2021 TOR Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon FnA Oakville Napa Valley 750 ml

Tor Kenward is one of the most revered cult Cabernet maestros in California. For his TOR label, he and his 100-point winemaker Jeff Ames only work with the absolute greatest Napa Valley terroirs—sites like To Kalon, Dr. Crane, Vine Hill Ranch, and Melanson—but few of their wines boast the rarity and cachet of the 2021 Beckstoffer To Kalon FnA Cabernet. 

If you haven’t heard of this wine, no problem. We know 30-year industry veterans who haven’t either. That’s because it’s never existed until now 

At Oakville’s Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard—perhaps the most iconic site in Napa Valley—the A Block is on the eastern corner, while the F Block is far on the west side. In the 2021 vintage, Kenward and Ames fermented their Cabernet from these blocks separately. In their early blending sessions, they noticed that the two blocks jibed very nicely. Both were aged in Darnajou barrels, with a little bit of Taransaud—and in the end, the team decided to combine them in what is probably the first “bookends” bottling from Beckstoffer To Kalon.

The result is stunning. Deep, opaque purple, with an intense bouquet of ripe dark fruit and a full body, exemplifying the depth and complexity of the To Kalon Vineyard and promising excellent aging potential. 

TOR’s wines are hard to get, period. This one is going straight to TOR mailing-list members and perhaps a couple retail accounts, but you won’t see it out there much, if at all. Only eight barrels were made!