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Tue, Sep 17, 2024 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Sep 24, 2024 08:00PM EDT
  • 2014
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • California
  • North Coast
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Red
  • 100 points
  • II742
  • II746
Lot 1033

2014 B Cellars Heritage Beckstoffer Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - 5 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$900 - CAD$1,200

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This lot is comprised of 5 bottle(s) of 2014 B Cellars Heritage Beckstoffer Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $900 - $1200 with a reserve of $600. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11504.

Condition

Please note the following condition/s on 2014 B Cellars Heritage Beckstoffer Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Base of Neck.

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A Toronto-based consignor who has been collecting since the 80s. All US wine in this auction was purchased directly from the vineyards and all old-world bottles were bought through various retail outlets. The collection has been meticulously stored in professional wine storage facilities prior to arriving for auction at Iron Gate.
The tasting note for 2014 B Cellars Heritage Beckstoffer Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is from Robert Parker and the score is 98-100 - As for the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Heritage, it is 80% Cabernet Sauvignon from the To Kalon Vineyard and 20% Cabernet Franc from the Dr. Crane Vineyard. It was scheduled to be bottled three months after my visit and is certainly one of the most expensive wines yet offered from B Cellars. An extraordinary and profound effort, this looks to be one of the vintage’s great efforts. Amazing dense opaque purple color offers up extraordinary notes of white flowers, crème de cassis, blackberry, licorice and graphite. The wine hits the palate with full-bodied thunder, but settles down with silky tannins, good acidity for vibrancy and incredible delineation and intensity. This has perfection written all over it, but is not yet in bottle. So, I hate to put extra pressure on B Cellars, but this is magnificent wine that should be a modern-day classic from Napa and evolve for 25-30 more years. P.S. – the fact that this wine is aged in 100% new French oak, and there is little evidence of it, speaks to the extravagant fruit and concentration that these two vineyards have given B Cellars.