| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2012 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras VineyardSt. Helena more |
4/28/2024 - BradleyL Likes this wine: 95 pointsAt this age, this still needs quite a lot of air - after a 3-4 hour decant, this was so incredibly smooth - such silky tannins and literally no residual heat (despite being a 15% wine), with notes of berry and fig. Still youthful but with the air it is so incredibly delicious - as a friend put it, this is "slap yo mama" wine. |
| Red |
2014 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/13/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 94 pointsThe Blind Side - no, not football! (Chateau Simms): I am guessing the wine got at least 1-2 hours of slo-O before tasting, but honestly not sure about the bottle treatment/preparation before the tasting, i.e., it could be more. |
| Red |
2019 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/14/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 97 pointsChampers and Napa Cabs Blind - Fun Times! (Chateau Simms): I believe this wine received about a 2 hour Slo-O. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon MysteronsNapa Valley more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 95 pointsTrue to its name the Mysterons was fairly cat-and-mouse on the nose and the palate. It was truly a bit of a mystery with its dodgy flavor expression and somewhat indiscernible profile. For some reason I can’t recall now, I thought Cab Franc might be in play, but with most blinds, I figured my mind might be playing tricks on me. The fruit seemed somewhat more airy and floating than the other wines, but it wasn’t so light on its feet that it was sans impact. In fact, it was able to take ahold of its course and offer a direct channel of redder berry fruit with successful purpose, finishing with whisps of vanilla and spice. Time in bottle should add girth. Let this one sit in the back of the cellar for 5+ years. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 99 pointsAt first pass, this thing was balled up like, well… a ball. Quivering and compact, I sensed this might be M7 simply because of the sheer Oppenheimer-type encased fury-boom potential it possessed, but it was so linear and primary, I couldn’t necessarily peg it until it started to gnaw on some additional O2. And when it finally decided to awake from its dragon slumber, it gave off a death screech of a thousand Game of Thrones episodes and took flight to commence a scorched earth flavor surge of hyper chiseled black and dark red fruit. Spreading its wings further, the M7 straight isn’t playin’ around. This thing is serious business. Pure and dialed-in, the focus on this sniper is pretty unreal. Finishes direct and with absolute intent. It’s a hitman with a mission, so maybe best to dodge its bullets for the next few years. 2021 is proving to be a very distinctive and detailed vintage for some of these Vice Versa wines, most in particular, the M7. 97-99+ points. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Steltzner VineyardStags Leap District more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 96 pointsIf a Northern Rhone Cornas butcher met up with a Stags Leap socialite, you’d have the 2021 Vice Versa Stelzner. This thing is slathered in meat drippings, soil, char, burnt embers, and the black chasm of Dracula’s lost soul. Such a distinctive wine. It has the breadth and flavor characteristics of a serious, salami-shout-out Syrah and the more honed profile of a Cabernet Sauvignon. Finishes as it starts, with the fury of a Viking crunching down on a Hereford cow drumstick while riding a saber-toothed tiger from the swamps of Salekhard, Siberia. Winter’s coming… |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane VineyardSt. Helena more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 96 pointsI had to laugh because I have always considered Dr. Crane fruit-driven for my palate. The first word in my notes says, “fruity.” CT’r Cristal2000 thinks I make this stuff up just cuz I give him a hard time about the fruitiness of Crane. Well, I have to say this was the fruitiest of the bunch, or I suppose I should say, “fruit driven,” which sounds more sophisticated. And in truth, this wine presents as anything but a “simply fruity” wine. The Crane gains quite a bit of concentration and layering as it eats more air. Intermingling waves of black and red cherry, plum, purple [something?] type fruit, and cardamom rush the palate, upsurging with fruit and vanilla on the youthful finish. A fun picnic punch right now, but a wine that will undoubtedly gain more classic elements with 2-3+ years of bottle age, minimum. Try again in 2027. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras VineyardSt. Helena more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 98 pointsPowerful and front loaded. Boom! Instantly turns richer and longer with the first sip. A beast of a wine that holds it all together with graphite and mineral elements providing an amazing stretch of black fruit. Why do I like LPV? …This. This right here is why I like LPV. Grab a bucket of these bicep boys and get on with yer bad self. A more captivating showing than the last great sample I had a year ago. Even better with 4+ years in bottle. