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• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 20, 2019 - Easily a 94. Sweet fruit up front....pleasant acidity. Great weight and length. Maybe the most complete vineyard that B Cellars has.

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• DrBad commented:

  10/20/19, 8:10 PM - Poured my first glass of this tonight and it was crazy good.

• Mark1npt commented:

  10/20/19, 8:22 PM - Ha-ha! We love this vineyard! It is so awesome......had a '16 and a '13 tonight....check out the notes! Mark

• DrBad commented:

  10/21/19, 5:57 AM - Cool, it was a CO/FL Ehrlich night. Have had the '14 and '15 but wow this '16 is explosive.

• Mark1npt commented:

  10/21/19, 6:05 AM - Yes, it is. A couple of the B Cellars '16s have shut down recently but this one is still going strong.

• Decanting Queen commented:

  10/21/19, 7:47 AM - Great to hear this, I have a couple of these coming soon!

• Mark1npt commented:

  10/21/19, 9:27 AM - Jen, I would def pop one open and enjoy! Best with an hour of air, but eminently drinkable as soon as you uncork.

• HowellMountainCru commented:

  10/21/19, 3:21 PM - And the 13 we had side by side was even better IMO Less floral but a tad more concentrated. Both well balanced, I think Mark nailed the scores.
  
  HMC

• msuwine commented:

  10/23/19, 8:06 PM - Thanks for the encouragement in opening this one, Mark! I tasted it earlier this year at the winery, and I just opened up a bottle (see CT for my, um, lengthy ramblings).
  
  Wow, what a great wine. I'm impressed that the 2013 has aged as well as it did, since - as someone new to B Cellars - I wonder if they last over time. I'm going to have to do some research about this possibility! Thanks again.

• Mark1npt commented:

  10/24/19, 4:59 AM - MSU......it seems to be really quality stuff.....Kirk Venge has made very good wine for a long time. The B Cellars '16s did have huge alcohol levels(some were 16.1%), so who knows how long to keep? 5 years? 10? The '13 had tremendous density, but then again, so did many '13s in Napa. I would think that particular wine has a good 10-15 years ahead of it, but my last one will never make it that long in my cellar!

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