#bv rutherford

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Lettuce Prey

NV, but purchased 1994 so…. do the math. Sacramental wine from BV as most of you know–what kept them alive during prohibition. Glorious nectar, with great tawny vegetal notes, dusty and brilliant. Exemplary? Slightly. Cloying? Perhaps. But gorgeous and NO ONE is gonna dis this wine. So much patina, absolute velvet and nutty splendor. HISTORY IN A BOTTLE. Do they even still make this??? A quick…

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Ruthy

Since the 2010 BOZO RED the other night went–kinda expectantly–bad, decided to dig into my fairly decent vertical of BV Ruth. I buy these fairly regularly, partly from romantic curiosity, partly from industry litmus, partly because I still feel–even as their price creeps up around $30–they represent a benchmark (get it? get it? get it? see what I did there?) of cheap Napa District AVA cab. It…

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