#bv ruth

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Ruth's Darling

Ruth’s Darling

I have a lot of older BV Ruth’s in the cellar and keep telling myself to check in on these younger vintages, but there’s just SOOOO many wines to review… And of course–with any stalwart label–there comes a “Ah-Hah” moment we are all looking for when *something changed*, where modern styles transition out of classic expectations. We all hope it never happens, but progress in marketing to modern…

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Once Upon a Time

Back in the olden days when I was young and didn’t have much of an international palate and even less of a wine budget, I was always blown away by these wines and touted them as some of the best values in hi-production, supermarket darlings. That opinion hasn’t changed significantly, although the wines–like every other brand–have gotten richer and riper and rounder and more user-friendly at a…

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Clear Perfection

Perfectly transparent garnet and heavy sediment with an understandable amount of brick. I mean: COMPLETELY CLEAR. Way lighter than PINOTS I drink regularly. Effusive floral dank fruit off the nose, Beautiful sweet peach and nectarine spice, of course the cherry is reduced to near-maraschino levels, but it is deep and wet-woody and alive; no prune and only a certain level of brandy-soaked raisin.…

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