BROWSE WINES

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After many orders. They always do great!

2 days ago

Very reliable service. Well done

2 days ago

They had the best price and delivered the wine in a few days. All very simple.

2 days ago

Efficient, first class, well‑packaged, and reasonable, considering what the wine costs in my state.

2 days ago

I love the fact that I can order from you and have it delivered to a local location so I don’t have to stay and home to sign for the wine. Your wine selection is wonderful as well and good prices. Thanks for your service.

2 days ago

Great selection! Easy ordering. Best pricing around. Fast delivery.

2 days ago

Good prices, variety of wines and spirits. Love free shipping on the 21st of every month with the purchase of 12 bottles of wine.

3 days ago

Always a great place to find unique wonderful wines. And ordering on the 21st of the month is a huge bonus. Thx!!

3 days ago

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3 days ago

So easy to order from and delivery is fast!

3 days ago

Easy shopping. Quick delivery.

3 days ago

GREAT Early delivery!

3 days ago

Was quick, carefully handled and jyst what I ordered

3 days ago

Great prices on quality wine.

3 days ago

Great wines and great service, quick email responses. Kind and helpful and smart.

3 days ago

I appreciate the B‑21 recommended wines. They are consistently very good. I also appreciate that I can get inexpensive but excellent bottles of wine. The box also comes very fast!

3 days ago

Great prices. Great customer service!

3 days ago

Shopping on line was easy. I’ve ordered twice and the case of wine arrived a few days later both times.

3 days ago

Great wine with a fantastic price

3 days ago

Great prices, fast shipping!!

3 days ago

Easy ordering, convenient delivery, great selection

3 days ago

great prices and fast shipping

3 days ago

Great as always! Good prices, easy transaction and quick delivery.

3 days ago

B – 21 is a great online wine source. Unlike most organizations that ship UPS ground, they ship FedEx express. That means it gets to you in two days instead of four or five. Also, it has less exposure to riding in hot trucks that can ruin your wine. It’s a great experience. I highly recommend them.

3 days ago

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4 days ago

Excellent purchase with smooth delivery

4 days ago

good prices‑ good selection‑ quick response ‑ no problem

4 days ago

Didn't say on your site that UPS would charge me $15 to pick my order up.

5 days ago

Great advice, great service and better price than anyone, including the big stores

5 days ago

Great

6 days ago

I still think this is the best selection of high quality wines at a fair price. First class operation.

6 days ago

Excellent service and price.

6 days ago

They shipped and delivered on time as promised. This was our first purchase but it won't be our last.

6 days ago

Excellent service and selection of wines

6 days ago

Good selection, good prices, dependable delivery.

1 week ago

Love the store. My only complaint... it's so cramped and unorganized. But boy do that have my wines!!!!

1 week ago

Fast. Packed perfect. Will reorder

1 week ago

Delivered on time and in great condition.

1 week ago

Arrived on time, easy to order packaged well and good prices.

1 week ago

Fast delivery....Good prices

1 week ago

The wine I ordered was packaged very good. The delivery should have been sooner especially since I’m in the same state.

1 week ago

Great service..timely accurate order fulfillment!

1 week ago

Excellent choices and prices. Start to finish was perfect! Delivery was on time and had no issues. Will definitely be ordering again!!!

2018 Vivaltus (750ml)

Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, Castilla y Leon, Spain

B-21 Top Recommendation
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Producing two spectacular, highly rated Tempranillo wines in its inaugural vintage, Vivaltus is an exciting new project from the Yllera family that should be on the radar of every Spanish wine fan, founded as a collaboration with the legendary Jean-Claude Berrouet, winemaker at Chateau Petrus for over 40 years. Described as a “standout” project by Inside Bordeaux’s Jane Anson, the 96 pt. 2016 Vivaltus and the 93 pt. 2016 La Fleur de Vivaltus are exquisite expressions of old vine Tempranillo crafted by a Bordeaux master, offered in a range of formats at best on the market pricing.

Built into a spectacular hilltop in the Valle del Cuco between the medieval castles of Penafiel and Curiel de Duero, Vivaltus combines outstanding old vine fruit from Ribera del Duero with the winemaking techniques Berrouet brought from Bordeaux, including picking the grapes earlier, minimizing the use of new oak and blending the native Tempranillo with small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Sourced from vineyards in the south of Burgos, the Tempranillo vines range from 70 to over 100 years of age and come from a mosaic of terroirs, including two notable vineyards. Located between 900 and 1,000 meters above sea level, the soils of the Fuentenebro vineyard are made up of decomposed granite and red clay, contributing freshness and natural acidity while La Aguilera, located between 840 and 870 meters above sea level with sandy and clay-limestone soils, adds chalky minerality to the blend. Fermenting both wines in stainless steel with natural yeasts and aging them mostly in used French oak, the outstanding 93 pt. La Fleur de Vivaltus offers an “impressive elegant nose” with fresh flavors and balanced structure according to the Wine Advocate’s Luis Gutierrez, while the “ethereal” 96 pt. Vivaltus is described as “elegant and refreshing” by Decanter’s Tim Atkins with a lingering finish that critic Gutierrez sums up as “A truly breathtaking Ribera del Duero.”

Recently released for the first time on La Place de Bordeaux and “soon to be an important name in Ribera del Duero,” according to Gutierrez, the Vivaltus star is on the rise, with prices for future vintages likely to rise with it – making this offer to purchase the incredible 2016 Vivaltus wines at value pricing an opportunity that Spanish wine lovers will not want to miss.

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The vintage to be released is the 2018 Vivaltus, which feels very shy, primary and closed and is developing at a glacial pace. The wine is elegant, subtle and insinuating, yet to develop the perfume and exuberance the 2016 has in the nose. It has a leafy twist that gives it freshness, and it has velvety tannins, great balance and elegance. It has the ingredients and the balance between them to develop nicely in bottle, but seeing how the 2016 is singing today, it would be a shame to pull the cork from the 2018.

95+ points, Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate (Jan 2023)

Muscular, slate hewn tannins, this has a rugged quality where nothing is overpowered by oak and yet it hugs the palate, making its presence felt. Serious tannic architecture that softens through the mid palate to show creamy raspberry and red cherry fruits, spiced aniseed, fennel and liqourice root, sinewy tannins, totally moreish. Aged in 25% new oak, 10% amphora, and the rest in neutral barrels. Jean-Claude and Jeff Berrouet consultants, with winemaker Montxo Martinez and owners Marcos and Carlos Yllera. Old vine Tempranillo, including some dating right back to pre-Phylloxera, sat at between 750m and 1000m altitude, from a selection of their own vines, and those of local growers.

95 points, Jane Anson (Mar 2023)

Alcohol By Volume: 14.0%

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