2018 B Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 95.8 points

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  11/22/2023 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Four hour decant. Very deep dark lavender magenta color. Blueberry, raspberry tea, milk chocolate ganache, and subtle coffee. Dry, plush, full bodied palate. Voluptuous tannins on the longish finish.
  
  This is rich and juicy. Amazing LPV fruit on display here. Third wine in Thanksgiving-palooza at Mark1NPT’s place. So fun…

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  11/22/2023 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Time to check back in on one of these with Mr/Mrs Agelvis in town for the Holiday! Decanted 3.5 hours and enjoyed over 2 more. This has all the dark red/black fruit of LPV and all the depth, energy and silkiness of BCellars wrapped up into one. We had this alongside a very nice La Pelle Alluvium and while I liked the quality of both there's just no disputing the regal feeling and taste profile of the Beckstoffer fruit. In a really good place with the proper air right now. My fear is that with time, maybe the fruit backs off a bit or the 'energy' component wanes a bit. I don't plan on aging these great wines for my taste profile more than another 2-3 years, max. They are just too good!

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  4/20/2022 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Ok, folks.....it's time. 5 hours of decant takes this one into 'the zone'. Just sweet beautiful dark red/black fruit. BCellars acidity and energy blends tgether.....yes, there's a touch of oak now but not burdensome, at all. The tannins at 5 hours of decant resolve into a nice small background area. Drinks even better through dinner with hours 6 and 7 of air. Absolutely, a winner for WOTN. Very deep and powerful......classy wine.

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  5/1/2021 - scballfan Likes this wine: 94 Points

  If you’re a little patient, I mean like no less than a 1.5 hour decant, you’ll get past the strong oak overtones of vanilla that Chris notes. The nose becomes increasingly floral. I get dried violets. It’s a huge wine through and through - not for the classical palate. It shows nice dark fruit up front with good acid - boysenberry maybe. The tannins only soften slightly after decant, and it has floral notes and chalk in the long, long finish.

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  2/27/2021 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  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 B Cellars came in 3rd. Lord almighty you better love vanilla and oak to enjoy this wine. Easily the most polarizing of the group. Some loved the oak, and others (like me), struggled with how it overwhelmed the rest of the wine. This is super full bodied with lots of depth of flavor and a huge finish. It loses some points for lack of balance and overall focus. Some of the oak will likely integrate and blow off over time.

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