TOR Kenward Family, Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Great wine - time to drink.

2012 vintage

An amazing wine. Tor and Jeff's work is sublime. We decanted for 4 hours, which is marginally enough with Tor's wines and the integrity of the taste was amazing. We had this with prime rib and also had a decanter of 2010 JP Backus. The table was evenly split between the two wines but Tor's wines are so well integrated in had a intrinsic effect. Still has a few years to run, I'm so glad I still have a bit …

2012 vintage

cough syrup

2022 vintage

Drank over several nights via coravin and then letting each glass breath 2-4 hours. Even with that air this seemed pretty disjointed. Not super expressive and very acidic tasting. I purchased this recently from retail and thought perhaps it hadn’t been stored right. It just didn’t have the intensity I usually get on To Kalon cabs as well as from Tor’s other wines. After a few glasses via coravin I popped the cork and let this sit opened all day …

2012 vintage

Delicious! cherry fruit on the nose and in the taste. The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like vanilla. It tastes like raisin, strawberry jam and blackberry. The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.

2007 vintage

Really outstanding, especially for the price point. Dark dense fruit.

2012 vintage

Decanted for one hour. Nose of blackberry cream liquor, currant, mocha and spice. Black raspberry, cassis, vanilla cream, spice and crushed rock on the palate. Very long finish with excellent balance. Full bodied. Drinking beautifully. Served with venison and a cherry pinot noir sauce.

2012 vintage

Terrific

2022 vintage

1 hour decant and open for business. Currant, blueberry, sage, mineral and underbrush cruise towards a long vanilla-tinged finish. Tannins completely resolved. Expressive and ready to drink.

2012 vintage

Only SLIGHTLY down from last bottle consumed in the past 9 months. Perfect now.

2012 vintage

Consistent with past notes

2012 vintage

No decant required, the Beckstoffer fruit is vibrant. In its peak, not worried about decline for another 18 months.

2012 vintage

Enjoyed with Flori. Consistent notes.

2012 vintage

Consistent with past notes

2012 vintage

If you have this, let it be for five years. It is not quite ready.

2012 vintage

Consistent with past notes

2012 vintage

Really nice, probably at its peak. Opened the bottle 30 minutes before serving, but did not decant.

2012 vintage

Still going strong. Consistent with past notes

2012 vintage

Spectacular, the best of 5 bottles. Sorry I have only one more.

2012 vintage

A beautiful wine if there ever was one. Still fresh and luxurious after many years in our cellar. Very complex on the palate and to the nose.

2012 vintage

Conaiatent with past notes

2012 vintage

Wow! This is spectacular!

2012 vintage

Super surprising. Tasted single blind and thought it was merlot with the softness (tricked by the vintage) and how amazingly open and expressive it was. Definitely modern. Not too weighty but in that style.

2012 vintage

Consistent with Nov 2019 form.

2012 vintage

Decanted for an hour and then drunk over the entire evening. Deep purple color, big bouquet of dark fruit and cedar. Wine is certainly in its drinking window with big upfront fruit, smooth tannins, good acidity and dryness along with a long finish of rich fruit and wood. The wine was phenomenal with NY Prime Strip with onions and mushrooms that were sautéed in the wine that didn’t make it into the decanter.

2007 vintage

Decanted for one hour. Nose of black raspberry, currant, mocha, anise and baking spice. Ripe black fruit, mocha, anise and spice on the palate. Elegantly balanced with a long lingering finish. Full bodied. A gorgeous wine that is drinking very well. Served with reverse seared ribeye steaks and blue cheese, black truffle butter.

2012 vintage

95 day 1, 95+ Day 2. Creme de cassis, dark fruit, pine, 20 second finish. Needed a couple hours of air to integrate.

2012 vintage

Time to drink these up, just don’t think this is going to improve, not built to age much more.

