BECKER
VINEYARDS REVIEWS
White Wine Tasting: "2007 Becker Vineyards Viognier ($15)...Texas is a natural home for the warm climate-loving Viognier grape, evidence by this herb-scented, peachy wine from one of the state's top producers. Pair with a butter-and-herb-roasted chicken. "
- Food & Wine, December 2008
Wine of the Week: "The 2005 Becker Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve ($24.95) is one of the best Cabs ever produced in Texas. How good? If the label said Napa, it would cost $150."
-The Austin Chronicle, Wes Marshall, June 6, 2008.
"2006 Becker Vineyards Texas Viognier. Light-bodied and soft, this Viognier has aromas of lemon, honey and vanilla. A little buttery, punctuated by the flavor of tangerine with a hint of bitterness, it has a clean finish."
- Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, July 4, 2007
"Crisp and quaffable"
- Ross Parsons, Los Angeles Times, regarding the
2006 Viognier
"2004 Becker Vineyards 'Les Trois Dames' Claret. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, and Petite Syrah that comes together nicely, with a lovely deep-plum color and aromas of red fruit, chocolate and spice. Ripe and sweet, it should work well with the char of barbecue."
- Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times
"Perhaps the most successful is Becker (Vineyards)....The viognier's inaugural vintage had been highly praised by a celebrity sommelier, Andrea Immer, while the gewurztraminer had a dry, melony quality that reminded me of something I once quaffed in Malaysia. Becker's reds, too, showed some spark, especially a bold cabernet-syrah and the easy-drinking Iconoclast Cabernet Sauvignon. Neither was overly fruity."
- Matt Gross, New York Times, July 11, 2007
Matt Gross for The New York Times
"Bunny
and Richard Becker have raised the bar in Texas by producing
wines that have achieved regional character."
-Wine Spectator,
Matthew DeBord, November 30, 2002
"One
of the best viogniers made in America, so it's worth the search.
Gorgeous white peach and floral scents and tangerine-mango
flavors."
-Andrea
Immer Robinson on 05 Viognier
“…Becker is producing some good wine. The best
so far include the hearty Texas Port, a Bordeaux-style Claret
& a Cabernet-Syrah blend that gushes pure fruit.”
-Wine Spectator,
Tim Fish, June 15, 2005
“Becker, Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2004, Four Stars.”
-Decanter,
July 2006
“Becker bucks the Texas tide…wine after wine is
top notch.”
-Wines
and Vines, Dale Rice, April 2005
