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5 Stars
8 hours ago
I highly recommend B‑21. Amazing price on shipping and competitive pricing. They answer questions quickly and professionally. I've been using them for several years and there has never been an error in my order and there has never been a problem with the packaging. Thank you B‑21!
5 Stars
1 week ago
Excellent service at good prices!
5 Stars
1 week ago
The web was easy and placing the order and efficient. I received my order promptly.
5 Stars
1 week ago
Had a specific product and delivered promptly. Will use again for all my wine orders.
5 Stars
1 week ago
B‑21 has always offered the best wines at the best prices of any vendor. I had a lot of problems with FedEx shipping on several occasions, but all of a sudden they've implemented a new schedule and notification system that really seems to work. This delivery was on time and perfect. Looking forward to my next order.
4 Stars
1 week ago
Good selection, fair prices and prompt/economical delivery. Minor but worrisome gripe: 2 bottles in the last shipment either were corked or the corks were loosen in shipment. The bottles were both fully intact, as were the foil caps, but both had leaked into the box. One lost about 75% of the wine, and the other only about 10%. They were 2 of 6 vermentino wines from as very reputable Tuscan producer that I know well, having been there twice.
5 Stars
1 week ago
Great Experience and good selection of wines I like!
5 Stars
1 week ago
Prompt reasonable excellent quality.
5 Stars
1 week ago
Love this store! They get the tequila that's hard to find, they don't price gouge, and fast delivery! Customer for life.
5 Stars
1 week ago
Good price, great service and selection
5 Stars
1 week ago
The service has always been perfect. Our wine arrives quickly and the UPS man calls me to come down and sign for it. I can only get this wine from one supplier in Florida and they always do a perfect job of making available to me.
5 Stars
1 week ago
Super easy to order and super fast, inexpensive shipping!
5 Stars
1 week ago
Easy to deal with and easy ordering .
5 Stars
1 week ago
Great customer service, fast response by email
5 Stars
1 week ago
delivered on time, best price for the wine I bought
5 Stars
1 week ago
Fantastic as always!!!
5 Stars
1 week ago
Sadly, UPS damaged my shipment of the last bottles of Banyuls wine in B‑21 inventory. The message I received was that the unbroken bottles of my order was being returned to sender (B‑21). I was beyond bummed! B‑21's customer service was extraordinary. In order to arrange for a replacement shipment to be sent, they had to replenish their stock. Within a few hours, I got a message saying the wine was ordered, and confirmed that I'd receive an email when the order was shipped. I couldn't ask for better service. I highly recommend B‑21 for their selection and service. Thanks so much for going above and beyond.
5 Stars
1 week ago
Transaction was flawless
5 Stars
1 week ago
Easy to order, efficient and the price is better than in Maryland.
5 Stars
1 week ago
Excellent turnaround time
5 Stars
1 week ago
I love this wine! It was delivered promptly and very nicely packed. The only thing is the carrier left it at the main building and not to the address I specified. I guess next time I will add a phone number for the carrier to call me. Love this Sangria!!
5 Stars
1 week ago
fast delivery on my favorite wines!
5 Stars
1 week ago
Online ordering process was easy. Order came in 1 week earlier than expected.
5 Stars
2 weeks ago
Excellent service, all around
5 Stars
2 weeks ago
Found items here that I could not find elsewhere.
5 Stars
2 weeks ago
It was flawless in every respect, from ordering and tracking to delivery.
5 Stars
2 weeks ago
I bought my liquor from this place for last couple years. Highly recommend this place. Great service and prices are reasonable
5 Stars
2 weeks ago
easy to shop will hold in cold storage and ship when I want my order
5 Stars
4 weeks ago
Delivered on time, everytime.
5 Stars
4 weeks ago
Very good. Packing was amazing. Price was less than many other places. Can't wait to sip some terrific dessert wine.
4 Stars
5 weeks ago
The folks at B‑21 turn orders quickly and the$24/case shipping cost is reasonable. My shipment arrived with one broken bottle that apparently was empty when it was packed, as there was no evidence of wine in any dividers, the bottles in the case, or the case itself. The cork was still in the bottle. It was disappointing to lose a bottle of my wife's favorite wine, and they refunded the price of the bottle without delay. It was unfortunate that this happened, but hard to understand how an empty bottle could have been put in the case. I am satisfied with their response and hope to continue doing business with them.
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Fantastic as always!
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Positively intoxicating…:)
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Excellent prices
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
excellent prices and fast deliveries
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
All my purchases were online and the notices and deliveries were as promised.
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Good price, prompt delivery as expected.
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Great company to do business with.
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
B‑21 has best website, best selection, best prices, best delivery, best service. No other retailer comes close.
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Wine shipped quickly. Website easy to navigate.
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Wonderful experience. Went smoothly
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Great pricing, timely delivery waiting on case #2.
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
On time as promised. Never a doubt!
5 Stars
5 weeks ago
Excellent website, great prices, speedy shipping, and excellent packaging! I couldn't ask for better service, we've ordered a couple times now and will definitely order from B‑21 again!
5 Stars
6 weeks ago
Prompt delivery and always ready to help or answer questions. Very happy with this store.
4 Stars
6 weeks ago
Reliable and well stocked liquor vendor.
5 Stars
6 weeks ago
Big prices. Good policies.
5 Stars
6 weeks ago
Great
5 Stars
6 weeks ago
Great selection great service!
5 Stars
6 weeks ago
My order was acknowledged, shipped and received before actual delivery date

