2018 Vice Versa Beckstoffer Georges III

Vice Versa is in Saint Helena, in Napa Valley. It was founded in 2001 by Patrice Breton, a software entrepreneur who hired Paul Hobbs as consulting winemaker. The estate makes primarily Cabernet Sauvignon. Grapes are sourced from several well-regarded Napa vineyards.

Georges III Vineyard was first planted in 1895 by Napa Valley Pioneer Thomas Rutherford. In 1928 it was purchased by Beaulieu founder Georges de Latour, whose winemaker, the famous Andre Tchelistcheff, used the vineyard to make BV’s Rutherford Cabernets. The 300-acre vineyard is in Rutherford and is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. Beckstoffer Vineyards owns and farms more than 3,600 acres of highly prestigious grape growing vineyards in Napa Valley, Mendocino County and the Red Hills of Lake County. A senior executive with Heublein in the 1960s, Andy Beckstoffer is credited with steering Napa Valley vintners towards improving farming and the quality of the grapes used for wine. Grapes from any Beckstoffer vineyards are considered among the finest available in California.