This was our last bottle - absolutely fantastic with the only possible drawback being the heat. This had NO age characteristics at all - seems like much younger than 10 years old. Very classically Beckstoffer in its sweet tannin and deeply rich black fruit chocolate stew mix. Classically B Cellars in being totally delicious.
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This is a big bold Beckstoffer monster! Decanted for 2.5 hours and upon pour into glass it was exploding with blueberries and other dark fruit. Taste was similar to nose but with a touch of red fruit also. Took a lot of swirling to get alcohol to go away during first glass and was pretty much gone on second glass. Can easily go for another 10 years. Being that last ½ glass was the best, probably should have decanted for another hour or two. If you like your fruit big and in your face (not a fruit bomb by any means), you'll love this. Really wish I had a few more bottles.
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2/15/2024 - sjdcellar Likes this wine: 96 Points
This was our last bottle - absolutely fantastic with the only possible drawback being the heat. This had NO age characteristics at all - seems like much younger than 10 years old. Very classically Beckstoffer in its sweet tannin and deeply rich black fruit chocolate stew mix. Classically B Cellars in being totally delicious.
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4/8/2023 - Rider88 Likes this wine: 97 Points
This is a big bold Beckstoffer monster! Decanted for 2.5 hours and upon pour into glass it was exploding with blueberries and other dark fruit. Taste was similar to nose but with a touch of red fruit also. Took a lot of swirling to get alcohol to go away during first glass and was pretty much gone on second glass. Can easily go for another 10 years. Being that last ½ glass was the best, probably should have decanted for another hour or two. If you like your fruit big and in your face (not a fruit bomb by any means), you'll love this. Really wish I had a few more bottles.
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