2020 Rippon Tinker's Field Pinot Noir (750ml)

Pinot Noir from Central Otago, New Zealand

B-21 Top Recommendation
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From an outstanding growing season yielding New Zealand’s “vintage of the century” according to James Suckling, the fresh and refined 97 pt. 2020 Rippon Pinot Noir Mature Vines is an enticing, small production gem offering earthy, seductive red fruit shimmering with bright acidity and finishing with firm, mouth coating tannins, masterfully crafted by talented winemaker Nick Rolfe from old vine fruit for collectors and lovers of the world’s best Pinot Noirs to enjoy over the next decade.

Overlooking the turquoise waters of glacier fed Lake Tanaka framed by stunning vertical cliffs, Rippon’s sloping 15 hectares of vines on New Zealand’s mountainous South Island are among the world’s most photographed vineyards, producing equally impressive award-winning Pinot Noirs that rank it among “New Zealand’s most celebrated wineries” according to the Wine Enthusiast’s Christine Packard. Among the first to cultivate wine grapes in Central Otago, Nick’s father Rolfe Mills was serving in World War II when he recognized the similarity of the schist soil slopes of Portugal’s Douro Valley to those back in Wanaka and returned to his family’s lakeside farm decades later to experiment with different varietals before founding his winery in 1982. After training at some of Burgundy’s most iconic estates including Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron, Nick took the reins of his family’s winery in 2003, converting the vineyards to biodynamic viticulture, fermenting the hand harvested grapes parcel by parcel with indigenous yeasts and bottling without filtering or fining. Located in a protected area where the indigenous Maori came for a “place of rest,” Rippon’s 40 plus year old own rooted Pinot Noir vines are planted in a mix of schist with clay and loam at an altitude of 380 meters above sea level without irrigation, the vineyard’s proximity to the lake creating a microclimate that shields the vines from the South Island’s harsh winter temperatures. Maturing over two winters in barrel, the richly concentrated 2020 Rippon Pinot Noir Mature Vines was aged in 15% to 20% new in the first winter and completely neutral oak in the second winter before bottling without filtering or fining and spending two years longer in the cellar prior to release, yielding a harmonious, mineral-nuanced Pinot Noir promising to mature gracefully over the next decade and offering “a tantalizing glimpse of what New Zealand Pinot Noir can achieve with mature vines” according to Vinous critic Neal Martin.

From a standard bearer of the region reflecting the very essence of its pristine Central Otago terroir, the remarkably elegant 97 pt. 2020 Rippon Pinot Noir Mature Vines ranks among the world’s most complex and cellar-worthy old vine Pinot Noir cuvees, an under the radar beauty delivering exceptional value and promising Pinot lovers a thrilling evolution ahead.

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Aromas of raspberries and plums with forest fruits and violets. Orange blossom, too. Medium- to full-bodied. Superbly polished tannins that run vertically down the wine and take you very deep and long. It's seemingly endless. Dark strawberry and raspberry and hints of terra cotta and dark stones. It's complete and moving to taste now. Drinkable even now, but try to be patient. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Best after 2026, but already stunning.

99 points, James Suckling (Nov 2023)

The 2020 Tinker's Field Mature Vine Pinot Noir is, as per usual, restrained on the nose but concentrated and driven in the mouth. This is a wine immune to hyperbole, and so eloquently of its place, that it is often a wine I am proud to show internationally. It never fails. The tannins are sleek but totally within the wine. The tannins are finely milled, ductile, gray in every respect and delicate but not brittle. The 2020 seems more open-armed than the 2019 before it (not better, not worse—just different), and it is making for pleasurable drinking here today. A beauty. The vines face north and are sheltered and protected behind Ruby Island. The vineyard is warm and on pure schist. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam.

97 points, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate (Dec 2023)

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