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B Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

Tasted 20 April 2019 Napa Valley · Oakville

Previous notes apply. Still best to hold until after 2021++. This bottle was followed for four separate days over the course of two weeks (Coravin pours and a final day of a few hours of open air). Dark spice and black…

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29 November 2018 Intense and concentrated without a doubt, but with a sophistication and focus that really showed extraordinarily well this time around. Even more… 19 October 2018 Served side-by-side with the 2015 B Cellars BTK. This 2016 (a barrel sample) is similar to when I had it back in February, though it seems to be… 8 February 2018 Barrel sample. Blasts of dark and jammy black core fruit, spice, and earth. Chewy tannins, with a boozy, jammy attack that washes over the palate…
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