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges IIIRutherford more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 95 pointsGreat right now. I mean, it’s the friendly GIII, so how could it not be?! Concentration and balance are especially notable in 2021, with a refinement that really showcases a sophisticated side of uber yummy fruit that envelops and enlivens the palate. Chocolate covered cherries, with a spit of mineral notes keeps everything in check without getting too juicy. With air, it becomes more even keeled and higher riding, signaling a call for some additional bottle age. It won’t take long before this blossoms, but give it a couple-three years to form into a raving ball of fun-filled fantasticism. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Spinning PlatesNapa Valley more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 94 pointsLike a hybrid of Cousins and Beatrix, the Spinning Plates offers a similar profile to its two brothers (or, Cousins…?), with a concentration that is dialed-down but is more tannic and linear in its current state. The primary fruit gets redder with air, with flecks of alcohol and vanilla darting through the core. Like the GIII, the Spinning Plates offers up juicy fruit but shows its youth upfront at the moment. While I’m sure Spinning Plates is designed to impress early on, I do think a few years in bottle will amalgamate its flavors even better. Put this on the table with a 64oz. ribeye and consider yourself all set for some glorious meat sweats. ‘Merica! |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon VineyardOakville more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 100 pointsDeeper than the day is long, this was a shot across the bow with a concentration cannon that blasted flavor and depth right to the mid-palate, diving even deeper and with more fortitude as it cascaded to the gushing finish. This is Oakville fruit on full display, with rich soil elements injected through the black fruit core. If you like To Kalon, this is quintessential TK all day long. This was one of my favorite showings of the entire Vice Versa 2021s this go-around, even slightly eclipsing the M7 at the moment, simply because the TK was much more flamboyant, chewy, and giving compared to the coiled up M7. Drink the TK now and tomorrow and the next day and the next day… Awesome performance. It’s big, rich, and concentrated, but perfectly composed. 98-100 points. |
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2021 Vice Versa Beatrix Beckstoffer To Kalon VineyardOakville Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 95 pointsA pretty wine, with violets and juicy red/purple fruit popping on the palate. Here the nose is muted, but the affable flavors skip along the front end upon first sip, marking the path of a wine that is, though a bit young an juvenile at present, something to keep an eye on over the next few years. With some short term cellaring, I sense this will blossom beautifully. It’s a little primary compared to its 2021 Vice Versa siblings. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Pinot Noir Platt VineyardSonoma Coast more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 94 pointsA full bodied, masculine front end kicks off a rush of deep and dark black cherry, black raspberry, and soil notes. A pine needle flavor adds further interest on the finish. This is a broad stroke of a wine, and perhaps even beefier than previous vintages. I sense this will chillax a bit with a couple years in bottle. It’s pure and incredibly focused for such a shouldery specimen. Hold for a couple of years. |
| White |
2021 Vice Versa Chardonnay Platt VineyardSonoma Coast more |
4/24/2024 - csimm wrote: 95 pointsClementine, lime, white travertine, and a long lemony finish mark the latest vintage of the 2021 Platt Chardonnay. It is both vibrant and full, with energy and acidity that fully encompass the back of the jaw. This is a fitting addition to the Platt lineage and does everything right to provide succulence and vibrancy in a gorgeous yellow citrus package. Drink now and over the next few years, though it has the spine and drive to last even longer. |
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2019 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/14/2024 - bsumoba Likes this wine: 98 pointsIn the lineup, this wine got a bit outshined but it has no doubt been a consistent performer. Not much more to be said. It is an excellent wine. |
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2014 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/13/2024 - bsumoba wrote: NRRipe on the nose. Dark, brooding and a bit sultry. Could have been a number of wines to be honest. When revealed, it was discussed that 2014 could have been made during the transition from one winemaker to another and this wine stylistically is not what we are used to from say 2016 onwards. |
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2019 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/14/2024 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: NREyes Wide Shut - Day 2 (A quiet place): Nose: Big red fruits, a nice and welcoming whiff of clay, and deep earth. |
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2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/15/2024 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 98 pointsOh, man, this is big in every sense of the word. Big tannins, big oak, big (and surprise, surprise, black) fruit, with lots of cassis all jockeying around, not quite balanced, let alone integrated, 6 hours of aeration be damned, but interesting and promising as hell. Bit of a different textural experience here, with lots of glycerine and creaminess making this slide down in a “I’d never hurt you (excepting the purchase price)” kind of way. Even with this rating, it would be at most a borderline buy for me, with my $ more likely to go to Mysterons or LPV, but man do I like to be in the room when one of these is open. Hold for 5+, I’d expect, for the best drinking experience, but your reaction, like your mileage, may vary. 97-98 |
