To Kalon Vineyard Co.

Paul Hobbs

Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

2014 vintage. Excellent fill and cork. Not decanted. Tasted after 1.25 hours open. The best red I’ve ever tasted from Paul Hobbs (and have had approx 125 samples over the years-including the high-end bleep). In a really admirable place currently between integration and balance, fruit and tannins. Will it improve? Doubtful. Can it hold steady for a spell? Definitely. Not exactly the biggest fan of what consists of To Kalon/Tokalon juice/interpretation these days vs the 60’s/70’s/80’s/earlyish 90’s but this was phenomenal. Medium body with respectable sed. A mullet wine…all business up front with a party on the back palate. Color me surprised and impressed. 11.8.24. — 13 days ago

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Austin Hohnke

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I guess the emperor does alright occasionally.

Carter Cellars

The O.G. Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

I just think Carter’s 🍷 are awesome. I just wished there bottles were smaller. 2019 still needs decanting for several hrs. — a month ago

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Schrader Cellars

T6 Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Opened and double decanted for 1.5 hrs before service at dinner. Drank over 2 hrs.

Great wine
— 5 days ago

Ethan Karas
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Bedrock Wine Co.

Old Vine Zinfandel 2023

Very fresh, lively, primarily redfruited aromas and flavors, some spicy notes as well, super nicely balanced, great acid, shows admirable restraint, should age nicely midterm (5-10 years?), very good “entry level” Zinfandel, long finish!! I’d read that the 2023 Zins, grown in a relatively cooler year, had a very long growing season, with excellent acidity, and I’d say this shows all of those characteristics. Morgan nailed this, it was great to finally meet his “adult” version, my wife and I first met him about 35 years ago at a ZAP event at Ravenswood hosted by his father Joel. — a month ago

Jim Powers
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Realm Cellars

Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Blue and red fruit, well integrated tannins and acidity, bay leaf, cocoa, Tabasco leaf, barrel spice, black rock. — 2 months ago

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Schrader Cellars

Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

From mag. Needs air and then sings. — 24 days ago

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Bedrock Wine Co.

Ode to Lulu California Rosé Blend 2021

Rose in October? Rose with ‘age’? Yes and yes, especially when it’s in the mid-70s in New York and it’s the ‘21 Bedrock Ode to Lulu. This wine gives you plenty of Bandol for the buck, based on old vine Mourvedre from premier vineyards. With another year in bottle, it was darker hued, subtler and perhaps even a bit sturdier than on initial release. A great wine for what feels like an endless summer. — a month ago

Schrader Cellars

CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

4 hr decant very helpful. — a month ago

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Robert Mondavi Winery

To-Kalon I Block Fumé Blanc 2017

Wine made of rarities and oddities, and not even sure it’s made any more. One of the few and possibly the last Sauv Blanc to come out of the To Kalon vineyard. This has an insanely crisp peachy profile with a Smokey acidic finish. Cheers. — 5 months ago

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Ericsson

Ericsson

You know if they’re still making it?
Tom Casagrande

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The website currently has a 2021 To Kalon Reserve Fume Blanc, but the label looks different than yours.
Ericsson

Ericsson

Thanks for the info.