2014 Beta Cabernet Sauvignon Vare Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  1/18/2024 - blarmston Likes this wine: 92 Points

  a nice wine. For sure on the lighter side as others have remarked. Reminded me of a CDP or Grenache.
  
  Not my typical style of wine but nice to switch it up.
  
  I wont be running out to buy more of this, but also wouldn't hesitate to purchase if I saw anything on auction at a good price point.

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  12/3/2023 - Shay.Aldriedge wrote:

  Lots of hype around these wines and the new Jasud release. I look forward to hearing how Jasud differs from Beta.
  
  Not sure how to score this, so I won’t. Polarizing. From a unique and different take on Napa cab, it’s really intriguing. For scratching the typical Napa cab itch, this won’t do it. Depending which side you trend towards, you’ll either love this or have no desire to finish the bottle.
  
  Purposefully pop and poured so that this could be followed for 3-4hrs out of the decanter to see the profile. Translucent purple in the glass. 12.7ABV! All the fruit here is underripe (black cherry, black currant) with a hint of pyrazines, black tea. On the palate, it has ripping acidity, especially for a Napa cab. Sour red and black fruits with a finish that is remarkably similar to a cherry Jolly Rancher. Odd.
  
  I’d say double decant this for 24hrs, but I also think it is what it is right now until it’s had 20+ years of sleep.

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  10/15/2023 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Slow ox’d for 3 hours then decanted for 3.5 hours. Aromas of cherry blackberry, hint of leather and currant. Flavors of blackberry, currant, cherry and hi t of earth. Ends with a 25-30 second finish with cherry notes. These wines are tough because they don’t give up much in their youth but waiting for the payoff with bottle age. Unfortunately it leads to the question of whether you should continue to buy them when there are no older bottles as a basis of comparison like say Ridge.

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  5/13/2023 - Maphill01 wrote:

  Decanted off moderate fine sediment. Drank over several hours. Red currant and black currant, black tea. Nice concentration, but very light on its feet. Chewy tannins, bright acidity. 12.7 ABV.

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  4/16/2022 - Cow Town wrote: 85 Points

  Blind, no way this is picked as a CA Cab. Red fruit, tart, seems more like Grenache than Cab. Not bad, but not expected. All things considered, and putting preconceptions aside, the biggest problem is that the wine does nothing to distinguish itself.

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