2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III

Winemaker Mike Smith’s Tasting Notes

The 2022 Perchance Estates Beckstoffer Georges III Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine of elegance and allure. With a deep garnet-purple color, it offers a captivating medley of aromas that include ripe black cherries, velvety cassis, and wild blueberries woven together with notes of sweet baking spices, crushed gravel, and dark chocolate. On the palate, the wine unveils its plush texture, harmoniously integrating vibrant freshness with a rich concentration, opulent layers, and velvety tannins. The wine’s power and elegance are perfectly balanced, creating a sensory journey that is both sophisticated and playful. The impeccably balanced richness culminates in a luxuriously long and powerful finish that gracefully lingers, inviting you to savor each moment.

While the wine can certainly be enjoyed upon release with a proper decant, it will continue to evolve and gain further complexity over the next 25+ years.

The Vineyard & Technical Data

300 spectacular acres in the middle of the valley floor, the Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard had its first grapes planted by Elizabeth Rutherford in 1895. Famed history flows through the veins of this historic vineyard from Georges De La Tour to Andre Tchelistcheff. In 1988, the Beckstoffer Georges III was replanted using new Cabernet Sauvignon Clones with tighter spacing and advanced trellising systems enhancing both quality and grape tonnage. The rows specific to the Perchance Estates’ blocks are positioned on slight uplifts and rolling knolls, offering better drainage, early ripening and delicious and integrated natural acidity. Wonderfully, in 2009 – 181 acres were placed under a land conservation easement that forever prohibits non-agricultural development.