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2016

B Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Star Vineyard

Tasted 19 October 2018 Napa Valley · Rutherford

A lot of fruit going on here, with the front end leading the charge with ripe blackberry, deep/ripe black and red raspberry, and some spice. Fuzzy tannins provide some speed bumps in the delivery, but it manages to pull…

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2015

B Cellars Cabernet Franc Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Napa Valley · St. Helena

Coming off a bit heavy handed and blown out for the first hour or so, this bottle needed significant air to start coming into form. Ripe red and purple berry and plum are washed with spice and…

Reviewed 21 September 2021
2014

B Cellars Cabernet Franc Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Napa Valley · St. Helena

Still a hotbox of massive fruit and booze. The berry fruit is unctuous, powerful, and unfurled. The flex on this is all iron fist right now, laying a beat down to the palate; after a few sips it was…

Reviewed 9 May 2021
2014

B Cellars Cabernet Franc Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Napa Valley · St. Helena

Prepare for straight-up heat and sweet if opening now. In a very awkward place at the moment. Standby to standby for a while; keep this cobbler cocktail horizontal. Signs of promise, but not until…

Reviewed 17 December 2020
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