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Tor Wines

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Heritage Clones Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Eric
9.2

Oldest Tor I’ve had by a mile and was very impressed. Light in its feet with plenty of fruit left. Very solid. — 5 years ago

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Somm David T

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They make some great wine. Looking forward to my more recent vintages one day. I think they have excelled quite a bit since 02. Cheers and happy Memorial Day weekend.
Eric

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You as well @David T ! That garden is rockin!

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Rotes Tor Gruner Veltliner 2017

Pooneet K
9.1

A nice gruner for sure! Doesn’t give as much as I’d like on the nose, but great purity and depth with incredible teeth cleaning acid. — 6 years ago

Allison Kant
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Tor Di Lupo Lagrein 2015

Pooneet K
9.0

Really trying to get an understanding of the Lagrein grape while in its home region of Italy. This is a nice one, but quite different in style than the Nusserhof we had the other night. Deep dark violet in the glass. After an hour of air, quite nice aromatically, with deep dark fruits coming through and the initial oak note blowing off. Full bodied, with a fair bit of young tannin - which made it a great pairing for simple meats from a rustic wood grille. Nice long finish with good acid. — 6 years ago

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TOR Kenward Family Wines

Anniversary Cuvée Beckstoffer To-Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Eric L.
9.4

Drinking beautifully tonight. Ample black fruit supported by savory herbs, leather, and tobacco. — 7 years ago

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Dawn E.

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@Eric LaMasters ..Jealous! .Sounds amazing...Cheers to you and your family..Happy Holidays! 🤗🎄
Eric L.

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@Dawn Emory -Cheers and Happy Holidays! Hope you make it to Des Moines sometime and we can all enjoy some wines together.

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Mast -Cimarossa Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Duff Mahan
9.2

Wow - sommelier recommended this. Fantastic! — 7 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Reserve Napa Valley Chardonnay 2014

David L
9.3

Much better then a year ago. — 7 years ago

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Evan Bienstock

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... and not as good as it will be next year 😜
David L

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Carl Fischer

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Still holding mine @David L - As much as I enjoy them on release, I am starting to really enjoy some age on his Chards.

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Julie Kang
9.6

Smooth and delish. Drinking great! — 9 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Mast Vineyard Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Mark Melson
9.5

Small production(10 Barrels) and truly special bottle. — 10 years ago

Tor del Colle

Riserva DOC Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2007

Jon Meister
9.2

Bought from wine expo in SM. Opened it August 2014 — 10 years ago

Jon Meister

Jon Meister

Bought this bottle from Wine Expo in Santa Monica in 2013. Opened it in August 2014. Excellent with light meal

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Torchiana Beresini Vineyard Hyde Clone Chardonnay 2011

Scott Gladstone
9.5

Ma(i)sonry Napa Tasting 2012 — 12 years ago

C.V.B.C & C. S.P.A (Casa Vinicola Botter Carlo & C. S.P.A.)

Tor Del Colle Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva

Jef de Ruijter
9.0

Great wine! — 5 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Hyde Vineyard Cuvée Susan Napa Valley Chardonnay 2018

Mike R
9.6

Different wine delectable and let my friends @Shay A and. @David L or @Ron R tell you about this wine - it might have been the WOTN for me / crazy good - needs about 30 minutes of decanting- all smiles — 5 years ago

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David L

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Best Hyde ever!!!
Tropical fruit, great body, terrific purity, good acidity & a long, concentrated mouthfeel. Time in the glass brings out this Chardonnay’s death. Drinking well now. Will only get better in a year or so. It will be hard for me to keep my hands off a bottle.
9.5
David L

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*Depth
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@Mike R : We need to update the identified wine. It’s the Hyde Vineyard chard.

