2019 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 97.6 points

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  5/11/2023 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine:

  Napa day trip (Bella Oaks, Vice Versa, Impensata) (Napa): N: Fresher, clean and almost bright blue fruits. Stony minerals with a soft glow of black fruits. The stony minerals takes up most of the stage here.
  
  P: Black and darker fruits with dark earth and minerals. A kick of freshness compared to the LPV for me in this tasting, like the fresh leather smell of a new car.
  
  Rating this the same as the rest of the other times I've had this. Loved the dark fruits in this.

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  5/11/2023 - bsumoba Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Bella, Vice Versa and Impensata Napa tasting: This is probably my favorite bottling from VV and often flip flops between this and the Mag 7. The Mag 7 was tops in the lineup today. I scored the 19 VV Dr.C multiple times in the 99 range. Today was not its best showing. Possibly shutting down or maybe caught it at a funky time. Scoring this a 97 today which is still in my books, a great wine was actually quite hard because I love this wine so much. I've learned that wine evolves, it changes and it goes through ups and downs and today, it just felt like kicking back and giving the Mag 7 the podium.

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  4/21/2023 - eschuldt wrote: 97 Points

  This has some great structure that is going to take a while to resolve but isn’t distracting. After a couple of hours of air is signing.

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  4/8/2023 - Jhalpern27 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  I have been following the notes on this one and realized that it was time to give it a try. It’s definitely a fruit bomb with both blue and red fruits with a super long finish. A really spectacular wine, I’m going to do my best to hold onto my last bottle for a minimum of 5 years. I look forward to seeing what some bottle age does to these. I think this could easily be 98-100 with 5-10 more years

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  4/3/2023 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Brought to the table by JAronson tonight....not sure of the air time. Drank exceptionally well. Nose of deep, rich, dark fruit. Palate to match. This was a very nice wine and not over the top if that makes sense. 96-97 for me tonight, but I didn't get seconds to follow through the evening. This is high quality stuff. I can certainly see how some have given it 97, 98, 99 points. Not quite there for me, as it's just a power laden fruit bomb with not much else.

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