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• ta75 Likes this wine: 94 points

  September 27, 2023 - 94 points +
  
  This wine can age a decade more easily; and maybe you should aim to do so. Very pure fruit, mostly in the dark red profile. Mouth watering acidity to hold everything in place. Long finish with very pure fruit and some bordeaux essence with lead pencil, tar and cigar box. A little too sweet for my ultimate balance but I believe in a few years it will be 95-96 points. Great wine, wish I had more.

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• napasoutherner Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 25, 2023 - Beautiful wine from an amazing producer. Still needs time but was showing strength in note. Pencil shavings and tobacco/cigar. Nice finish

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• LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 14, 2020 - Same notes apply.

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• LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 13, 2020 - PnP and then in the decanter for three hours, tasted throughout. No question it’s a well made wine but at $165 it just misses the mark for me. Starts off a bit too astringent (from wood or alcohol), I don’t mind either, enjoy them actually, luckily it slowly fades over the decant but never goes away entirely.
  
  A mild attack (would be a higher score if a bit stronger), cassis but not syrupy, nice middle, black cherry, followed by a medium finish. Within the cassis and dark cherry, there are plenty of herbal, tobacco and spice to keep everything nice. Why is my rating out of line with others- I feel like this wine is high quality but lacks the complexity I would have expected from a wine of high pedigree parts. Feels like the ‘better parts’ were middle of the road vs top of the line.
  
  Where does this leave us/me, I feel like a winery has two choices, kill it with top barrels in a blended wine or pull out the best barrels, have killer single vineyard offerings and a second label of the blend for ~$100. I will open the Petit to see how that compares. I could be judging this to harshly however I consider price ranges and what’s available. I love Vice Versa wines, especially the single vineyard (regular and BBS) its just an internal struggle at the $175 price point for a blended offering where the best barrels are pulled for Mag 7, the next best are pulled for BBS, next best pulled for single vineyards and then the rest for this blend. I feel like this should be at the $100 Ontogeny price point to make it a great buy. My two cents.

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• GQG Likes this wine: 97 points

  March 21, 2020 - This outstanding 2015 is playing the white keys, the black keys, and the cracks right now! It's playing with everything it's got.
  
  Blueberry, dark cherry, and spice with an incredibly long finish that has shed its tartness in favor of a completely balanced and smooth delivery. I love trying all sorts of wines from the world over, but when I open a Vice Versa, it's like coming home.

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• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Vice Versa
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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