2012 vintage

4th Saturday Group: Uptown Brown Bag : Double blind. Aromas of coffee, black fruit, green tobacco and mole sauce. Complex and deep. Chewy, slightly plush tannins. Cherry, currant, plum and spice flavors with a long finish. Guessed 2012 Napa cab. (T&L)

2012 vintage

100% cab. % ABV. I let it breathe for 2 hours. Drank over 2. Dried out cork broke on opening. When I took my first whiff I was sure this bottle was ruined. Lots of funk, spice and eucalyptus. But alas note the case. Really pure fruit, even if not the best fruit I've had. Sour, cedar, graphite notes. Perfect acidity level and has a long juicy finish. Clearly a well made wine. Maybe the cork did let it down …

2006 vintage

This review is from a tasting on the second night. Very nice wine, wonderful nose. Beautiful crimson color. Taste has long dry taste but super smooth. Deep red cherry and plum flavor. Long dryness carries on and on.

2006 vintage

Lovely wine, balanced and smooth. Can aged longer!

2006 vintage

Beautiful bouquet. Sings. Elegant. Beautiful. However, must decant or at the very least breathe. An absolute waste to pop and pour.

2007 vintage

A little worried when the cork crumbled but, after a 2 hour decant we were wowed. A great complement to our steaks.

2007 vintage

Impressive. Dark and brooding. Got better all night long.

2006 vintage

Amazed at the structure of this wine even at 10 years of age. Very much Bordeaux in style with red currant, cedar, smoke, a touch of road tar, and a tannic, but pure finish. What gives this away as new world is the creme de cassis, but it is not as pronounced as others might suggest. This is a well built wine with complexity and structure that will last for years to come. Decanted for 1 hour, but wished I …

2006 vintage

Nice, tannins resolved with a few hours in decanter. Smooth and delicious without any edges. Enjoyed half the next day after nitro spray and it was as good or better than day one. Shows terroir equally as fruit. I usually find it easy to recognize Beckstoffer Tokalon perfume with a good sniff. Not so with this bottle. Top notch!

2007 vintage

limited note: really surprising wine with abundant red cherry and licorice on the nose. tannins are soft and this was simply a joy to drink. the nose was initially very reminiscent of good burgundy but gained weight throughout the evening. elegant CS.

2007 vintage

Decanted for 2 hours. Fruit forward with hints of oak. Drank very nicely and could probably use a couple more years to integrate.

2007 vintage

Always like these wines when dining with a group. Well made and have all the oak one could ever want. For me, that is too much. But, still way better than having to order off the hick town wine list.

2007 vintage

still way too young. was better day 2, but needs multiple hours decanting to open up

2007 vintage

Good wine. Fruit forward and simple compared to the Hobbs and Morlet. Morlet was WON for all 4 of us. This was #3.

2007 vintage

Tasty wine. Light color, decanted for 40 minutes might not have needed it. Nice nose, very different from other To Kalons I have had. Hints of raspberries and blue berry on the nose, but the taste was completely strawberries which was very surprising. Nice wine not sure if it is the ideal choice for a steak, but good wine for sure.

2007 vintage

Decanted for 2+ hours. Beautiful bouquet. Sublime flavor. Like the finest Bordeaux but with ever so slightly firm tannin. Drinking beautifully now. Stellar wine, but would be a shame to pop and pour since it needs time to open. A show stopper wine!

2007 vintage

Amazing nose of beef, chocolate, olives, and dark fruits. The palate is full and mouth coating with chocolate, pomegranate, raspberries and a hint of vanilla. Tannic. Awesome.

2006 vintage

Stellar! Must breathe for 2 hours. Any time less and its excellence is not appreciated. Buy every bottle you can find. Magic!

2007 vintage

Blind CA Cult Cab Tasting (Snohomish, WA) : Tasted blind. (Group's #2 (my #3)) – 3 first place votes, 4 second place votes, 5 third place votes – The nose had aromas of mixed berries and grape jelly. The palate had primary flavors and really came across as grapey. It was still a very delicious bottle of wine, but it was surprising how simple this was in comparison to the wines that we had been tasting during the evening. I …

2007 vintage

92 - amazingly young and tight. dont even think of opening for 4 yrs. decanted and drank over 3 1/2 hrs but didnt relent. The 05 and 06 are drinking much better now

2007 vintage

Holy smokes. Big nose of chocolate and smoke. Some ripe dark fruits. The palate is medium weight after pop, but gained weight by the minute. Delicious, structured and full of dark chocolate, nice berry flavors and berry liquor. A little oak present. Long, sweetly tannic finish. Great wine.

2006 vintage

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