2014 Carter, Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon Three Kings, Oakville 1×1.5L

Vinous 92

The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard The Three Kings is dark, rich and unctuous. Sweet spice, menthol, licorice and dried flowers are some of the signatures in The Three Kings. This is the most open-knit and voluptuous of the Carter To Kalon Cabernets. Next to the bigger wines, the Three Kings is a bit light in structure. [Antonio Galloni, 01/12/2016]

Anticipated maturity: 2018-2029

Robert Parker 97

There are 248 cases of Carter’s 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon The Three Kings, made from clone 7 from that first-growth vineyard in Oakville. This is a supple-textured, blockbuster wine, with notes of Asian spice, licorice, espresso bean, chocolate and oodles of blackberry and cassis fruit. It is fleshy and succulent on the attack and midpalate, very concentrated with velvety tannin and a long, 45+-second finish. This is a beauty and should provide sumptuous consumption for at least another 20 years. [Robert M. Parker, Jr., 09/28/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2016-2036