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2021 Vice Versa Beckstoffer Georges III

Removed from a temperature and humidity controlled wine storage unit

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

96Decanter Magazine (points)

The aromatic profile is expressive, with wild herbs and heady blue and black fruit notes dusted with cinnamon spices and infused with volcanic earth notes. Robes of dark silky fruit on the palate are framed by satiny tannins that already feel perfectly polished and integrated... There's a real intensity and energy to this Cabernet's fabulous mineral thread, which resolves like a cresting wave with crushed cocao nibs, dried rose petals, and a hint of citrus peel.

96Jeb Dunnuck

...plays right down the middle with its full-bodied yet balanced, elegant, ultra-classic style. Gorgeous red and black fruits, spicy oak, savory herbs, and smoked tobacco all define the aromatics, and I love its overall balance as well as silky tannins.

95The Wine Advocate

Menthol, dusty earth and black cherries all come together seamlessly on the nose... Nicely smooth and plush in the mouth, this medium to full-bodied effort is wonderfully harmonious and elegant, with a long-lingering finish.

PRODUCER

Vice Versa

Vice Versa is in Saint Helena, in Napa Valley. It was founded in 2001 by Patrice Breton, a software entrepreneur who hired Paul Hobbs as consulting winemaker. The estate makes primarily Cabernet Sauvignon. Grapes are sourced from several well-regarded Napa vineyards.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford, Georges III Vineyard

Georges III Vineyard was first planted in 1895 by Napa Valley Pioneer Thomas Rutherford. In 1928 it was purchased by Beaulieu founder Georges de Latour, whose winemaker, the famous Andre Tchelistcheff, used the vineyard to make BV’s Rutherford Cabernets. The 300-acre vineyard is in Rutherford and is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. Beckstoffer Vineyards owns and farms more than 3,600 acres of highly prestigious grape growing vineyards in Napa Valley, Mendocino County and the Red Hills of Lake County. A senior executive with Heublein in the 1960s, Andy Beckstoffer is credited with steering Napa Valley vintners towards improving farming and the quality of the grapes used for wine. Grapes from any Beckstoffer vineyards are considered among the finest available in California.

VINTAGE

2021 Vice Versa Beckstoffer Georges III