Bigger Than Your Head

Bigger Than Your Head

Wine of the Day, No. 85

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Fredric Koeppel
Nov 29, 2015
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At first, your reaction to the deep ruby-magenta Stéphane Aviron Beaujolais-Villages 2013 will be, "Oh, goody, pure black raspberries

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and black cherries!" Why ask for more, right? Give it a few moments in the glass, though, and notes of cloves, lavender and violets creep in, followed by tinges of graphite and loam. A little plum, dark and spicy; a bit of…

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