(RP92-94 points) The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon is a generous, ripe, cassis-smelling and flavored wine with full-bodied power, an opaque color, plenty of licorice, graphite, black fruits and cedarwood characteristics, and fabulous upside potential. It should age well for 15-20 years. - Robert Parker

Floral and soft, with a substantial foundation of leather and black licorice, this is a tremendously seductive wine, layered and complex, with years to go in terms of structure. Already it offers velvety tannins and dreams of blackberry patches gone by, finishing with succulence and a taste of pure dark chocolate. Cellar through 2022.

Sourced from one of Napa’s most storied sites and a wine that shows why the To-Kalon Vineyard is so highly prized, this powerful, full-sized youngster is absolutely rife with incisive Cabernet fruit and claims an abundance of loamy, colalike complexities as well. It is slightly supple and quite full on the palate and shows a tag-end of heat to its nominally tannic finish, yet its ragged edges are not out of keeping with expectations for a young Cabernet Sauvignon, and its depth and keen focus are the hallmarks of a serious, eminently ageworthy effort that will grow for years.