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2018 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras VineyardSt. Helena more |
4/15/2024 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 97 pointsThe darkness of Mysterons continues, with lots of black cherries, cassis and black raspberries providing a beam of acidity in addition to the tannic backbone which has been prominent throughout. Classic LPV notes of dark soil and rocky minerality along with a whiff of dark florals add further interest. Just went back to look at my notes for the ‘19, and they’re remarkably similar, with the additional 3 years (consumed 2 years later, 1 year earlier vintage) providing just a bit more openness. Like the Mysterons and the Mag 7, I’d be more a holder than a drinker of this at this point, but if you go the other way, aerate the dickens out of it. 97+ |
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2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon MysteronsNapa Valley more |
4/15/2024 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 97 pointsThe tasting moves on to wines even more appealing to me. I’ve had this wine a couple of times—once brought by great CT friend cyclist, another at the prior tasting at Wheeler Farms, when I bought a couple of bottles—and I’ve found this captivating. It’s dark, dark, dark, with deep, dark black fruit, black earth, dark chocolate, hints of anise and tobacco to lighten, relatively, things up giving more of a Gothic than modern feel. Both cyclist and VV, both with this and the earlier ‘19, have done good jobs in getting this formidable beauty to open, yet I’m looking forward to popping my bottles open in the deep (and what else, dark) future to see how they age and work with food. 96-97 |
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2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon VineyardOakville more |
4/15/2024 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 96 pointsCan I confess that I haven’t had a ton of BTKs (at least compared to LPVs and G IIIs) without getting kicked off CT? This moves up the food chain in very definite way for me from the G III, with more complexity, structure, delineation and power, with some savory and floral notes adding interest. This strikes me as quite modern, almost in a Doc Crane sort of way, and while it may yet have more to give—in fact, I’d expect it would—is a less interesting wine to me than, for example, Alex’s wine from the generally same area. Obviously I’m in the minority, but I do prefer not only the LPV but Mysterons, although it is, of course, just one man’s opinion, on one day. 95-96+ |
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2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges IIIRutherford more |
4/15/2024 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 94 pointsA step up the complexity and structure level from the Spinning Plates, this continues the dark fruit and secondary notes (dark chocolate, earth, rocky minerality) profile but with more structure. A bit oaky, which I noticed here more than the other SVDs, and less delineated. Perhaps will get to a place relatively more interesting to me with time, but at the moment, trailing its brethren by a bit. I’d hold for now. 94+ |
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2021 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Spinning PlatesNapa Valley more |
4/15/2024 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 93 pointsFirst wine of the tasting, very graciously hosted by Samantha, and like the others, to my understanding, aerated for 6 hours before our visit. Typical luscious VV dark notes of cherries, cassis (seemed very noticeable after BO, where that wasn’t present), black currants, dark chocolate, some spice. A bit more oak than I’d choose and a bit less structure. Very enjoyable, but as a general “second wine” skeptic, I think you can find more interesting wines at the price point, so I wouldn’t be a buyer. Good now with the air, suspect its best drinking will be in the next 5-8 years. 93+ |
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2014 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon The Magnificent SevenNapa Valley more |
4/13/2024 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: NREyes Wide Shut - Day 1 (A quiet place): Nose: Ripe on the nose, with dark fruit but more put together. There's also a bit of chocolatey earth. |
| Red |
2021 Vice Versa Beatrix Beckstoffer To Kalon VineyardOakville Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/12/2024 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 95 pointsVery fortunate to experience all 2021 Vice Versa wines blind along with CSIMM1161. The bottles had been open for about 5 hours and all the wines continued to get better with air. I managed to guess half of these correctly, but it’s quite a lift to distinguish them all. This vintage is more serious than 2019, with elevated tension, freshness, and overall complexity. These are not pop and pour, so if drinking in the next 10 years, I suggest a lot of decant time. |
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