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2012

Bevan Cellars Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard

Tasted 20 November 2015 Sonoma County · Russian River Valley

PnP with a very pithy, linear texture. The stemmy bitterness overwhelmed what remained of the tight lemon, unripe pear and apple, dry granite stone, and astringent lilac flavors. There was essentially no mid-palate,…

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Bevan Cellars EE Cuvée

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Ok, so this bottle screams two words to me very distinctly and without equivocation: "Drink Now." It's a Charleston chewy prune purple drank and all, but it's pushing past its window (at least, this…

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