When TOR recommended opening a 2018 Hyde Chardonnay, I thought they were crazy. I normally get ripping acidity on most Hyde Chards, so they normally need some time to balance out. I have to admit, they were right about this being accessible early. Wow! One of the best Hyde chards I’ve had, and this is going to get better. Copious amounts of tropical aromatics (mango, white peach, passion fruit) with sea salt and honeysuckle. Nervy and energetic in profile. Still quite a bit of acidity, but it has a creaminess up front that is wonderful. Lemon cream, orange blossom, underripe peach, and sea salt at first before a mineral streak down the middle finishes it off. Slight note of crushed rock and oyster shell too. Evolved in the glass after each pour. Delicious!
9.4

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Palisades Vineyard Grenache 2015

Joshua Fisher
9.4

owner shown......on the right — 6 years ago

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Rock Cuvée Cooper Grenache

Sanford Peisner
9.2

2004 drank smooth, nice fruit balanced acid. Finished well — 7 years ago

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Twelve Barrels' Oakville Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Evan Shumway
9.5

Wow that’s all I can say — 7 years ago

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TOR Kenward Family Wines

Clone No. 4 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Jay Eagan
9.4

Fantastic with a quick decant - Tor's first vintage - it's beautiful still — 8 years ago

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TOR Kenward Family Wines

Hyde Vineyard Napa Valley Chardonnay 2014

Lesa Gough
9.4

So well made. Kissed with oak but lovely acidity. — 8 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Clone 337 Beckstoffer To-Kalon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Carl Fischer
9.3

I've been a long time fan of Tor Kenward wines and year after year they just keep getting better. This 08 is delicious - but just not in the same category as the last two vintages. — 10 years ago

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I'll pop the 12' in a few years.

Tor Calvano

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Sangiovese Blend 2010

Jonas Johansson
9.1

This vino Nobile went down with awesome grilled lamb steaks. Great combo. Also great with dark chocolate. — 10 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Noble Rot Late Harvest Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2006

Christine Havens
9.5

I was served this dessert wine from Tor Kenward blind, and was pleasantly surprised to learn that it is not a Sauternes. It reminds me of 2009 Guiraud, though perhaps slightly less concentrated. As the glass warms up, heady aromas of ripe apricot, dried pineapple, clover honey, candied ginger and baking spices leap forth. Unctuously textured, with vibrant acidity. The finish on this golden-robed beauty lasts for well over a minute. — 11 years ago

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TOR Kenward Family Wines

Clone 4 Beckstoffer To-Kalon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Lorenzo Hernandez
9.3

Excellent w/ steak — 5 years ago

Lorenzo, Marvin and 6 others liked this

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Oakville Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Mike R
9.2

It’s a baby still but shows a lot of promise A LOT - virtual tasting with WNH and Tor and Elizabeth and big thanks to @Carl Fischer god setting up and I forgot to add @Shay A to this list on the tasting — 5 years ago

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The fruit from this wine is coming from the Tierra Roja vineyard, bordering Dalla Valle. In my experience, 2015s are very concentrated and because of that, can often be coiled up. This may be the winner for most coiled. Unyielding even after double decanting for around two hours. Aromatically, you get a sense of the profile with a mix of red, blue and black fruits, cinnamon, scorched earth, and peppercorns but it shuts down hard on the palate. Flavors are a bit muted and it’s obviously tannic, with crunchy black cherries , clay, herbs, dust and high percentage dark cocoa. If opening now, I’d decant for 8+ hrs, but better yet, hold for 5+ yrs.
9.2

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Rock Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Sanford Peisner
9.1

Enjoyable tart cherry nice finish. — 6 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Franc 2013

KA
9.6

Super lush cab franc. Great wine all around. — 6 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Old B Beckstoffer To Kalon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Steve Anderson
9.5

Spectacular. This won’t last anywhere near as long as the 2010 Dunn, but is in a superb spot right now. Great Cab profile and extremely smooth with about three hours of air. A beautiful To Kalon example. — 7 years ago

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TOR Kenward Family Wines

Oakville East Meets West Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Roy Goble
9.5

Very very nice — 7 years ago

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TOR Kenward Family Wines

West Block Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

Skip Smyser
9.5

Exceptional🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 8 years ago

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Jan de Weerd

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Sounds like scored a "tor"!

TOR Kenward Family Wines

Rock Hommage Allan Syrah 2010

Joe DAscoli
9.3

Great structure and fruit — 9 years ago

TOR Kenward Family Wines

To Kalon Vineyard Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

John McDonald
9.5

Not quite as good as the '05. However, Tor is my favorite all time winery. This is as good as I was hoping. — 10 years ago

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Rotes Tor Smaragd Grüner Veltliner 1995

JohnQ Boxler
9.5

Petrol, mineral, golden fruit, note of botrytis. Good acid. Still fresh. Spicy, peppery. Note as baroque as some vintages. — 11 years ago

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