2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard
United States
Sonoma
Red
Cabernet Sauvignon (2022 vintage)
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Paul Hobbs surely enjoyed one of the best vintages in his long career in 2021. The Sonoma wines, which I reported on earlier in the year, are superb. It’s pretty much the same with Napa Valley wines. Readers will note two additions to the range, the Cuvée Sophia and Christina's Signature, both from the Nathan Coombs estate vineyard in Coombsville. Hobbs tends to pick on the later side. The moderating minerality and savoriness of Coombsville are such great complements to that style. My first look at the 2022s from Sonoma suggests this is going to be a highly site-specific vintage.
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Paul Hobbs' 2017 Cabernets have turned out beautifully. The vineyard designates are strong, but the wine that impressed me most, especially in its peer group, is the Napa Valley Cabernet, a wine that clearly benefits from the addition of lots that were not bottled separately. The 2018s, which I tasted from barrel, are promising, but not as expressive as Hobbs' wines often are at this stage. I won't be at all surprised if they turn out to be even better than these notes suggest.
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Paul Hobbs' 2017 Cabernets have turned out beautifully. The vineyard designates are strong, but the wine that impressed me most, especially in its peer group, is the Napa Valley Cabernet, a wine that clearly benefits from the addition of lots that were not bottled separately. The 2018s, which I tasted from barrel, are promising, but not as expressive as Hobbs' wines often are at this stage. I won't be at all surprised if they turn out to be even better than these notes suggest.
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Paul Hobbs's 2016 Cabernets are just viscerally thrilling today as they were when I tasted them from barrel in that year. I have never seen a vintage here with this much richness, freshness and pure pedigree. The 2017s are shaping up to be quite beautiful as well, although they don't appear to have the depth of their older siblings. Then again, that would have been next to impossible given the challenges of the growing season.
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2016
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Paul Hobbs's 2016 Cabernets are just viscerally thrilling today as they were when I tasted them from barrel in that year. I have never seen a vintage here with this much richness, freshness and pure pedigree. The 2017s are shaping up to be quite beautiful as well, although they don't appear to have the depth of their older siblings. Then again, that would have been next to impossible given the challenges of the growing season.
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My tasting with Paul Hobbs took place a little later than normal because of the October fires. I was blown away by the quality and consistency of the 2016 Cabernets, which are some of the very finest wines I have ever tasted here. The 2016s are powerful, but they also have great energy and faithfully express the personality of their respective sites. The bottled 2015s have turned out as good or better than I had expected based on barrel tastings in the fall of 2016.
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Paul Hobbs' 2014s showed pretty much as I expected them to from bottle. The highlights are the Piedras and Nathan Coombs, two wines that have more than enough underlying structure to support the rich, voluptuous fruit Hobbs pulls from his vineyards. The Napa Valley bottling continues to benefit from the presence of fruit from Nathan Coombs, which has begun to add pedigree to that bottling. Like all of his colleagues, Hobbs had to deal with very challenging conditions in 2015. Cold, wet weather in May resulted in an uneven set, while heat spikes towards the end of the season further reduced the crop. Yields are down 30-35%, which is not a terrible result within the context of the year.
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Paul Hobbs' 2014s showed pretty much as I expected them to from bottle. The highlights are the Piedras and Nathan Coombs, two wines that have more than enough underlying structure to support the rich, voluptuous fruit Hobbs pulls from his vineyards. The Napa Valley bottling continues to benefit from the presence of fruit from Nathan Coombs, which has begun to add pedigree to that bottling. Like all of his colleagues, Hobbs had to deal with very challenging conditions in 2015. Cold, wet weather in May resulted in an uneven set, while heat spikes towards the end of the season further reduced the crop. Yields are down 30-35%, which is not a terrible result within the context of the year.
