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2024 Beckstoffer Las Piedras 'La Bomba' Cabernet Sauvignon
2024 Beckstoffer Las Piedras 'La Bomba' Cabernet Sauvignon
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Carter Cellars 2024 Beckstoffer Las Piedras 'La Bomba' Cabernet Sauvignon
From the former blocks of Beckstoffer Las Piedras contracted by Schrader Cellars known as 'Colesworthy', 'La Bomba' is a unique expression of clone 337 from the northwestern part of the vineyard right near the dry creek bed. Dense and purple-hued, with loads of black cherry, dark plum and stone fruit matched with mocha, dried herbs and an impression of wet stone. While this is a powerhouse of a wine, loaded with fruit and richness, it still glides across the palate with little sensation of weight until it finishes with silky ultra-fine tannins and intriguing complexity.
The Vineyard ▪ Beckstoffer Las Piedras
ST. HELENA ▪ NAPA VALLEY Las Piedras — “the stones” — is the oldest vineyard site in what is now the St. Helena appellation, its history reaching back to the Mexican land-grant era, when Edward Bale received the property from General Vallejo and planted Mission grapes in the 1840s. The farm workers who followed name...
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