B Cellars

Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Franc

9.69 ratings
-no pro ratings
Napa Valley, California, USA
Cabernet Franc
Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Hard Cheese, Blue Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Potato, White Rice, Herbs, Tomato-Based, Pasta, Mushrooms, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Salami & Prosciutto, Beef, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Pork, Duck, Venison
Top Notes For
Jason and Jennie

My favorite 2017 wine

My favorite 2017 wine

Jul 31st, 2022
Jason and Jennie

B did a great job in 2017. This is an outrageously good cab franc. Big wine but tastes like cab franc. Minerality, hint of green, plush dark fruit.

B did a great job in 2017. This is an outrageously good cab franc. Big wine but tastes like cab franc. Minerality, hint of green, plush dark fruit.

Jan 1st, 2022
Jason and Jennie

Give it a decent amount of air.

Give it a decent amount of air.

May 23rd, 2020
Jason and Jennie

Coravin pour with 1.5 hrs of air. Hot damn this cab franc is outstanding. This is not a “taste like a cab” cab franc. This has true cab franc characteristics but is elevated by the beckstoffer farming. This is my favorite vintage of this dr crane cab franc and would love to try this against the macauley to kalon cab franc. 97+.

Coravin pour with 1.5 hrs of air. Hot damn this cab franc is outstanding. This is not a “taste like a cab” cab franc. This has true cab franc characteristics but is elevated by the beckstoffer farming. This is my favorite vintage of this dr crane cab franc and would love to try this against the macauley to kalon cab franc. 97+.

Feb 9th, 2020
Jason and Jennie

Not as earth moving as the 2014 macauley to kalon cab franc, but this is a great wine

Not as earth moving as the 2014 macauley to kalon cab franc, but this is a great wine

Jun 10th, 2018
Paul T HB

give this 4 hours & it will open up.
Silky even on P & P
Only 50 cases of this were produced

give this 4 hours & it will open up.
Silky even on P & P
Only 50 cases of this were produced

Oct 27th, 2017
Jason and Jennie

Cab franc. Want to coravin this so bad.

Cab franc. Want to coravin this so bad.

Feb 27th, 2017
Jason and Jennie

Jason had this 5 years ago

Jason had this 5 years ago

Feb 6th, 2020
Steve S.

Steve had this 5 years ago

Steve had this 5 years ago

May 10th, 2019
Jason and Jennie

Jason had this 7 years ago

Jason had this 7 years ago

Apr 7th, 2018