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Paul Hobbs fans will want to take note of a few changes in the lineup. Hobbs has decided to eliminate the Stagecoach Cabernet from his range, which is not entirely surprising given the recent acquisition of the Nathan Coombs Vineyard, a site that produces Cabernets in a similar vein. The last few vintages from Coombs are super-impressive, to say the least. Two thousand thirteen is also the last vintage of the Hyde Vineyard Cabernet, as that parcel need to be replanted. Overall, the 2013s are big, towering Cabernets, very much in the style of the year, while the 2014s are more aromatically precise and linear. Hobbs and his long-time winemaker Megan Baccitich add that yields were slightly higher across the board in 2014 than they were in 2013.
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Paul Hobbs fans will want to take note of a few changes in the lineup. Hobbs has decided to eliminate the Stagecoach Cabernet from his range, which is not entirely surprising given the recent acquisition of the Nathan Coombs Vineyard, a site that produces Cabernets in a similar vein. The last few vintages from Coombs are super-impressive, to say the least. Two thousand thirteen is also the last vintage of the Hyde Vineyard Cabernet, as that parcel need to be replanted. Overall, the 2013s are big, towering Cabernets, very much in the style of the year, while the 2014s are more aromatically precise and linear. Hobbs and his long-time winemaker Megan Baccitich add that yields were slightly higher across the board in 2014 than they were in 2013.
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Paul Hobbs and his long-time winemaker Megan Baccitich have turned out a spectacular set of 2012s and 2013s. As always, the Hobbs Cabernets are dark, intense and powerful in style, with considerable textural richness and opulence. In both 2012 and 2013 the wines seem more marked by their site specific qualities rather than the respective vintages. In my view, the most unique wines in the range are Stagecoach, Las Piedras, To-Kalon and Nathan Coombs, Hobbs' newly acquired estate vineyard in Coombsville.
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Paul Hobbs fans will want to take note of a few changes in the lineup. Hobbs has decided to eliminate the Stagecoach Cabernet from his range, which is not entirely surprising given the recent acquisition of the Nathan Coombs Vineyard, a site that produces Cabernets in a similar vein. The last few vintages from Coombs are super-impressive, to say the least. Two thousand thirteen is also the last vintage of the Hyde Vineyard Cabernet, as that parcel need to be replanted. Overall, the 2013s are big, towering Cabernets, very much in the style of the year, while the 2014s are more aromatically precise and linear. Hobbs and his long-time winemaker Megan Baccitich add that yields were slightly higher across the board in 2014 than they were in 2013.
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Paul Hobbs and his long-time winemaker Megan Baccitich have turned out a spectacular set of 2012s and 2013s. As always, the Hobbs Cabernets are dark, intense and powerful in style, with considerable textural richness and opulence. In both 2012 and 2013 the wines seem more marked by their site specific qualities rather than the respective vintages. In my view, the most unique wines in the range are Stagecoach, Las Piedras, To-Kalon and Nathan Coombs, Hobbs' newly acquired estate vineyard in Coombsville.
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Paul Hobbs and his team led by winemaker Megan Baccitich have done a fabulous job with their 2011 and 2012 Cabernets. The 2011s are rich, generous and supple, all qualities that are rare for the year. In particular, the Crossbarn Cabernet is a fabulous wine for the money. The single-vineyard Cabernets are deeply expressive of site in both vintages. Of course, 2011 was the more challenging of the two years. Hobbs describes the flowering in To Kalon was the worst he has seen since the vineyard was re-planted in the mid-1990s. Fermentations were on the gentle side considering the fragility of the skins, and the wines spent a little less time on the skins than normal. Hobbs describes 2012 as a classic vintage with elements of both 2001 and 2002. With 2012, Hobbs introduces a new Cabernet from Nathan Coombs, a property in Coombsville Hobbs acquired earlier in the year.
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Paul Hobbs brought in his 2011s at the very end of October, after a period of heavy rains that were especially challenging. All things considered, the 2011s have held up well.
