The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard exhibits a rocky stony gravelly hot pebble-sort of nose that I often associate with wines such as Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. Beautifully sweet blueberry and blackberry fruit along with a note of lead pencil shavings jump from the glass of this opaque purple-colored full-bodied intense wine. This brilliant Cabernet Sauvignon should evolve gracefully for 25-30+ years.

A powerful nose filled with black and blue fruit, earth, coffee, licorice and smoke opens to a rich, intense, dense, full bodied wine. Deeply colored, this concentrated, young, California Cabernet Sauvignon ends with a long, rich, fleshy mouth full of ripe, black, blue and red fruit, jam and chocolate. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/wine-tasting-note/?vintage=2007&wine=Paul%20Hobbs%20Cabernet%20Sauvignon%20Beckstoffer%20Dr.%20Crane%20Vineyard

Aging beautifully, this is rich and creamy, with dense, vibrant blackberry, currant, mocha, cedar and sage flavors. Holds focus. The tannins are well-integrated, easing a bit on the long, persistent finish.—Blind 1997/2007 California Cabernet retrospective (January 2017). Drink now through 2025. 586 cases made. — JL

Vivid ruby. Inviting, sexy aromas of black raspberry, bitter chocolate and smoky oak, plus a hint of rose oil. Wonderfully sweet and dense, with a liqueur-like quality to its dark berry flavors buffered by a nervy spine of acidity. This shows an almost liqueur-like quality but doesn't come off as heavy; really stains the palate on the smoky, lingering aftertaste. -- Stephen Tanzer