• ThistleKing43 Likes this wine: 96 points

    January 19, 2024 - Opened wonderfully after a 4 hour decant. Berries, pencil, soil, green pepper notes. Nice finish.

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  • shadow wrote: 93 points

    August 21, 2022 - Disappointing, pared with Alpha Omega, Saturday night dinner.
    Alpha had the dust, classic top shelf cab.
    Fait Main, monotone, boring fruit, embarrassing choice for a night with friends.

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  • pakabear Likes this wine:

    August 6, 2022 - No notes, had on vacation.

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  • farinas Likes this wine: 94 points

    December 22, 2021 - Powerful and concentrated with dark fruits and that bold cab spice you get from Beckstoffer. It was excellent for those who enjoy this style of winemaking

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  • #1Winelover Likes this wine: 97 points

    July 10, 2021 - This is now ready to drink! Since other 2018s are finally coming around, I decided to re-visit Mr. Touquette's annual masterpiece. Dark black and red in the glass with a little bit of purple. Blackberry and blueberry, lot's of earth, mineral and graphite from mid-palate through the finish. Nice and full and this is a typical Benoit wine -- it's not over the top, it's full-flavored, it's dialed back slightly, it's a great representation from The Las Piedras Vineyard, and, it's awesome.

    97-98 points for now with upside.

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  • pswines1908 Likes this wine: 95 points

    June 13, 2021 - Not incredibly fruit forward. Hints of green pepper on the finish. Fantastic wine that will continue to get better.

  • blarmston Likes this wine: 96 points

    May 28, 2021 - Popped the cork on one of these last night, and will follow up with more detailed notes this weekend.

    94/96/98
    First score is impressions from the first sip after a three hour decant
    Second is the final glass about two hours after first sip
    98+ is the potential for this wine in 3-5++ years.

    If you have several, take one for a spin but give it a healthy decant (5-6 hours). I will be waiting on my remaining bottles until at least next year.

    Fans of this wine are in for a treat, if you have patience.

    This could be their best vintage yet...

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  • Cristal2000 wrote: 93 points

    February 27, 2021 - 2018 LPV Blind Tasting: VV, Carter, Fait Main, Quivet and B Cellars (Lang's): 2018 LPV blind tasting. Wines: Vice Versa, Carter La Verdad, Quivet, Fait Main and B Cellars. Six total tasters. All wines decanted 3+ hours.

    The FM came in last. It was last for 5 out of 6 of us, including me. I actually thought this was probably the Quivet. I was really disappointed, as I figured the FM would be close to the top. The nose was muted, the acidity was high toned, the depth was lacking and overall it was the least interesting. I've had so many great bottles of FM I am willing to say this may have just been a bad bottle or opened at the wrong time. There was no doubt however that on this night, it was the worst of the group. Even had some left over the next day and it was still uninteresting.

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  • eschuldt wrote: 96 points

    February 18, 2021 - 10 hr slow ox based on others notes. Still very big, sweet blackberry was initial impression and moderate tannic grip even with the air. Very optimistic about the future of this wine.

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  • #1Winelover Likes this wine: 97 points

    November 26, 2020 - Whatever you do, do not open this monster until 2021. On day 1 with a 3 hour decant, the wine was very tight and a little bitter. Back in the bottle it went and decanted for 3 hours on day 2. Day 2: The wine was still tight and slightly bitter but with time in the glass, this backward beast eventually strutted its stuff. The fruit that was lurking in the background began to emerge and the signature notes from Las Piedras came to the surface. My last glass was outstanding.

    Dark purple with black and red notes, blueberry, black raspberry and plum fruit, lots of mineral, stone, and graphite with chocolate notes. This was not a typical Benoit Touquette experience as the wine is very masculine, backward and in need of a couple of years to come around. Who knows -- maybe it is in a dumb phase and others who pnp in 2020 will have a different experience. Maybe it was bottle shock since I opened it the day that I received it because it is one of my top 3 all time favorite wines and I couldn't wait. Maybe it was a combo. I think that the wine is very young, will have a long life and it's just not ready. I should have waited but no regrets!

    94-99 points for now

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