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My annual March trip through California's North Coast rarely syncs with the schedule of the globe-trotting Paul Hobbs, who is knee-deep in projects in South America as well as new ones in Cahors and New York's Finger Lakes district, which isn't far from where he grew up.So it was a pleasant surprise that our paths crossed in March and we were able to sit down with his winemaker Megan Baccitich and go through his latest set of releases.One point that Hobbs wanted to make about the 2012 chardonnays was that "they fermented very slowly and retained their acidity as well, so you can get tension as well as complexity in the wines."In fact, I was reminded of the cool-vintage 2011s as I tasted through the 2012 Hobbs chardonnays, which are wines that I believe will be good cellar candidates.It has been discussed to death by now but Hobbs said that ripening of red grapes was so tough in 2011 that almost all of his cabernet was harvested at about 25 degrees Brix, which is pinot territory, and people who let their fruit hang had late-season rain to contend with as well.Some of those who were willing to roll the dice came out nicely, he said, pointing out that his team was able to pick their Stagecoach cabernet at 27 to 28 degrees Brix on November 1st, which is insanely late.
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Paul Hobbs and his team led by winemaker Megan Baccitich have done a fabulous job with their 2011 and 2012 Cabernets. The 2011s are rich, generous and supple, all qualities that are rare for the year. In particular, the Crossbarn Cabernet is a fabulous wine for the money. The single-vineyard Cabernets are deeply expressive of site in both vintages. Of course, 2011 was the more challenging of the two years. Hobbs describes the flowering in To Kalon was the worst he has seen since the vineyard was re-planted in the mid-1990s. Fermentations were on the gentle side considering the fragility of the skins, and the wines spent a little less time on the skins than normal. Hobbs describes 2012 as a classic vintage with elements of both 2001 and 2002. With 2012, Hobbs introduces a new Cabernet from Nathan Coombs, a property in Coombsville Hobbs acquired earlier in the year.
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One of the greatest attributes of the Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignons is their ability to deliver incredible pleasure throughout their entire lives. I tasted a wide range of wines this year with Paul Hobbs and winemaker Megan Baccitich, including several past vintages of the flagship To Kalon, which confirmed that view. In particular, the 2001 and 2002 To Kalon Cabernets remain stunning, and the straight 1999 Napa Valley Cabernet was equally impressive.
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In the view of Director of Winemaking Megan Baccitich, 2010 "is a remarkable cabernet year because of the blend of power and elegance" that will make these wines outstanding cellar candidates, "but the tannins are fine and integrated, which makes them seem almost precocious." They're a pretty stark contrast to the "richness and power of the '09s, which really need time and have started to close up in some cases." That's also the case with the 2010 and 2011 chardonnay and pinots here, which show plenty of the richness that one expects at this address but with a lighter touch and more pronounced minerality than I usually find in the Hobbs wines.
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One of the greatest attributes of the Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignons is their ability to deliver incredible pleasure throughout their entire lives. I tasted a wide range of wines this year with Paul Hobbs and winemaker Megan Baccitich, including several past vintages of the flagship To Kalon, which confirmed that view. In particular, the 2001 and 2002 To Kalon Cabernets remain stunning, and the straight 1999 Napa Valley Cabernet was equally impressive.
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I tasted a wide range of stunning wines with Paul Hobbs, Megan Baccitich and Jason Valenti. Readers will find no shortage of fabulous choices among these 2009 and 2010 Cabernets. After tasting the Hobbs Pinots, it is impossible to miss the clear link between those wines and his Cabernets, especially when comparing those wines to the other Cabernets being made by other producers from the same sites. These are some of the most impeccable, polished, Pinot-like Cabernet Sauvignons readers will come across. The wines are fermented with natural yeasts and are bottled unfined and unfiltered. Crossbarn is Paul Hobbs' second label and is included here for ease of reference.
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I missed seeing the peripatetic Paul Hobbs for the first time this year and tasted through the new set of wines with assistant winemaker Megan Baccitich and Scott Morrison, who oversees Hobbs' Crossbarn project. Morrison told me that the shorthand description of the two vintages that we tasted was that "2009 equals plush and 2010 equals fresh," adding that he thinks 2010 was an ideal year for chardonnay because of the cool season and "the slow uptake of sugar while acid was retained." Baccitich told me that "the best 2010 red wines have density but aren't heavy. They have tension but mostly aren't for people who want big, rich wines, especially with Napa cabernet."
