lies the Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard – a 22-acre site renowned for its naturally low yields and well-draining gravelly loam soil. These slightly less stressed vines are closer to the riverbed and sit on slightly more rocky and well-draining soil than the ‘La Verdad’ highlighting the vineyard’s unique topography and minerality. Like a smack in the face, 'La BAM', boasts a full rich bold palate of pure black and blue fruits infused with graphite, coffee, and earthlike undertones. When matched with sweet firm tannins from the best French barrels, this wine ends with a velvety finish that only gets better with age.”
Carter Cellars 2020 “Carter Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley
GGWC 179.99
Winery Notes: “This low production 100% Cabernet Sauvignon comes from hand-selected fruit out of our best vineyards. This is a classical Napa Cabernet in both structure and elegance, and while delicious in its youth, should be cellared to afford ideal integration. Boasting a purple color and dense flavors of black cherries, graphite, and mocha matched with a well-integrated oak profile. On the nose, lively fruit dances with minerality and spices to make a signature profile that will only improve with time. This full-bodied, layered, racy wine showcase both purity and elegance – a wine that is both great for cellaring or drinking right now.”
Carter Cellars 2020 “The Haze” Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville Napa Valley
GGWC 99.99
Winery Notes: “This is our second release of The Haze which is sourced from vineyards in Oakville and the southern Napa AVA, is a site heavily influenced by the clean Bay air. The Haze has a deep dark purple ruby hue, matched with dark red and black fruits, fresh leather, graphite, and currents all wrapped in powerful integrated oak. On the palate, it has a full-bodied lifted finish with a balanced mouthful matched with firm, yet supple tannins. These are the new plantings from the Fortuna Vineyard.”
Carter Cellars 2020 The Daze Bordeaux Blend Napa Valley
GGWC 94.99
Winery Notes: “ A new offering for Carter Cellars in 2020, this is a Merlot-based wine married with Cabernet Franc from the Sugarloaf Mountain vineyard located in Napa right above San Pablo Bay, a site heavily influenced by the clean Bay air. The Daze has a dark inky color, matched with dark red and black fruits, vanilla, pencil lead and savory fresh earth. The palate is full-bodied, and long, supported by fine-grained tannins and loads of freshness – give this wine a try and you will be rewarded with a pleasurable attack on your senses.”
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