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2018

Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Tasted 8 February 2019 Napa Valley · St. Helena

Barrel sample. Much in line with the 2016, the 2018 Memento Mori Crane seems to be headed on a trajectory that highlights gorgeous, dark black and red core fruit, most especially in regards to elevated purity and…

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7 December 2019 If the VHR wasn't enough to slap me silly with the possession of a thousand fun-filled flavors, the Crane offered little help in the exorcism from…
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2019

Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

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A gobstopper of lush fruit, plush fruit, gushing fruit, and ripe fruit, the Memento Mori VHR is a lot of. fruit. Luckily there are soil elements that provide focus and direction here, but there is no…

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Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

Napa Valley · Oakville

Balanced and smooth, especially for such a young pup. Super fruity, in fact, one of the fruitiest renditions from this site that I can remember. Notes of mixed berry basket, boysenberry, licorice,…

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2018

Memento Mori Sauvignon Blanc

California · Napa Valley

More tropical and round than previous bottles, this Sauvignon Blanc has quickly progressed and is on the downslope now. This was a bottle I shoulda killed last summer. Drain 'em if ya got 'em.

Reviewed 14 June 2021
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