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I tasted a wide range of stunning wines with Paul Hobbs, Megan Baccitich and Jason Valenti. Readers will find no shortage of fabulous choices among these 2009 and 2010 Cabernets. After tasting the Hobbs Pinots, it is impossible to miss the clear link between those wines and his Cabernets, especially when comparing those wines to the other Cabernets being made by other producers from the same sites. These are some of the most impeccable, polished, Pinot-like Cabernet Sauvignons readers will come across. The wines are fermented with natural yeasts and are bottled unfined and unfiltered. Crossbarn is Paul Hobbs' second label and is included here for ease of reference.
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As the challenges of difficult growing seasons fade with time, two things happen. First, in the memory of winemakers, rain events magically become less extreme: the actual torrential rainfall that plagued a harvest shrinks to moderate precipitation and eventually to a vague recollection of moisture. Freakishly cool or brutally hot harvest weather or damaging hail storms are virtually forgotten, as the body has a short memory for pain. At the same time, as the wines themselves mature and are transformed, they reveal themselves to be less extreme after all, until at some point it can be next to impossible to find the insanity of the vintage in the bottle. I’ve seen these patterns play out again and again in temperate wine-growing areas like Bordeaux, Burgundy and northern Italy—and even in normally hot, bone-dry growing regions. Two thousand eight was such a year for California’s North Coast.
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Paul Hobbs described 2009 as "a low-yield vintage that gave us fruit to make wines that are both powerful and fresh." He said that he was very pleased with the chardonnay because "we like to consider ourselves anti-sweet but definitely not anti-fruit or anti-flavor. The challenge is always to find that place where you have maximum concentration without going over the edge to overripeness and losing energy." Hobbs works with some of the best growers and vineyards in California, and pays a pretty penny for their fruit. "There are no shortcuts when it comes to the vineyard, but a lot of people have tried to find them."
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This year I missed the globe-trotting Paul Hobbs, so I tasted with his assistant winemaker, Megan Baccitich, and winemaker Jason Valenti, who is overseeing Hobbs's new Crossbarn project. Baccitich describes the 2008 vintage for pinot noir as "all about spice and concentration. The yields were very low because of some horrible frosts, and the wines are really concentrated, but the interesting thing is that they are very approachable, which seems counterintuitive." As for the chardonnays, "the grapes had more acidity than normal, which is why they're lively and showing stronger citrus character than usual." She added that the early September heat spike seemed to have had more of an effect on the pinot noirs than the chardonnays, which were better able to maintain their acidity. Valenti suggested that the 2008 reds, in general, will be showing what they've got well before the more structured and densely fruity 2007s. "The long 2007 growing season meant great fruit development and integrated tannins so these will go on for a really long time," he said.
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Paul Hobbs pulls in small crops from his vineyards "to ensure that the wines have good intensity and concentration," and he's not afraid to make wines that are full-bodied, often with high alcohol levels: the chardonnays and pinot noirs in 2007 are in the 14.5%-14.7% range, while some of his 2006 cabernets are over 15%. "That shouldn't be an issue, if your fruit has the proper concentration," he said. "There's so much emphasis on the number on the label rather than the actual wine, and lots of people haven't even tried the wines that they're knocking as hot or out-of-whack." Indeed, "heat" didn't show up in my notes this year, but "freshness" did.
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"Two thousand six started out tough, with lots of rain, which created too much vine vigor," said Paul Hobbs, "and it stayed damp, which means that we needed to keep our eyes open for botrytis." It was overall a cooler vintage than 2005, he added, which allowed for slow maturation without dangerous heat spikes. "There was a lot of rain at the very end of September and beginning of October, so it was a good idea to have your grapes in before September 29th," he told me. Two thousand five was a moderate, drawn-out season for the Napa cabernet vineyards, followed by a late, extended harvest, which began in the second week of October and carried on until the beginning of November. He expects "good but not extreme richness, smooth tannins, and very good complexity from these wines, especially compared to the 2004s."
