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Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard

9 vintages · 21 notes · Vice Versa · Napa Valley · St. Helena

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Vintage Notes Most recent note Highest
2021 2 notes Powerful and front loaded. Boom! Instantly turns richer and longer with the first sip. A beast of a wine that holds it all together with graphite and… 2019 3 notes This continues to perform like the molten mineral-laced black asphalt blackberry bitter-chocolate baby you all know and love. It's as flashy and… 2018 1 note This sample was actually a bit subdued (comparatively to other vintages of VV LPVs at least), but certainly with enough potency and drive that there… 2017 1 note Barrel samples of the BTK, Crane, and LPV. 2016 4 notes Pouring a dark purple-black color, with a nose that instantly rockets up the nostrils with fresh wet muddled black cherries and wild blackberry… 2015 5 notes I've played around with this wine here and there over the last few years and I am always a little circumspect about predicting how it is going to… 2014 2 notes It's been over three years since I've had the opportunity to take a shot at this wine. Homemade pizza on a Tuesday night? What better excuse to dip… 2013 1 note Juicy plum flavors unfold and become more complex after a slow O2 for about an hour. Black cherry, licorice, and gravel notes emerge to add interest.… 2012 2 notes A huge step up from when I last had this wine almost two years ago, this vintage of the VV LPV has really come into a wonderful drinking window with…