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2012

Bevan Cellars EE Cuvée

Tasted 17 October 2016 Napa Valley · Oakville

4 months since I last had this wine. PnP was very tight and a bit boozy. Raspberry liqueur, black cherry, vanilla, and alcohol. Linear and and a little palate-numbing, with a tannic clamp that muted the core fruit…

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