If Label 5 Premium Reserve 12 is already your pour, the question is simple: is $68 this week a fair ask? Here's the short answer. At $68 it sits above what the drinkers of the bottles nearest it would pay. It's priced for its fans. It fits them, and it pinches everyone else.
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