“Just about perfection in a glass, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard is another straight-up fabulous Cabernet Sauvignon from this great, great vintage. From a valley floor site just south of To Kalon, it offers La Mission Haut Brion-like notes of tobacco, lead pencil, and cold fireplace as well as sensational cassis fruit, full body, building tannins, and a deep, layered, sexy texture that needs to be tasted to be believed. It has the purity and elegance that make 2016 special yet also offers density, depth, and opulence. Don’t miss it!”

“The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Missouri Hopper is a total stunner. Explosive and sumptuous, the Missouri Hopper has so much going on. Dark cherry, plum, mocha, chocolate, leather and earthy notes all run through this vivid, deeply expressive Cabernet. All the elements are simply in the right place in a gorgeous, resonant Cabernet Sauvignon that is positively singing today.”

“Pure Cabernet Sauvignon aged 22 months in 100% new French oak, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard is deep garnet- purple colored and scented of crushed blackcurrants, black cherries, scorched earth and tar with nuances of wild thyme, violets, beef drippings and cigar box. The palate is full-bodied, firm, grainy and fresh with tons of youthful black fruit and earthy layers, finishing with a compelling herbal lift.”

“A big and very rich red with so much fruit and intensity. Plums and blueberries. Dried dirt. Full body and chewy, polished tannins. Muscular and flexing.”