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Good prices, quick delivery.
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Best wine and spirits selection and great prices.
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Yesterday
Great pricing and fast delivery I would highly recommend the business (B‑21) for purchasing your wine. I'll will be purchasing my wine for Christmas from them. Mathew
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Yesterday
Always have excellent service when ordering and it always ships right away
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2 days ago
Always helpful!
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2 days ago
No problems everything was good.
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2 days ago
The initial order was not good. But I gave it one more chance. It was awesome 👍!
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2 days ago
Experience was great. Fast service and came as ordered. Discovered Ontanon 2015 Reserva at their winery in Rioja, Spain during a recent visit and was very happy to find it available at B21. After receiving the case I decided to order another case. I am very happy doing business with B21 and recommend them as a great place to find your wines.
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3 days ago
Great service! Fast shipping!
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3 days ago
They have a great selection, well organized website, quick local delivery, hold at Walgreens so I can pick up at a convenient time, everything is packed securely, and I like being able to get things Total Wine does not have.
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3 days ago
Loved the selection, the buying and delivery process were seamless
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3 days ago
The order process was easy and received order promptly
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4 days ago
fast shipping
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4 days ago
Spectacular, as always. These folks never disappoint and clearly exceed expectations!
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4 days ago
I love the price of your wines offered and the shipping is only $12.
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4 days ago
Good prices and fast, reasonable shipping
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4 days ago
Highly Recommend B‑21. They sell my favorite Bubbly, at a reasonable price & ship it quickly.
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1 week ago
Loved the price, delivery options and speed of service‑ will order again!
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1 week ago
Always reliable. Quick delivery. Easy website
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1 week ago
Timely delivery and no broken bottles
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1 week ago
Good prices and flat rate shipping...
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1 week ago
Very good Products. Really fast delivery. Love it.
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1 week ago
As always, they deliver. They have become my and several of my friends, go to for liquor needs.
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1 week ago
Products always in stock, and shipping is very efficient with excellent packaging. A+++
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1 week ago
easy to order and delivered right on time.
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Consistently responsive, timely and reliable.
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1 week ago
Good communication, quick ship. Fair prices,
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1 week ago
Service impeccable. Envoi rapide
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1 week ago
Everything except delivery which is out of your control. UPS not reliable
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1 week ago
Great customer service. Very fast response. Timely delivery. I’ve never been disappointed.
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Responsive, knowledgable and courteous
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1 week ago
Very helpful
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1 week ago
Wonderful selection of wine. Prices are good and shipping cost was relatively low. Delivery was very fast
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1 week ago
Always a pleasure to buy from them. Product is in stock and ships quickly for a great price. Thank you
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1 week ago
Had our wine choices and Quick delivery!
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1 week ago
It was delivered on time with no problems, the shipment was intact and nothing damaged.
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1 week ago
B‑21 ALWAYS does a great job and that is why I keep ordering wine from them. Their selection is always good, their pricing is always good, they fill orders accurately and they ship quickly. This is a good outfit that deserves your patronage.
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1 week ago
I like them quick to deliver and they have hard‑to‑find items
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1 week ago
Shipping takes quite a long time but they are one of only three places I shop online for wine. Great prices and even better customer service
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1 week ago
Excellent wine merchant , good price, fast shipping.
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1 week ago
We have been shopping thru B21 for a couple years now and never had any issues. We love how easy it is, my daughter drinks Tarantula tequila and it is not a tequila that is in all stores. Very happy with B21
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1 week ago
Good selections. Decent prices. The order gets out the door in a hurry.
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1 week ago
Ordering was easy, arrived on time safely.
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1 week ago
B‑21 assisted with shipping options, very helpful!
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1 week ago
Great prices, great service and efficient shipping.
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Great pricing and shipping, good customer service
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1 week ago
Perfect, as all ways!
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2 weeks ago
They have a very clean and efficient program. Very manageable website.
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2 weeks ago
Easy order, on time delivery!

2015 Xavier Vignon Arcane XIX Le Soleil (750ml)

Grenache from Côtes du Rhône, Rhône, France

B-21 Top Recommendation
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Regular readers of these pages are no stranger to the stunning wines being produced by Xavier Vignon. Xavier has established a flawless reputation working with such luminaries as Marcoux, Grand Veneur, Raymond Usseglio and others. Through these relationships, he has gained access to incredibly pristine parcels of very old vine plantings across the valley where he works with centenarian vines of Grenache and Syrah as well as 75-85 year old plots of multiple other varieties.

The blend for the Soliel – 80% Grenache from 100 year vines, 10% Mourvedre from 80 year old vines, and 10% Syrah from 50 year old vines with yields very low; one bottle per vine. Terroir selection is based on mineral salt concentration and density in vineyards from nine villages. Xavier is looking for freshness through both altitude and exposure. Seems he found it. Ridiculous bargain.

This beauty is a ridiculous bargain. I have blind tasted colleagues on this several times, after a tasting through a line up of wines they peddle – honestly to break the monotony. Their blind responses are reasonable. The aromatics say CDP, specifically – recalls the serious terroir east of town, very La Cras-like. Gorgeous wine. Of course I press the pros for a price range – $40-$50 range the consensus. They are basically spot on.

Maybe the best Cotes du Rhone Villages that you have ever tasted too.

94WA
94RAS
93JD

The 2015 Cotes du Rhone Villages Arcane XVIII Le Soleil is youthfully dark in color and fruit-forward, but it also shows softening, silky tannins. It's full bodied but not overblown, with a sensationally seductive mouthfeel. Black cherries define the fruit, joined by hints of dark chocolate and enough garrigue to give it a seriously savory character despite the fruit. This is an old-vine blend of 80% Grenache with 10% each Syrah and Mourvèdre, aged 15 months in one-third new oak, the rest in concrete or foudre. Maybe the best Côte du Rhône Villages I've ever tasted, it looks to have the stuffing to go another 10 years.

94 points, Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (Issue # 233 - Oct 2017)

Coming from 100-year-old Grenache vines (there’s 10% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre in the blend) mostly in the northern part of the Southern Rhône, the 2015 Côtes du Rhône Villages Arcane le Soleil saw 15 months in one-third each of new barrels, concrete tanks, and stainless-steel tanks. This inky colored beauty offers a terrific perfume of blueberries, scorched earth, graphite, and crushed violets. Deep, full-bodied, incredibly pure, and elegant, with silky tannin, it’s a sensational Côtes du Rhône that’s better than most Chateauneuf du Pape in the vintage. It will be better in another year or two and keep for 8-10 years.

93+ points, Jeb Dunnuck (Feb 2018)

Alcohol By Volume: 15.00%
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$26.99
This item is a pre-order estimated to arrive 12/21/2024. 60+ bottles available.

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