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Best wine and spirits selection and great prices.
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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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Always have excellent service when ordering and it always ships right away
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Always helpful!
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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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Great service! Fast shipping!
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2 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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fast shipping
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3 days ago
Spectacular, as always. These folks never disappoint and clearly exceed expectations!
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I love the price of your wines offered and the shipping is only $12.
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3 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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6 days 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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Good prices and flat rate shipping...
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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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Products always in stock, and shipping is very efficient with excellent packaging. A+++
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easy to order and delivered right on time.
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Consistently responsive, timely and reliable.
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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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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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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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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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It was delivered on time with no problems, the shipment was intact and nothing damaged.
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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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Ordering was easy, arrived on time safely.
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B‑21 assisted with shipping options, very helpful!
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Great prices, great service and efficient shipping.
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Great pricing and shipping, good customer service
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Perfect, as all ways!
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They have a very clean and efficient program. Very manageable website.
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2 weeks ago
Easy order, on time delivery!
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2 weeks ago
excellent as usual. B21 has the best prices and selections ive found. i have been shopping with them for a number of years and have never had a complaint of any kind. thank you. john
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2 weeks ago
Fastest service around, always get my shipment in less than 4 days. Great products and very good prices.

2020 Descendientes de J. Palacios Petalos (750ml)

Mencia from Bierzo, Castilla y Leon, Spain

B-21 Top Recommendation
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When it comes to the Bierzo wines from iconic 100 pt. winemaker Alvaro Palacios, the Wine Advocate’s Spanish expert Luis Gutierrez doesn’t mince any words: “Descendientes de J. Palacios is the most coherent, moving, thrilling and consistent wine project in Spain. Period.” Here’s a terrific opportunity to stock up on these magnificently crafted beauties from Descendientes de J. Palacios and confirm what their loyal fans already know – these delicious Spanish reds are some of Spain’s top values as well.

During the late 1980s, Alvaro Palacios travelled throughout Spain searching for a special terroir from which he could craft his native country’s greatest wine, deciding on Priorat as the place to launch his project and achieving international critical acclaim with the single vineyard L’Ermita. Never losing sight of his second choice, the Bierzo DO in northwest Spain, Alvaro formed a partnership with his nephew Ricardo Perez, also a Bordeaux-trained enologist with experience at Chateau Margaux, establishing Descendientes de J. Palacios in 1998 in Bierzo’s rugged hillsides in the foothills of the Sierra de Los Ancares, the combination of its poor schist soils and unique protected microclimate deemed the perfect terroir for growing the indigenous red grape Mencia and producing fragrant, mineral-driven wines often likened to Pinot Noir. Sourced from a patchwork of organically farmed parcels with vines over 60 years of age near the village of Corullon, the elegant 93 pt. 2020 Descendientes de J. Palacios Petalos is a blend of mainly Mencia co-planted and co-fermented with other local grapes from a diverse range of soils, altitudes and exposures, yielding exotic aromas of fresh, pure fruit hinting of graphite and spice and “always one of the best values not only of Bierzo but for the whole of Spain” according to the Wine Advocate’s Gutierrez.

Described by the Wine Enthusiast as “Spain’s most exciting wine region” but off the radar of many Spanish wine aficionados, Descendiente de J. Palacios might certainly garner a higher premium given the hefty price tag of the Alvaro Palacios L’Ermita yet remain delightfully affordable and one of Spain’s top buys, value priced to scoop up by the case and reach for without hesitation.

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The regional red 2020 Pétalos comes from 90 hectares of vineyards, mainly from Corullón and Villafranca del Bierzo and the districts of Viariz, Hornija, Valtuille de Abajo and Otero. It mixes expositions, altitudes and soils and wants to paint a picture of Bierzo in the warm 2020 vintage. They reckon it's 92% Mencía with 5% other red grapes (Alicante Bouschet, Gran Negro, Pan y Carne and Negreda) and 3% whites (Valenciana, Jerez and Godello) with an average yield of 26 hectoliters per hectare. The grapes were picked from August 28th to September 24th and fermented partly destemmed in stainless steel and oak vats with indigenous yeasts for 43 days with a slow malolactic fermentation that lasted two months. The wine matured in barrel for around eight months (malolactic was fast, and the wines were put in barrel early) and was bottled unclarified, unfiltered and non-stabilized with cold. It has good ripeness with 14% alcohol (their upper limit) and moderate acidity at 4.6 grams (of tartaric acid). It's a little more fruit-driven, a vintage of sun, jovial and juicy, approachable and round with very fine, slightly powdery tannins. The fruit is darker than in the 2019. This is still young, and, as it happens with even the most approachable wines from the region, it should be even better in a couple of years. I tasted it again in mid-December, and the wine is showing better and better; time in bottle has done it some good, and the wine has settled and is getting more balanced. I don't feel the sun now; it's harmonious and more serious, juicy and tasty. A little better than anticipated. They had 1,050 barrels that produced 263,000 bottles and 1,500 magnums. It was bottled in May 2021.

93+ points, Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate (Issue # 261 - Jun 2022)

A rather dense expression here, with dark cherries and hints of lavender and oyster sauce to the slate, crushed blueberries, dark cherries and baked strawberries. Full-bodied and tannic, but silky and powdery. Long and tangy to the end. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but better in 2024.

92 points, James Suckling (Sep 2022)

Offering a minerally underpinning and overtones of bramble, herbs and spice, this medium-bodied red is fresh and focused, with juicy black raspberry and black cherry fruit, olive and iron flavors. Bright and well-balanced, with light, chalky tannins on the finish. Drink now through 2027. 30,000 cases made.

91 points, Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator (Oct 2022)

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