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2016

B Cellars Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast

Tasted 19 October 2018 Sonoma County · Sonoma Coast

Served next to a 2016 B Cellars Reuling Pinot, which was much more ripe fruit driven than this Sonoma Coast.

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