Tasted as a pre-bottling tank sample, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard is a solid step up over the 2017, offering lots of pure crème de cassis and darker berry fruits intermixed with lead pencil shavings, chocolate, and tobacco leaf-like aromas and flavors. It’s medium to full-bodied and has beautiful depth on the mid-palate, building tannins, and a great, great finish. This impressive, serious wine will need 2-4 years of bottle age and should have two decades of overall longevity. (93-95)

Marked by notes of mint and dusty earth, plus plenty of dark-berried fruit, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard is a ripe, rich wine, imbued with ample concentration and weight. Yes, it's full-bodied and tannic but also soft and plush, those smoothly buffed tannins leaving a velvety trail on the palate that lingers easily on the lengthy finish.