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"Two thousand six started out tough, with lots of rain, which created too much vine vigor," said Paul Hobbs, "and it stayed damp, which means that we needed to keep our eyes open for botrytis." It was overall a cooler vintage than 2005, he added, which allowed for slow maturation without dangerous heat spikes. "There was a lot of rain at the very end of September and beginning of October, so it was a good idea to have your grapes in before September 29th," he told me. Two thousand five was a moderate, drawn-out season for the Napa cabernet vineyards, followed by a late, extended harvest, which began in the second week of October and carried on until the beginning of November. He expects "good but not extreme richness, smooth tannins, and very good complexity from these wines, especially compared to the 2004s."
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Paul Hobbs's already sizable collection of single-vineyard bottlings continues to expand, with a pinot noir and chardonnay from the Ulises Valdez vineyard near Sebastopol; an estate-bottled pinot noir from Lindsay Vineyard, adjacent to the winery; a syrah from Kick Ranch east of Santa Rosa, and a chardonnay from the famed Ritchie Vineyard in the Russian River Valley. I tasted with assistant winemaker Pat Sullivan, who was especially excited to be working with fruit from the Valdez Vineyard. "Ulises is one of the most conscientious and perfectionist growers I've ever known," he told me. (Valdez owns a highly regarded vineyard management company and has recently introduced some of his own wines under the Valdez Family Winery label). Sullivan said that the 2005 harvest was one of the most drawn-out ever here, beginning on September 12 and continuing until November 2.
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Paul Hobbs's already sizable collection of single-vineyard bottlings continues to expand, with a pinot noir and chardonnay from the Ulises Valdez vineyard near Sebastopol; an estate-bottled pinot noir from Lindsay Vineyard, adjacent to the winery; a syrah from Kick Ranch east of Santa Rosa, and a chardonnay from the famed Ritchie Vineyard in the Russian River Valley. I tasted with assistant winemaker Pat Sullivan, who was especially excited to be working with fruit from the Valdez Vineyard. "Ulises is one of the most conscientious and perfectionist growers I've ever known," he told me. (Valdez owns a highly regarded vineyard management company and has recently introduced some of his own wines under the Valdez Family Winery label). Sullivan said that the 2005 harvest was one of the most drawn-out ever here, beginning on September 12 and continuing until November 2.
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Paul Hobbs told me that he has adjusted his approach to making pinot noir in recent vintages. "I used to try to make pinot in a Burgundian way, but now I look for a fuller, riper style," he explained. "For that we need darker seeds, and that requires us to wait for the berries to soften and start to shrivel. "The 2004 cabernets here fermented very slowly and were still a tad reduced in March.
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Paul Hobbs told me that he has adjusted his approach to making pinot noir in recent vintages. "I used to try to make pinot in a Burgundian way, but now I look for a fuller, riper style," he explained. "For that we need darker seeds, and that requires us to wait for the berries to soften and start to shrivel. "The 2004 cabernets here fermented very slowly and were still a tad reduced in March.
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With Paul Hobbs in Argentina at the time of my visit, I tasted this year with his younger brother Matt, who told me that September of 2003, though hot, was more manageable than September of 2004.And 2003 produced riper and more opulent wines than 2002, according to Matt.Hobbs picks on the late side, and makes fruit-driven wines that manage to avoid heaviness and overripeness.
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With Paul Hobbs in Argentina at the time of my visit, I tasted this year with his younger brother Matt, who told me that September of 2003, though hot, was more manageable than September of 2004.And 2003 produced riper and more opulent wines than 2002, according to Matt.Hobbs picks on the late side, and makes fruit-driven wines that manage to avoid heaviness and overripeness.
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Paul Hobbs moved into his new state-of-the-art winery in Sebastopol on September 14, 2003 and the first fruit arrived three days later. Hobbs's winemaking has evolved considerably since the mid-'90s. In fact, he admitted to me that it really wasn't until 1997 that he made a commitment "to put my body and soul into making wine, even if it took working until 2 or 3 in the morning."Hobbs is extensively involved in winemaking and consulting in Chile and Argentina (his first involvement in South America was with Nicolas Catena back in 1989). In fact, he was working the harvest there when I tasted at his California winery at the end of February.
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